jev. – “LONERWRLD 2” review

Ontario, Canada emcee jev. returning 15 months since his full-length debut to release his 4th EP. Introducing himself off The Color Grey. as well as LONERWRLD & The Samurai’s Monologue., he received his biggest breakthrough yet last summer off the studio LP when angels cry. emphasizing the jazzy boom bap portions of his style ditching the underlying trap influences throughout a portion of his early material. Preparing for 2nd album, we’re getting a sequel to LONERWRLD.

“Annie.” featuring Hillari soulfully opens the EP with both of them rapping about a violent kind of love while “I Love You, jev.” spits acid over a boom bap instrumental. “Jamaican Cuisine.” produced by Conductor Williams of the Griselda Records in-house production trio The Heartbreakers is my favorite track here getting automatic with the flow while “Megatron.” goes for an industrial hip hop going at the asses of his competition.

The song “God, My Big Homie.” begins the final leg of LONERWRLD 2 talking about the Lord above being a good friend to him over the course of his entire life while “Runitup.” admits that something in his cups causing his words to slur a little. “Truth.” finishes the extended play with sampling soul music throwing some kicks & snares into the picture going on a mission for the team.

Assuming that we’ll get jev.’s sophomore effort in 2026, the continuation of LONERWRLD slickly takes both sounds that it’s predecessor employed couple years ago this month & substitutes the consciously abstract lyricism for secondary influences of neo-soul & trap in addition to experimenting with newer flows that he successfully tries out.

Score: 4/5

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iam3hard – “World War III” review

Here we have the 4th studio LP from Atlanta, Georgia rapper iam3hard. Coming up in 2023 off his first couple of extended plays Down 2 Win & The Bandlab Beast, his 3rd EP Dissimilar Prevalence produced by Whyceg succeeding his full-length debut The Bandlab Bandit has become his most celebrated work & the sophomore effort WDF 3HARD followed a couple months later. Before I Sign & Willing to Die For both resulted in 3hard signing to Cegular Records, making his debut for the Sony Music imprint with 3x Harder & has been prepping for World War 3.

“Bearcoat” produced by Goxan starts off with an dark plugg opener talking about hanging out the window with a suppressed firearm whereas “Black Glock” hooks up a bell-heavy plugg instrumental from Whyceg painting imagery of the gangsta lifestyle running up carrying that specific type of gun on him. “Meds Works” takes a cloudier trap approach thanks to SOULJASPIRITS talking about Cegular doing fuckboys badly while “TSR” boasts of him spearheading the way for artists to get signed.

Nearing the end of the 1st half, “Ford Focus” incorporates some strings & 808s boasting the kind of whip he’s getting head inside of just before Trgc goes for a terror plugg vibe talking about never spinning the music of a rat whose mixtape isn’t selling very well. “Micro Jackson” finishes the 2nd quarter flexing that he & the rest of the squad gotta stay classy when pulling up to the clubs while “The Service” shifts towards a dark plugg sound talking about him still servin’ his housing projects.

“Wet Em decently gives off a more traditional plugg atmosphere continuing to hit listeners with more gangsta rap lyricism, but “What” felt like a better attempt at it despite its 96 second brevity. “Bob the Builder” gets referenced almost a couple months after J.I.D said he’d put a bullet in the general contractor while “Southlake” featuring 2sdxrt3all recaptures the synergies of their collab EP Burn the Booth Down.

The song “On Gangy” winds down World War 3’s final minutes hopping over a plugg instrumental talking about really having it out the pavement while “Shrek & Donkey” wraps things up talking about being more pissed off than the titular character of the Comcast Corporation subsidiary NBCUniversal division DreamWorks Animation’s flagship franchise & his best friend ahead of the upcoming 5th installment set to hit theaters in the summer of 2027.

3x Harder marked a huge improvement in quality compared to iam3hard’s earlier material & not only has he already outdone himself, there’s a pretty good chance World War 3 will be coming in conversations regarding 3hard’s greatest material much like it’s predecessor joining both Babystaydown & Pradabagshawty in further establishing Cegular Records to be a prominent plugg label. The plugg, dark plugg, terror plugg, cloud rap & trap production feels unparalleled compared to the last album & the same can be said regarding the Atlanta artist’s gangsta-lenient themes.

Score: 4/5

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WTM Scoob – “I’ll Neva Sell My Soul” review

Detroit, Michigan rapper WTM Scoob is back with his 9th EP. Formerly a member of the WRLD Tour Mafia, his solo career started in 2019 with his first few EPs Good Kid as well as When You Coming HomeA Beautiful Drug. Couple more EPs Euphoric Effects & Don’t Be Proud came out ahead of his acclaimed debut album I Went to Plu2o, which was later followed by his first couple mixtapes Scoob & Sydney Tour the World and Unreleased Wav alongside his last EP Big Heart Small World. Didn’t get the chance to cover his sophomore effort Peace of Me this summer, but the concept of I’ll Neva Sell My Soul grabbed me almost immediately.

“Lean” starts with an intro borrowing from the dirty south a bit talking about sippin’ codeine whereas “Scoob Fame” talks about these pussies & hoes being unable to take shit from him. “Kount Up” hazily advises against fixing shit for these lames since they’ve been broke all of his life leading into the “Feel the Love (Bristol Heartbreak)” instrumental interlude.

The song “Training Day” begins the final act of I’ll Neva Sell My Soul with a cloudy trap beat talking about how if it ain’t 1 thing, it’s another while “U” opens up regarding his blowup & having too much to lose. “Scoobyness” finishes the EP by talking about the habits he picked up from growing up in the habitat that he was raised in with his cup being so dark, he could be a black activist.

For an 18 minute EP recorded in 2020 sometime prior to WRLD Tour’s debut mixtape WRLD Tour Mafia or Die the succeeding summer, it would’ve felt fully complete if WTM Scoob had rapped on “Feel the Love (Bristol Heartbreak)” but either way he digs up a small handful of gems made around a time when the world was completely shut down making a promise on wax that he won’t ever sell out.

Score: 3.5/5

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La Reezy – “Lareezyana Shakedown” review

New Orleans, Louisiana based emcee/producer La Reezy self-producing his 4th EP. Introducing himself in 2023 off the full-length studio debut Reeborn, he would go on to follow it up with the debut EP We All Need Help as well as both Welcome to La Reezyana & Pardon Me, I’m Different earlier this year. The latter 2 have been drawing a lot of eyes on him within these past several months, which ultimately resulted in Lareezyana Shakedown unlocking a version of himself that even he didn’t know was ready to take the spotlight.

“Nolia Clap” begins with a cross between drumless, chipmunk soul & rap rock talking about the rocket being ready to go off whereas “Hardheaded” takes a jazzier vibe instrumentally talking about how he should’ve listened to his parents & now he has to solve it himself. “Move” featuring Da1TopNoch is the only song I could do without here despite the beat stylistically throwing it back to the late 90s dirty south while “Tiana Anthem” takes a backseat vocally for 67 seconds.

“Bad Man” works in some more sampling  of soul music openly confessing to his mother that he’s not a good person while “Catch the Groove” closes the greatest musical statement of La Reezy’s career as of this very moment with a crossover between drumless & chipmunk soul talking about recently turning 21 in the current political climate of our country with some strings during the hook & I relate to it since I personally turned 21 at the end of 2017.

Receiving co-signs from the same weekend after former NXT North American Champion Bronson Reed & even Juvenile of the Hot Boy$ himself, Lareezyaa Shakedown conceived during a 5-beats-in-a-day challenge sharpens his artistic dexterity coming off the same weekend local former AEW World Tag Team Champion, FTW Champion, DEFY World Champion, the inaugural NWA World Television Champion & NXT North American Champion Ricky Saints ending the longest reigning NXT North American Champion Oba Femi’s nearly 9-month reign as NXT Champion at the Endeavor-owned TKO Group Holdings division WWE’s developmental NXT brand’s No Mercy III in addition to the inaugural NXT Women’s North American Champion Kelani Jordan succeeding the current TNA Knockouts World Tag Team Champion Ash by Elegance’s brief reign as TNA Knockouts World Champion and inaugural AEW World Tag Team Champion, 3-time ROH World Tag Team Champion, ROH World 6-Man Tag Team Champion, アイアンマンヘビーメタル級王座, the inaugural 2-time PWG World Champion, 6-time TNA X Division Champion & 3-time TNA World Tag Team Champion Frankie Kazarian ending former TNA World Champion Steve Maclin’s inaugural reign as TNA International Champion at Victory Road XIX.

Score: 4.5/5

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Jeezy – “Still Snowin’” review

Brand new mixtape & the 15th altogether for Atlanta, Georgia rapper, songwriter, trap pioneer & actor Jeezy. Emerging in the early 2000s off his full-length debut T.U.I. (Thuggin’ Under the Influence) & the sophomore effort Come Shop wit Me, his biggest breakthrough wouldn’t come until 2004 where he began a partnership with Def Jam Recordings that’s going on strong to this very day & dropped the classic Thug Motivation 101: Let’s Get It the following summer. Subsequent discography highlights would include Thug Motivation 102: The InspirationThe RecessionThug Motivation 103: Hustler’z AmbitionSeen It All: The Autobiography & even The Recession 2 that came out the day after his Verzuz battle against longtime rival Gucci Mane during the COVID-19 pandemic. He went back to basics with the help of DJ Drama on Snofall fulfilling his Def Jam contract & is looking to do it again with Still Snowin’ a couple years since I Might Forgive…But I Don’t Forget.

The funky instrumental on the title track produced by DJ Toomp & Don Cannon took me by surprise to start the tape although Jeezy nonetheless comes correct flexing that he’s still making it snow whereas “Slide for Sho” turns up the funk to turn the clubs up. “Treason” works in some sampling so he can refuse to waste his time on the people who’ve betrayed him while “Snowman Party” has a bit of a jazzier tone talking about his parties being unique.

“Inside My Soul” continues the incredible choice of samples making his grandmother proud maintaining the plug motivation while “My Friends” brings back the funk talking about not being the kind to cheat on his homies. “Another Sad Song” discusses the truth of it taking a coward to shoot up a school referring to the Evergreen tragedy in Colorado earlier this month while “Bruce Wayne” likens himself to the Warner Bros. subsidiary DC Entertainment franchise’s protagonist.

Kicking off the 2nd half, “The Whole Town” soulfully dedicates itself to all the 80s babies just before the funky “Don’t Play ‘Bout Me” cautions everyone to not fuck around with him. “Head to the Sky (You Can Win)” takes an optimistically uplifting approach conceptually over chopping up more soul samples while “Anything” returns to funkier territory taking aim at people who’ll say whatever about him.

“Hustler’s Paradise” hooks up some slick sampling to give some peace of mind since God has done him some favors over the course of his life while “Keep That Same Energy” talks about feeling like Kanye on the night of the 2009 MTV VMA Awards when he notoriously interrupted Taylor Swift’s Best Female Video acceptance speech & later put out his 2nd best album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy behind The College Dropout.

The song “Thug Life Again” nears the conclusion of Still Snowin’ soulfully making it known that he’s still living that Corporate Thug lifestyle now that CTE World is no longer distributed by a major label while the funky “Back for More” talks about his entrepreneurship. “If You Don’t Know Me” dabbles with drumless for 107 seconds to ends by reflecting on giving the streets everything but his life & time everything except for tears.

Commemorating 2 whole decades of both Trap or Die & Thug Motivation 101: Let’s Get It respectively, both Don Cannon & DJ Toomp give Jeezy a more jazzier sound than some of output in this current decade & it’s welcomed as much as I loved The Recession 2 alongside Snofall & I Might Forgive…But I Don’t Forget. There’s no doubt in my mind that he’ll have to make a Recession 3 at some point within the next few years & if that’s the case, this is a mature prelude to it.

Score: 4.5/5

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SPRINTS – “All That’s Over” review

SPRINTS is a garage punk, noise rock, post-punk & garage rock revival band from Dublin, Ireland consisting of bassist Sam McCann, drummer Jack Callan & frontwoman/guitarist Karla Chubb. Releasing their full-length studio debut Letter to Self at the beginning of last year to lightly moderate reception, I was a lot more interested about their sophomore effort here going into it based off some of the singles we got building up towards it & learning that they had signed to the historic Seattle, Washington indie label Sub Pop Records.

“Abandon” opens up with a goth rock intro singing about all hope being left behind whereas “To the Bone” turns up the gothic influences painting the image of a dark evening. “Descartes” meshes alt-rock with post-punk revival & noise rock telling those growing disillusioned & angry with the world that hope’s around the corner while “Need” questions the love of this person that Karla needs in her life.

We get more goth rock vibes on the b-side single “Beg” poking fun at the idea that often it’s those in positions of power that preach their moral codes & judgments whilst committing the most heinous crimes themselves but once “Rage” embracing a garage rock direction calling out the false prophets & false promises, “Something’s Gonna Happen” observes a wave breaking beneath the brim asking that very question.

“Pieces” makes a final call of distress pleading for help after a woman left Karla’s mind a state of undress while the final teaser “Better” takes inspiration from My Bloody Valentine’s shoegaze landmark of a sophomore effort Loveless. “Coming Alive” speaks of the attempts to break Karla apart & “Desire” sends it all off singing about a fear inside this woman bringing up a fire.

Set against the backdrop of a litany of atrocities, SPRINTS’ inaugural opus under Sub Pop Records finds themselves trying to make sense of it all during the course of All That’s Over doubling down on the visceral spirit of fierce artistic honesty that’s always been at heart. They push their dynamics into richer territory mixing alternative rock, post-punk, garage punk, gothic rock, grunge, noise rock, shoegaze, garage rock revival & post-punk revival whilst observing the world on the verge of apocalypse.

Score: 4.5/5

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Doja Cat – “Vie” review

Los Angeles, California recording artist Doja Cat ending the month with her 4th LP. Blowing up in 2018 off her viral novelty single “MOOO!” under Kemosabe Records & RCA Records, this was followed up the next year with her debut mixtape Hot Pink which was decent as a whole despite the fact that “Say So” solidified that she wasn’t going away anytime soon. Planet Her showed some improvement compared to her previous works by delivering a pop rap/R&B concept album based around a self-originated world, coming off Scarlet to release Vie.

“Cards” kicks it all off with a mixture of synthpop & synth-funk music singing to make best use of your assets whereas “Jealous Type” produced by Jack Antonoff blends dance-pop, synth-funk, freestyle music, the Minneapolis sound & pop rap talking about struggling with insecurity during an impatient relationship. “AAAHH MEN!” samples the Knight Rider theme song to make way for some boastfully charming raps while “Couples Therapy” sings that all she wants his for her lover to be involved.

Moving on from there, we have the aptly titled “Gorgeous” that Sounwave co-produced giving off a summery vibe with a secondary pop rap influence explaining that it’s crime to be very attractive just before “Stranger” goes back to a dance-pop direction with minor jazz undertones sings about her & her partner being weird with each other. “All Mine” pulls from the Minneapolis sound again to get possessive over her new romantic interest while “Take Me Dancing” featuring SZA playfully says it all.

“Lipstain” continues Vie’s other half not wanting to dance around the idea of the love she & this person have for each other being easy to talk about while the R&B throwback “Silly! Fun!” tackles the concept of romantic delusion. “Acts of Service” hypnotically poses the question of what would it mean if she found her person when that’s her love language while “Make It Up” talks about turning a wrong into a right.

The song “1 More Time” borrows from the Minneapolis sound to start the final act of Doja Cat’s most enjoyable body of work yet not needing anyone to save her by any means while “Happy”asks if her lover is genuinely contented. The pop rap closer “Come Back” ends the LP by confirming to an ex that she’s not the person for him & taking her advice that he will eventually find someone when the time’s right & the star’s align.

Returning to a poppier sound as opposed to Scarlet putting Doja Cat’s hip hop side on full display, Vie takes a more playful approach than anything she’s done previous & I come away from it getting her best pop material ever. The production mostly handled by Jack Antonoff masterfully fluctuates between contemporary R&B, dance-pop, po rap, synthpop, synth-funk, freestyle music, trap music, sophisti-pop & the Minneapolis sound and the prominently dishy subject matter.

Score: 4.5/5

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Peezy – “Still Ghetto” review

This is the 3rd studio LP from Detroit, Michigan rapper Peezy. A part of the Team Eastside collective about a little over decade ago, he would later go on to release about a dozen solo projects beginning with Mud Muzik in 2014 & subsequently became one of the most prominent figures that the Motor City’s distinct trap scene has to offer. I covered his 8th mixtape Free Rio in 2022 when he got out of prison back at the beginning of that year for racketeering followed by his full-length debut Only Built 4 Diamond Links as well as the sophomore effort Ghetto & the Small Town Ghetto EP last winter, the latter of which preluded Still Ghetto.

“City’s Mine” was an enticing intro to the LP talking about the agreement amongst many that he’s taken over the 313 whereas “The Warm Up” featuring French Montana flexes that they jump shots before they ball, although French’s appearance was unwarranted. “So Ghetto” featuring Icewear Vezzo finds the 2 making up for it with a Detroit trap highlight repping their city while “All That” featuring Chicken P made for an underwhelming single choice.

Rick Ross joins Peezy on the exuberant “Hide the Rest” talking about money coming with respect around their individual parts leading into “It’s Givin’” featuring YG Teck returns to the Detroit sound albeit for one of the weaker collaborations on the entire album. “Lovin’ on Me” blends Detroit trap & pop rap working in some distinct sampling for a couple minutes while “Bond 9” featuring RMC Mike advises not to tell anyone if they fall for the love of these women.

“My Brother” featuring 42 Dugg talks about everyone thinking they went broke when they were actually saving money & letting it stack to the ceiling while “Main Artery” suggest that he might be one of the realist left since he stands on business. “Texas Shit” featuring G Herbo & THF Law would’ve been a lot more interesting if you took THF Law off it personally while “Playboi Carti” featuring 2 Chainz blends jazz rap & trap to shut the lots down.

Starting the final leg, “If I Can Make It” advises that anyone can survive out the trenches if he can while “Let’s Talk About It” featuring Babyface Ray reflects on being told to get the money instead of becoming famous. “‘96 Impala” featuring Larry June unites for an ode to Chevy Impalas & once “Daydreaming” talks about making others feel like he was there when the story he’s telling occurred, “Give It All” featuring Big Sean finishes with both of them putting everything in this music shit.

Serving as a sequel to Ghetto a few years ago, Still Ghetto maintains the attitude of its predecessor with the most star-studded offering of Peezy’s entire discography. That said: I came away from this album liking it only slightly less than the EP we got him 9 months earlier. Could’ve done without a few guest performers’ contribution, but many of them stick the landing whether it be locally or outside the Michigan area looking both within & beyond the Murder Mitten to propagate what he’s helped pioneer in the city.

Score: 3/5

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Jay Worthy – “Once Upon a Time” review

Here is the double full-length studio debut from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada born albeit Compton, California raised emcee Jay Worthy. Coming on my radar in 2017 after The Alchemist produced his debut EP Fantasy Island from top to bottom, he would go onto drop 5 more EPs & a fantastic collab album with Larry June called 2 P’z in a Pod even though initial plans of putting it out through Griselda Records fell through for whatever reason. Harry Fraud produced You Take the Credit, We’ll Take the Check & DJ Muggs did What They Hittin’ 4 to significant acclaim, but the Roc Marciano-produced Nothing Bigger Than the Program was still good despite having too many features & the DāM-FunK produced Magic Hour improved on that as did The Tonite Show 2 entirely produced by DJ Fresh last fall. Almost a decade in the making however, Once Upon a Time has finally arrived.

After the “Beginning” intro, the first song “‘96 Big Body” gets the ball rollin’ with a smooth ass beat recalling the days when he was driving around in this fresh whip 3 decades earlier whereas “The Only 1” featuring Kamaiyah works in a Mobb beat from Cardo addresses those who thought they were the only pimps around. “For the Homies” produced by DJ Quik sends a shoutout to all of those in their lives who can’t be here leading into the g-funk heavy “Rekkless” looking back at his youth.

“Open Minded” instrumentally reminds me of something The Neptunes would’ve produced in the early/mid 2000s praising his girl for keeping that exact type of mentality while “From the Jump” featuring E-40, Jim Jones, Ohgeesy & Wiz Khalifa brings the quintet together over a DJ Fresh beat or Harry Fraud on the remix talking about how long they’ve been putting it down. “Dark Tints” featuring 03 Greedo strips the drums thanks to Conductor Williams refusing to stop what they started while “Famous Players” slickly gets in his pimp bag.

As for “Tides”, we have Jay Worthy on top of a drumlessly summery instrumental with lyrics about wanting a woman that he’s never even met by his side while “Bellagio” featuring Conway the Machine charismatically flexes of making music for the famous Las Vegas, Nevada hotel of the same name. “Choosing Shoes” featuring Boldy James keeps the drums out the equation painting imagery of the gangsta lifestyle while “2P’z” featuring Larry June recaptures the aura of their 2022 collab effort.

“True Story” featuring Ty$ starts the final moments of Disc 1 by touching on some real life shit over a Hit-Boy beat while “The Outcome” featuring Ab-Soul, Dave East & Westside Gunn unites the quartet for a 4 & a half minute barfest accompanied by a sample-heavy beat that The Alchemist cooked up real realizing that this is the very moment where he & guests should observe the results. “Jive 95” featuring Bun B & Spice 1 after the “Skrappordie” interlude opens Disc 2 to go by the cheat code while “Daytons” featuring Mack 10 gives a fuck you to all of the haters they have.

Wallie the Sensei joins Worthy for the Mobb-inspired “Know My Worth” waking up to the money since they don’t know if being broke or dead is worse while “Escape from LA” featuring B-Legit & Jay 305 comes together for a Bay Area tribute. “Sake” featuring Curren$y talks about feeling more like they’re vacation rather than being on the run while the drumless “Blade Runner” featuring Roc Marciano refers to themselves as big game hunters.

“I’ll Be Fine” featuring Vicasso hops over a g-funk beat to talk about their diametric approach to making music while the funky “Gang Shit” reunited with DJ Muggs so he can admit that he doesn’t like stunt because of his humbleness. “Bix in the Morning” featuring Ice-T heavily samples “6 ‘N tha Mornin’” for a generational gangsta rap crossover while “P-Funkentelechy” sends a love letter to Parliament-Funkadelic.

The track “Angel Dust” starts Once Upon a Time’s final act with a psychedelic Thundercat instrumental talking about PCP while the jazzy “Worthy vs. Getty” recalls a story that occurred in 2003. Prior to the “End” outro however, “Runnin’ Outta Time” is what officially finishes responding to people who think they know him by saying that he doesn’t recognize them from his hood with Terrace Martin playing piano.

Although What They Hittin’ 4 still remains my personal favorite entry in Jay Worthy’s discography, there’s absolutely no doubt in my mind that the 30 song & almost 90 minute Once Upon a Time sticks out as the most star-studded musical opus he’s ever conceived. Bridging the east & the west coast with its admirably versatile guest list, the production mostly takes its cues from the westside to cohesively tell a story of authentically resilient ambition.

Score: 4.5/5

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Ouija Macc – “Sunken Church” review

Las Vegas, Nevada emcee Ouija Macc kicking off the Hallowicked season with his 8th LP. Breaking out 8 years ago after the Insane Clown Posse signed him to Psychopathic Records shortly after putting out his debut EP Trashfire independently, Ouija has since proven himself as the hatchet’s biggest solo act dropping his last 7 full-lengths, 2 greatest hits compilations, 8 mixtapes & 5 EPs all in the span of nearly 8 years. He even started his own label Chapter 17 Records, with Darby O’Trill now being the only artist other than Ouija & teamed up with each other for the excellent collab effort Anemoia building up Darcc Planet to become the darccest material of his career last summer. 3 months after Psycho Babbel though, we entered the Temple of Ash & Chlorine proved that he’ll always be a scrub no matter how clean he gets. Sunken Church however looks to conclude the story that Darcc Planet began 14 months ago fresh off 3-time JCW World Juggalo Tag Team Champions The Brothers of Funstruction taking the titles back to Juggalo Championship Wrestling (JCW) from YNDP & simultaneously ending their reign GCW World Tag Team Champions at the Game Changer Wrestling (GCW) event Evil Deeds and Alice Crowley became the new JCW Women’s Champion within a couple weeks.

Devereaux & Brian Kuma both produced the occult trap intro “Hatchet Homicide” talking about being allergic to the sun & not trusting anybody whereas “Fungalo” vividly describes fungus growing from within the Sunken Church asking if it could be shrooms. “Left Eye” welcomes one & all to the church hidden below the Earth flexing that he’s chilling with the late TLC member of the same name by the waterfall while the lead single “Killionaire” talks about piling up bodies.

“Flume” speaks of walking up in the room off the smoke killing a homophobe out in Texas & putting the body in his Lexus while “Decomposing” wickedly paints images of himself amongst the undead. “Chinchilla” featuring the shortest reigning JCW World Juggalo Heavyweight Champion Shaggy 2 Dope & the JCW Commissioner Violent J of ICP finally makes up for the Clowns’ verse on “Diamonds” while the 3rd single “Rain Dance” talks about lighting a candle at the Temple of Ash.

Meanwhile on “Gremlord”, we have Ouija morbidly boasting that he’s the lord of all gremlins & one forgetting to breathe after floating down while “Eastside Ritual” works in some heavy bells talking about the cult of the moon & the hatchet never sleeping. The 2nd single “Andy Milanakis” claps back at the oldheads calling him & his music obnoxious while “Decension” talks about drowning to death.

“Break da Seal” speaks of being guided by the voices the concoction of a spell & acknowledging that many wicked ones have never made it out of Hell’s Pit while the final single “Tunguska” that we got last weekend talks about the end being near, giving s middle finger to the world since most are too oblivious to recognize that the world we live in being hellafied & cooked.

The song “Night of the Stanky Heads” begins the final moments of this 14-month long saga with a spiritual successor to the “Night of…” series that the Insane Clown Posse has become known for since Carnival of Carnage & once “Mudrealm Depths” talks about being creating a literal bloody mess whenever da mane is summoned, “Goner” finishes with an emo rap closer feeling stuck in his ways again & all of his walls caving in.

“Getcha Mane” starts the deluxe run talking about having maggots in his brain making him go crazy while “Lovely” tells us the way he’s been feeling as of late, choosing to spread love if even the world doesn’t feel the same way regarding him. The final bonus track “At All” ends the brief dosage of extra freshness by talking about not knowing how to live with himself whenever he looks in the mirror.

Announced near the end of his headlining set at the Gathering of Legends or the 25th annual Gathering of the Juggalos last month, these past 5 albums that Ouija Macc has put out has in the past year have marked a new era beyond the Elements series that Trashfire began & Stalewind ended by doing the same thing with Darcc Planet & Sunken Church. A new dawn has risen entirely from the depths tying in everything that we’ve heard throughout Darcc Planet, Psycho Babbel, Temple of Ash & Chlorine in a masterfully wicced fashion.

Score: 4.5/5

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