01. What Makes Me 02. Meaning Less 03. I Wish I Was A Fish 04. Contrast The Past 05. Positive Vibes (feat. Red Cloud) 06. The Paragon 07. R.F.T.M. (Remix) (feat. Crag Malkovich) 08. Got Many Styles (feat. DJ Qwerks) 09. Beat Down One 10. Emmit Rays 11. Beat Down Two 12. Devils Advocate 13. Ment To Be 14. Moment Of Despair 15. Rebearth 16. Planet Earth 17. Amazon Song (feat. Earthworm) 18. Music From The Heart (feat. DJ Classic LPs) 19. Heaven Sent 20. Troubled Somes (feat. Johnny Five) 21. Bonus track The master sensei of microphones known as The Paranorml remains nationally unheard of in the underground in spite of two previous albums and around 75 recorded songs in a decade's time. The Paranorml has paid dues and then some so it is time for heads to stop overdosing on Nyquil and wake up to his far from mundane music. Refrain from the Mundane is split into two sides of the Paranorml. The album's first half keeps a snazzy jazzy boastful rap milieu, while the second half concentrates on serious subject matter and emotionally cathartic instrumentation. The Paranormal exercises an ability to separate himself from the standard with an entertaining delivery and the capacity to rip wack emcees on one song then delve into the human soul on another. The gift of miscellany makes him a paranormal mortal of lyrical expertise. While many of the songs on the first half of the album follow a slight formula of bragging over jazz influenced beats, each one holds down its position on the LP. Paranorml brings versatile rhymes and an ill-defined flow adapting to each beat on the table. The strongest of these songs is "R.F.T.M. Remix"; Crag Malkovich accompanies the Paranorml over a beat so live, one would think they rhymed along side a jazz band. The Paranorml attacks bad beat makers by riding the rhythm on the chorus with "every time I hear one, I emit rays like the sun" on the mellowed out "Emmit Rays." Luckily the Paranorml is smart enough to know you can not diss an instrumental over a bad beat. Friktion produces one of the strongest soundtracks on the album with "Emmit Rays." The presentation of "Emmit Rays" marks a complete shift in the movement of the album as the Paranorml takes a serious approach to the microphone delivering his opinion on subjects of life's struggles and surprisingly; the rainforest. This also marks the drop of timbre in the music and flaws of duration. In the second half of the album the Paranorml struggles to find a focus. When he finds his target he gives us some of the best offerings on the album like "Rebirth", "Planet Earth", "Music from the Heart" and "Troubled Somes." These songs are reasons for buying this album and to look out for future releases. All the beats are productively diverse and inspire some of the Paranorml's best writing. Unfortunately they are separated by sub par tracks like "Devil's Advocate", "Moment of Despair" and "Heaven Sent." For every brilliant track on the final ten tracks of the album, a lackluster song exists to decrease enjoyment. Refrain from the Mundane is a suitable title for 13 of the 20 songs on The Paranorml's first album. To sum it up, the album is too long and certain omissions would make this a brilliant debut. The Paranorml has all the tools to become a prevalent name in the underground; he just needs to sacrifice quantity for quality. Twenty tracks are overwhelming for a debut solo effort and very few emcees are capable of maintaining interest in this extended of duration. Listen to this album for what The Paranorml is and not for what it lacks. In spite of the poor moments on the album, they are eclipsed by his genius in other moments. - Blake Gillespie