Toothpick - Time Travelin' Couch (2005)

Doug Ray is an ex MC from the rap group Bad Ronald that released an album with Warner Brothers back in 2001. The group didn't last but judging by this album it was for the better.

Toothpick has a deep voice that is strangely hypnotic and works well with the chords of his guitar. He plays simple chord progressions but his style is anything but simple. Pick is a talented freestyle rapper who basically writes lyrics that just make you feel good. Rhymes about getting stoned, partying and learning from your mistakes.

Songs like 'Scars for Entertainment' and 'Green Monster' display a complexity that is unseen in most competing musicians such as Michael Tolcher. However his strongest tracks are those simple ones that get a grasp on your mind like 'High Life', 'Everyday and Everynight Girl', and 'Knockout Punch'.

Toothpick is an act that has not been seen before. He has toured with grass roots legends O.A.R, Robert Randolph and the Family Band, Ziggy Marley and Gavin Degraw.