Gucci Mane – “G.O.A.T. (Greatest Of All Trappers)” review

I believe this is the 56th mixtape from Atlanta, Georgia rapper as well as record executive & entrepreneur Gucci Mane. Emerging in the mid-2000s becoming one of the Big 3 pioneers in trap music alongside T.I. & Jeezy, he also has one of if not the largest discography throughout the entire subgenre that continues to grow today. He spent a good bulk of this decade signing acts to 1017 Global putting out a number of showcase compilations that successfully gave these newer cats more exposure. Wop’s previous solo effort Breath of Fresh Air last fall was just a middle-of-the-road double disc experience & is having DJ Drama host the long-awaited G.O.A.T. (Greatest Of All Trappers).

The title track gets us started by referring to himself as the Greatest Of All Trappers over a bouncy trap instrumental whereas “Rich Niggaz” has a more playful atmosphere to the beat from Zaytoven talking about starting to become rich 18 years ago. “Kicked In” produced by Honorable C.N.O.T.E. energetically explains that you can’t get high without these hoes because they’ll give you herpes leading into “Questions” grittily observing all these broke muhfuckas lookin’ sad out here.

“Leak” humorously talks about a hoe as fine as Kim Kardashian the night before & waking up the next morning lookin’ like Chief Keef without makeup while “Hypocrites” calling out those sayin’ it ain’t about the money on their bullshit knowing good & well that it really is. The sequel to “Making Love to the Money” picks up where The Appeal: Georgia’s Most Wanted highlight left off just before “4 Lifers” triumphantly gets his flowers since Wop gave life to the culture.

Starting the tape’s final leg, “I Told Myself” talks looking like $500M every time you see him over a suspenseful trap instrumental while “1 Thing About It” vibrantly pushes towards the conclusion by getting with some of that paper. “Chanel Bag” featuring JT formerly of the City Girls has an eerier beat looking to maintain each other’s statuses as fly & “TakeDat” ends the G.O.A.T. (Greatest Of All Trappers) with a vicious diss aimed at Puff Daddy a.k.a. P. Diddy or Diddy.

Gucci’s discography is large enough to the point where it’s accepted that he’s gonna have some misses & G.O.A.T. (Greatest Of All Trappers) easily stands as the most I’ve enjoyed a project from him since Ice Daddy in the summer of 2021 commemorating him becoming a father. There’s obviously much less filler than there was on Breath of Fresh Air, the production has improved & the 1017 founder reassured his status in the trap subgenre.

Score: 3.5/5

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YG – “Just Re’d Up 3” review

This is the 6th mixtape from Compton, California emcee YG. Coming up in 2009 off his debut mixtape 4Fingaz, this was followed up with 4 more tapes prior to Jeezy discovering him in 2013 & landing him a deal with his Def Jam Recordings imprint CTE World. YG’s potential would begin to show in the form of his full-length debut My Krazy Life & came into his own on the sophomore effort Still Brazy launching his own label 400 Records around that same time period, but the next 4 albums Stay Dangerous as well as 4Real 4RealMy Life 400 & I Got Issues all received mixed to poor responses. Couple years later, he’s taking it back to his roots on the 3rd installment of the Just Re’d Up series.

“Go Brazy” featuring the Baby Stone Gorillas reunites with DJ Mustard on some ratchet shit advising that everyone listening should be getting loose whereas “Right Now” works in pianos & hi-hats flexing that his girl is fucking with a real one. “Only Fans” featuring Jaye Anderson is this decent R&B/pop rap fusion with horns tackling the themes of love while “She Pretty” featuring Saweetie has a symphonic trap vibe altogether showing off the beauty of women.

Larry June joins YG for “Put It in My Head” talking how fly they are over finger-snaps & keys just before “Street Love” featuring Diamond Platnumz kinda has a bit of a weird dancehall influence with some vibraphones discussing the titular kind of romance. “Her Way <3” featuring Kalan.FrFr brings a cloudy pop rap groove to the table asking what’s good with that pussy while “It’s Givin’” featuring Ty$ produced by DJ Camper, FNZ & Wax Motif finds the 2 talking about wanting to send their lovers to the hospital for the sex being too good.

After the interlude, “Malibu” featuring G Herbo & Tee Grizzley embraces the Detroit trap style allowing all 3 of them flexing the shit they be doing in the titular California city while “Violence” has a darker atmosphere to the beat reminding the way people be dyin’ around his parts. “Rescue Me” featuring Ty$ has one of my favorite instrumentals on the tape courtesy of Wheezy asking to be saved from the many eaters in the SUV while “Kolors” featuring Ackrite & Mozzy was an average nervous cut with Mozzy having the better feature of the 2.

“Love Make” mainly has a calmer pop rap sound throughout continuing to delve further into the themes of intercourse while “Stupid” featuring Babyface Ray & Lil Yachty sees the trio uniting for a flute-tinged club banger making it out the block similarly to the game of Tetris itself. “My Favorite” featuring Kalan.FrFr again cloudily tells their significant others that they wanna lay up with them while “Knocka” charmingly promises that 400 can’t be stopped.

As the final moments of the Just Re’d Up 3 draw closer & closer, the penultimate track “Pimp My Ride” brings this cool psychedelic guitar lead into the picture talking about that he might as well deck out his whip since he’s got $1M on him & “I’m in Love” smoothly finishes up the mixtape by coming clean professing that he’s been lovestruck as of late.

Nearly 8 years in the making, the final installment of the Just Re’d Up trilogy proves to be a slight cut above I Got Issues with average results much like how the first 2 entries of the series were received. Even if it’s great to hear him & Mustard working with each other again, the overabundance of romantic pop rap cuts & radio hits feel forced considering the fact that he’s not even on a major label anymore.

Score: 3/5

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Tinashe – “Quantum Baby” review

Lexington, Kentucky singer/songwriter, dancer & actress Tinashe returning a year after her critically acclaimed 3rd EP BB/Ang3l to release a 4th EP. Breaking out over a decade ago off her first 3 mixtapes In Case We Die as well as Reverie & more specifically Black Water, her RCA Records-backed debut Aquarius was as well received as the latter although her debut EP Amethyst was moderately received & the 4th tape Nightride was seen as an improvement. She would later depart RCA following a mid sophomore effort Joyride going independent on both Songs for You & 333 respectively to better reception again. Looking to continue the momentum, she’s setting out to make Quantum Baby her 2nd consecutive classic EP.

“No Stimulation” starts with a stripped-back sound looking for the truth or in this case love whereas “Getting No Sleep” blends Jersey club & alternative R&B so she can sing about doing overtime. “Thirsty” goes for a delicate trap vibe instrumentally singing that she doesn’t wanna leave her man in a hurry while “Red Flags” strips the drums completely asking a bad boy to show her who he really is.

To start the 2nd half of the EP, the song “Cross That Line” addresses someone who could be the love of her life working some cloudy trap influences into the beat leading into the 2-parter “When I Get You Alone” promising her man she’ll take it nice & slow. “No Broke Boys” has a catchier feeling altogether telling the broke men to hit the bricks & “Nasty” finishes Quantum Baby asking if anyone will match her freak.

Hoping fans will enter her personal universe & rediscover her at the most fundamental & molecular level, the 2nd installment of the EP trilogy in comparison to the 1st entry really focuses more on getting to know Tinashe a little bit deeper continuing to wear the artistic/creative freedom that RCA wouldn’t grant her on her sleeve harder & allowing her full potential to further reveal itself.

Score: 4/5

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Tony Martinez – “Everywhere West” review

Tony Martinez is a 30 year old singer/songwriter, guitarist & multi-instrumentalist from Nashville, Tennessee notable for being the son of Rick Martinez who taught him how to play guitar & to whom this full-length debut album of his is dedicated to. He later met Nashville superstar & former Shady Records/Interscope artist Yelawolf at one of his bar gigs, developing a friendship to the point where Catfish Billy officially signed Tony to his independent label Slumerican Records & helped him produce Everywhere West.

“Ain’t Nothin’ Gonna Slow Me Down” proves to be an exceptional introduction from the outlaw country Slumerican shitizen singing that absolutely nothing’s gonna stop him or get in his way whereas “Someone Else” has a country/southern rock flare asking this individual when did they become so blind to the point where they lost sight of themselves. “Crazy” featuring Yelawolf gives off a more simpler country rock vibe finding Tony & his mentor asking their romantic partners why they have to be insane & the Merle Haggard-influenced “White Label Lies” goes for an acoustic direction criticizing a liquor bottle with a white label that said ‘Truth’ on it.

The introspection gets turned up to 11 with “I’ve Lost More (Than What I’ve Got Today)” continuing the country rock influences singing about the hardships he’s faced just before “Try” goes bare acoustics passionately blaming himself for losing an ex-girlfriend of his. “Believe I’ll Be Leavin’” has a summertime atmosphere that I really enjoy talking about gettin’ done with the show & the party & going back to the hotel alone & calling your significant other way too late time after time after time & the toll it takes on an already rocky relationship, but then “Back to the Wall” hooks up crooning background vocals & guitars fighting the good fight.

“Wrong Like the Weatherman” brings the country rock influences back owning up to being wrong in the past much like an actual weatherman while the warm, catchy “See You on Broadway” written by Yelawolf’s ex-wife Fefe Dobson sings about a woman he knows who always comes around. The song “Alabaster Rose” maintains the country rock sound discussing a lil care & kindness going a long way being all he ever wanted while the title track that Waylon Jennings almost recorded pays homage to Marty Robbins. The instrumental on the closer “Won’t Say No to You” feels like some funky shit brought back from the early 1970s telling his partner he can’t say no to her.

Everywhere West is as much Martinez’s legacy as it is his father’s chronicling all phases of the incredible journey he’s been on & certainly reveals that Tony has a bright future ahead of him in the outlaw country scene joining Johnny Cash’s latest posthumous effort Songwriter, Beyoncé’s 2nd act of her ongoing trilogy Cowboy Carter or even Willie Nelson’s best late career album The Border as some of the best country I’ve heard this year as opposed to Post Malone’s latest album F-1,000,000,000,000. All 13 songs evoke emotions in listeners so they know they’re not alone in whatever they are facing in life giving us a look through his battles with NMOSD & an opioid addiction in addition to Yelawolf honing in on his sound with the production.

Score: 4/5

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Willy Northpole – “Broadway Theatre” review

Willy Northpole is a 44 year old MC from Phoenix, Arizona who gained national exposure after Ludacris signed him to Disturbing tha Peace Records in 2007 distributed by Def Jam Recordings at the time releasing his debut album Tha Connect in the summer of 2009 to mixed reception & departing both labels in 2012. That said, he’s finally returning over a decade later joining Astray in becoming the first 2 artists to sign to Whitney Peyton’s independently owned Alpha Howse & releasing long-awaited sophomore album effort.

The title track is a jazzy opener talking about Willy’s return after so long whereas “Dear Young Willy” takes the soulful route instrumentally sending a message to his younger self. “OG” brings a jazz rap/trap hybrid to the table reminding everyone that he’s been around in the game prior to Bigshot’s awkward feature on “Rearrange” embracing the trap sound fully so both of them can talk about sex.

“1 Car” finishes the first half of the LP on some dreary trap shit feeling like giving up on everything just before “Blue Balls” embraces a hardcore boom bap flare delivering cutthroat lyricism for 3 & a half minutes. “Citizen” keeps it dusty brushing off the idea that he’s a gangsta, but then “Cook” featuring Whitney Peyton as well as Astray & Bag of Tricks Cat comes through with a trap-flavored Alpha Howse posse cut.

Nearing the encore of Broadway Theatre, the penultimate track “Cosmic Highway” strips the drums completely hopping over a bare loop telling us that he calls it a lil’ vacation as opposed to what our ancestors call it & “Chocolate Cholo” featuring Glasses Malone closes the album pullin’ receipts on them putting their respective cities on in a major way representing their Afro-Latin heritages over a Latin trap beat.

Him signing to Alpha Howse was said to be the best thing to ever happen in his entire career & it sure enough proves to be a sophomore joint that doesn’t try pandering to a mainstream audience much like his major label-backed debut did 15 years ago. The production is a healthy dose of boom bap, trap, drumless & jazz rap letting everyone know what he’s been up to after all this time & I last but not least enjoyed all but 1 feature performance.

Score: 3.5/5

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Pouya – “They Could Never Make Me Hate You” review

Pouya is a 30 year old rapper & singer/songwriter from Miami, Florida who’s a pioneer of the early underground rap scene that began on SoundCloud in 2012 & discovering the $uicideboy$ in their early career. His 2016 debut Underground Underdog was released to mixed reception although 5 showed considerable improvement as did The South Got Something to Say & Blood Was Never Thick as Water. 17 months after Gator was said to be his final LP, the BatKave & Buffet Boys member is returning for a 4th album.

“LORD FORGIVE ME FOR THE PAIN I INFLICT ON MYSELF” is a cloudy Memphis opener to talk about earning his stripes over a decade in the game whereas “FORGET ABOUT EVERYTHING”  has a smoother trap flare encouraging to let go of the bullshit to hop in the ride with him & not getting too high. “BLAME GAME” blends jazz & trap instrumentally assuring that he doesn’t want to be pointing fingers at anyone, but then “WHERE DID I GO WRONG?” shoots for a Memphis-inspired atmosphere once again saying he’s been singing the same song.

Rick Ross joins Pouya for the single “UH OH” pulling from mobb music referring to themselves as hood rats hanging out the window of the ride just before “BACK THE FUCK UP” returns to the Memphis sound so he can talk about dying a legend. “LAND OF IGUANAS” brings a cloudy boom bap vibe to the table only waking up for money & sex while “LEMONADE (DEAD MAN WALKING)” talks needing something to numb the pain. “WHAT UU BOUT” finishes the LP crossing over trap & jazz knowing what he’s gotta do.

22 months in the making & what Pouya has given us in They Could Never Make Me Hate You has to very well be a step above his last few albums & quite possibly the biggest one of his entire career spanning over a decade long. The production ranges from trap to jazz rap, Memphis rap & mobb music flexing his underground status & breaking down the lifestyle that comes with it all.

Score: 3.5/5

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38 Spesh – “Mother & Gun” review

Rochester, New York producer/MC 38 Spesh is back for his 5th solo LP. Known for being the leader of the Trust Army & founder of TCF Music Group, he’s been steadily busy throughout the last few years whether it be him producing projects for the likes of Planet Asia & Elcamino or his own solo output. Coming off lacing Grafh’s 4th album God’s Timing a few weeks ago however, Spesh’s hopping back on the mic for Mother & Gun almost a year after the Gunsmoke EP.

“Early Morning” is a soulful opener to the album talking about the fact that they didn’t believe him when he initially said he was gonna be rich whereas “Sacrifice” works in some hi-hats sampling soul music once again thanks to STREETRUNNER hustling hard. “Spesh is Back” moves forward going for a self-produced orchestral vibe instrumentally to talk about him returning to the mic while “Del Lago” shifts gears back in trap territory flexing his power was imposed.

Havoc & Lloyd Banks join Spesh for the rugged “Had It Coming” cautioning to build the ark because they gonna be flooding shit just before “Burn Marks” asks how he couldn’t hold a grudge towards his cuzz since the opps been chillin’ with him lately. “Speshal Methods” introduces the world to the titular east coast duo over boom bap production applying lyrical pressure, but then we’re treated to the latest installment of the “Can’t Show Love” trilogy.

“Only You” featuring Klass Murda nears the conclusion of Mother & Gun hooking up a crooning sample responding to the bitches who say they got them clarifying that they aren’t idiots while “Underestimated” featuring Benny the Butcher & Che Noir wraps things up with all 3 of them talking about people estimating them lower than they actually are.

In case some of you forgot, 38 Spesh has always been as much of a quality MC as he is amongst the most in-demand producers that the underground has to offer & his first full-length in almost 4 years here has to be the most intimate of his entire career. He takes a backseat behind the boards allowing other beatsmiths to gain more exposure laying out some of the most personal lyrics that he’s laid out on wax yet.

Score: 4/5

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Diamond D – “The Diam Piece 3: Initium” review

The Bronx, New York emcee/producer Diamond D preparing the final installment of The Diam Piece trilogy by splitting it into 3 EPs & giving us the first Initium ahead of Duo in November as well as Tria in February 2025. A mentor of Jazzy Jay, he would then form the D.I.T.C. collective alongside Lord Finesse & Showbiz in ‘92 only to put out his classic full-length debut Stunts, Blunts & Hip Hop shortly after. D went on to drop 6 more albums & a couple mixtapes of his own, the latest being Gotham’s acclaimed self-titled effort & The Rear ViewThe Diam Piece & its sequel left most of the rhyming to the guests, so I get why he’d return to that formula coming off The Rear View.

“Fire & Water” by RJ Payne & Skyzoo starts off ruggedly bringing hardcore lyricism over boom bap production whereas “The King” by KRS-One was a great lead single & another one of the best Blastmaster songs I’ve heard in recent memory taking the crown as rightfully his. “Merk” by Bishop Lamont & Torae keeps it in the basement instrumentally getting bloodthirsty, but then “Bosses” by Lord Tariq & Sauce Money finds the 2 getting on the mafioso tip for 4 minutes.

Fatman Scoop & Static the Prodigy hop on the playful sounding “Death B4 Dishonor” promising that you don’t wanna test either one of them leading into “Codes” by Agallah, David Bars & Royal Flush rawly reminding not to trust anyone in the streets. “Lay Me Down” by Inspectah Deck & Shyheim aggressively details the life of crime while “Blue Sunshine” by E-A Ski & 38 Spesh brings the respective west coast & east coast producer/MCs dustily getting on the battle rap tip. “My People” by Bonecrusher ends with a jazzy tribute to his kinfolk.

In the digital era where a lot of people’s attention spans are incredibly short, it’s more than understandable that the D.I.T.C. co-founder didn’t want to release a 29-song album & decided to split The Diam Piece 3 into a trilogy of EPs. Initium itself with its versatile list of performers over Diamond D’s signature sound is more than enough to hold everyone over until Duo at the end of 2024 & finally Tria early next year.

Score: 4/5

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Post Malone – “F-1,000,000,000,000” review

Here we have the 6th full-length LP from Grapevine, Texas rapper, singer/songwriter & producer Post Malone. Rising to stardom in 2015 with the single “White Iverson”, this resulted in him signing to Republic Records quickly makjng himself home ever since by dropping his last 5 albums & a mixtape. Now even though I’ve never really been the biggest fan of Posty’s work, there’s no denying that he has a decent amount of tracks that I genuinely enjoy like “Congratulations” as well as “rockstar” & who could forget “Sunflower”? Hell I even liked his sophomore effort beerbongs & bentleys, which I maintain is the crown jewel of his discography. Hollywood’s Bleeding rode the emo rap coattails, his Mercury Records debut under it’s revival as a Republic subsidiary 12kt Toothace felt like 1-long song & Austin was mid to the point where Posty finally succumbed to Lil B’s tweet about him going country in 2017 on F-1,000,000,000,000.

“Wrong Ones” featuring Tim McGraw starts by bringing the 2 together over a guitar advising to keep the cold ones coming whereas “Finer Things” featuring Hank Williams Jr. talks enjoying all the finer stuff in life. “I Had Some Help” featuring Morgan Wallen was a patience testing lead single mutating country pop, pop rock & country rock tackling the theme of relationship struggles just before “Pour Me a Drink” featuring Blake Shelton works in some bro-country undertones looking for a buzz.

Dolly Parton saves one of the album’s best features for “Have the Heart” talking about not having it in either one of them to break each others’ hearts leading into the country pop flavored “What Don’t Belong to Me” telling his partner he can’t give her what doesn’t belong to him. “Goes Without Saying” featuring Brad Paisley is a country rock breakup ballad coming to terms with their ex-girlfriends not rekindling the flame, but then “Guy for That” featuring Luke Combs continues the country & rock hybrids talking about being good at breaking hearts.

“Nosedive” featuring Lainey Wilson is this acoustic duet reminding that every thorn has it’s rose while “Losers” featuring Jelly Roll starts the 2nd half of the LP for a legitimately enjoyable tribute to all the outcasts. “Devil I’ve Been” featuring Ernest delivers a contemporary country vibe being fed up with living a life of sin while the southern “Never Love You Again” featuring Sierra Ferrell talks the road not being their friends & the long, lost highway ahead of them.

Luke Combs joins Posty yet again on the stripped-back “Missin’ You Like This” so they can both cry over exes they still dream of all these years later while “California Sober” featuring Chris Stapleton turns the country pop influences back up telling the story of a woman on the run after stealing some sucker’s money. The contemporary country-inspired “Hide My Gun” featuring Hardy asks their lovers if they would conceal their weapons while “Right About You” goes country rock once more asking if she’d still love him if we were down bad & at home.

“M-E-X-I-C-O” nears the conclusion of F-1,000,000,000,000 pulling from traditional country hangin’ ’round & broken down with a settled downtown girl prior to her diplomatic father giving him a significant amount of money for him to leave the country heading to the continent of South America while “Yours” serves as an acoustic closer paying tribute to his own daughter telling her that she’ll always be his little girl knowing one day a special man will come in her life & they’ll get married.

Starting the Long Bed deluxe run, “Fallin’ in Love” is this tacky country rock cut talking about him falling in love becoming inevitable while “Dead at the Honky Tonk” continues the aesthetics from previously singing about a hole in his heart. “Killed a Man” tries to get in his outlaw bag falling flat on his face while “Ain’t How It Ends” keeps it traditionally country whining to a woman that this can’t be the way their relationship ends.

“Hey Mercedes” throws the rock influences in the picture again asking the titular character what she has planned for tonight while the contemporary country joint “Go to Hell” sings about a love interest making him feel right & being unable to figure out exactly what makes him feel that way about her. “2 Hearts” strips things back telling us what happens when 2 hearts split in 2 while the peppy “Who Needs You?” shrugging off a bitch since he can break himself into 2. The final bonus track “Back to Texas” goes contemporary again for a tribute to the titular state.

7 years after The Based God predicted it, Post Malone has finally gone full-blown Kid Rock making his official country debut like the WWE Hall of Famer himself did resulting in one of the worst albums of this decade just like the new Falling in Reverse album Popular Monster. His takes on contemporary country, country pop, pop rock, country rock & bro-country feels more of a cash-grab as opposed to passionate although some of the guests’ performances either outshine him or match his level of awful. You’re much better off listening to Slumerican Records artist Tony Martinez’ new debut album Everywhere West, Johnny Cash’s latest posthumous effort Songwriter, Beyoncé’s 2nd act of her ongoing trilogy Cowboy Carter or even Willie Nelson’s best late career album The Border instead.

Score: 0.5/5

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Falling in Reverse – “Popular Monster” review

Falling in Reverse is a pop punk/metalcore band from Las Vegas, Nevada consisting of lead guitarist/backing vocalist Max Georgiev, rhythm guitarist/backing vocalist Christian Thompson, bassist/backing vocalist Tyler Burgess & last but not least frontman/keyboardist Ronnie Radke. The latter of whom was the original frontman for Escape the Fate whose debut album Dying’s Your Latest Fashion is the only good thing in Ronnie’s entire career, but was kicked out in 2008 after being sentenced to prison for violating probation due to his involvement in the murder of Michael Allen Cook found guilty of battery with substantial bodily harm & prompted Radke to start From Behind These Walls which would later become Falling in Reverse. Signing to Epitaph Records immediately due to Ronnie’s former ties with Escape the Fate, they put out a mediocrely received debut album The Drug in Me is You in 2011 & came back with one of the worst albums of the previous decade Fashionably LateJust Like You was almost as bad & Coming Home is their best although not by much, but Popular Monster was set out to be almost worse than Fashionably Late given some of the singles.

“Prequel” starts with over-the-top metalcore production & Ronnie writing in his diary that he’s a cynical, egotistical, unpredictable & hardenеd criminal whereas the title track fuses rap rock, post-hardcore, trap, melodic metalcore, djent & emo rap talking about depression. “All My Life” featuring Jelly Roll works in elements of alternative rock, hard rock, country rock, bro-country, nu metal & alternative metal asking for their souls to be saved leading into “Ronald” featuring Tech N9ne gratingly blending metalcore, trap, nu metal & hardcore hip hop to talk about identity & overcoming adversity.

Meanwhile on “Voices in My Head”, we have Ronnie culminating rap metal, trap, electronicore, nu metal, metalcore & djent whining that there feels like there’s a hurricane going on inside his head just before “Bad Guy” featuring his girlfriend at the time in former NXT Women’s Champion & former AEW Women’s World Champion Saraya a.k.a. Paige who used to date former AAA Mega Campeon, CMLL Mundial Pesocompleto Campeon, TNA World Champion, 4-time WWE world champion & 2-time WWE United States Champion Alberto Del Rio comes clean over a metalcore/trap hybrid that he’s a psycho douchebag. “Watch the World Burn” fails at mixing trap, alt-metal, hardcore hip hop, metalcore, post-hardcore, epic music & symphonic metal rapping about his inner demons prior to “Trigger Warning” asking if you’re proud to be American over a metalcore/nu metal abomination.

“Zombified” continues the torture on this LP bringing the alternative metal, electronicore, post-hardcore & djent vibes back for a pathetic jab at cancel culture while the final song “No Fear” finishes the album biting the $uicideboy$ at the start talking about how “saying what’s on your mind’s like stepping on a landmine” when in fact what he says from the mind is hateful & ugly in actuality. The bonus track happens to be a hideous cover of Papa Roach’s biggest hit “Last Resort”, which I was never a big fan of yet has aged poorly in the last 2 decades or so.

Ronnie has justifiably been one of the most scrutinized figures rock has seen in recent memory due to the battery with substantial bodily harm, assaulting a 16 year old girl & a 24 year old man at Six Flags Great Adventure’s Fright Fest metal festival FestEVIL resulting in Six Flags permanently banning rock/metal bands from performing at their parks going forward, raping a 25 year old-woman, going on transphobic tirades on Twitter (fuck calling it X) or most notably never handling criticism of his music very well & Popular Monster really takes the shit-cake on the same day as Post Malone’s new album F-1,000,000,000,000 did. His production is almost worse as it was over a decade ago uglily mutating sounds together whining about why people hate him tryna gaslight his listeners to thinking he’s the victim. In terms of metalcore, it’s NOWHERE near the epicness of Knocked Loose’s You Won’t Go Before You’re Supposed To.

Score: 0/5

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