Ouija Macc – “America’s Most Wicked” review

3rd album from Las Vegas, Nevada emcee Ouija Macc in 2025 & his 9th overall. Breaking out when 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 8 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 13 months ago for the excellent collab effort Anemoia building up Darcc Planet to become the darccest material of his career last summer. Psycho Babbel came a couple months later, entering the Temple of Ash & Chlorine proved that he’ll always be a scrub no matter how clean he gets. Sunken Church however concluded the story that Darcc Planet began, declaring himself America’s Most Wicked a few weeks after Matt Cardona & The Outbreak became the new JCW World Juggalo Heavyweight Champion & JCW World Juggalo Tag Team Champions respectively. Can’t forget to mention the controversial WWE, WCW & TNA writer and WCW World Heavyweight Champion Vince Russo becoming the head writer of JCW Lunacy either.

“Rigor Mortis” produced by Devereaux after the “John Walsh” intro begins talking about how juggalos don’t ever die & suggest that all the pussies knock it off with that shit whereas “Old Fashion Horror” locks in with DeadBoyGrim for response to the people asking what happened to traditional horror with a modern wicked shit banger he’s perfected up until this point. “Acqua Panna Tuscany” blends cloud rap & trap to talk about how you can’t fuck with the juggalo like him leading into “Offa Me” talking about giving 0 fucks whatsoever.

Moving on from there, “Stalker Jr.” talks about this woman blocking him & having 30 other different numbers so he can stay in contact with her while “Honky Tonk” boasts that he’ll buy a chainsaw off Amazon for the sole purpose of choppin’ up it’s CEO Jeff Bezos. “Phonky Homicidalyst” cleverly blends horrorcore & phonk music looking for cowards in a droptop until “Juggzilla” talks about being the juggalo version of ゴジラ.

“Let’s All Fly” continues with a ghostly trap vibe wanting the so as if there isn’t a fire blazing on the other side while the eerie lead single “Lil’ 1700” talks about creepin’ out the gutter ready to show the underground what the fuck it is. “Formaldehyde” pulls from the Memphis scene a bit making a dope reference to “Guts on the Ceiling” off Carnival of Carnage at the end of the 1st verse while “S.M.D.M.F.D. (Suck My Dick Muthafucka, Die!)” gives off that exact mentality.

Beginning the final leg of America’s Most Wicked, the cloudy trap crossover “Mama House” issues a warning that you don’t want to see him in Juggalo form while the psychedelic “Bong Rips” comes through with a stoner’s anthem for the playalos. “Cemetery Mane” cloudily talks about being haunted by an entity whispering his name while “Hypnotize” ethereally addresses those who have it out for him.

“Show & Tell” portrays himself as a teacher having the whole class yellin’ after swinging this hatchet & admitting that he likes to load a clip as much as choppin’ up bodies while “The Willows” talks about murdering sex offenders & bigots affiliated with all sorts of hate groups. “Build My Home” ends by suggesting he makes himself at home in a cemetery, unsure if God’s answering his prayers & realization the only thing left is the certainty of death.

Coming fresh off the news of Ouija Macc expecting his 3rd child & him buying a 17 acre farm that he calls Juggalo City, the CEO of the Psychopathic Records subsidiary Chapter 17 Records finishes his 2025 by rightfully claiming the title of America’s Most Wicked. Filled with 20 tracks of certified wicked shit with 3 of them not being on streaming due to their extremities, it’s basically a soundtrack to the hypothetical situation of the country burning to the ground.

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 a couple weeks ago.

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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Shaggytheairhead – “Secret World” review

Las Vegas, Nevada producer, rapper & fashion designer Shaggytheairhead dropping his 5th EP without warning. Peaking my interesting after producing one of my all-time favorite Ouija Macc songs “Nardwuar Glocc” back in 2018, he would back that up with 4 EPs before becoming an in-house producer for Chapter 17 Records & Psychopathic Records alongside his Mythic Mindz cohort Devereaux. Shaggy dropped his debut Wakin’ Up during the 21st annual Gathering of the Juggalos, which was the only Gathering I’ve ever been to & a weekend that I’ll never forget. As far as the actual music on Wakin’ Up, it’s my favorite of his thus far because of how much he improved his lyricism & that he dabbled with a wide range of sounds to show his influences. Grin to the Grave, Coffee, Blood Sweat Tears and Lazy & Crazy have all followed since to equally warm reception & looks to embark on a trip to a Secret World.

“Cursed” begins our exploration with a g-funk instrumental feeling like he wouldn’t make it as far as he has whereas the depressive “Never That Deep” talks about shit getting annoying to him. “Ghosts Ride” pulls a little inspiration from the Memphis scene sonically getting high in his zone leading into another g-funk cut “Relax” talks about needing to chill out. “Animosity” embraces a boom bap vibe to discuss antipathy & “I Ain’t Happy” angrily finishes the EP by dissing the crowd trying to stop his shine.

A little over 15 months since he & Darby O’Trill got with Devereaux to deliver their celebrated 10 Bandz collaborative effort, Shaggytheairhead first solo offering in over 2 years over 24 hours since the current GCW World Tag Team Champions YNDP became the new JCW World Juggalo Tag Team Champions during The 2 Day War between Juggalo Championship Wrestling (JCW) & Game Changer Wrestling (GCW) coping with the personal issues he’s gone through since we last heard him on Lazy & Crazy by solely killing a deft batch of beats that range from g-funk to boom bap & Memphis rap.

Score: 4/5

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Darby O’Trill – “WIL(low)” review

Here is the 7th studio LP from Key Largo, Floridian emcee Darby O’Trill. A close collaborator of Chapter 17/Psychopathic Records in-house producer Devereaux, their debut together Piecemeal received critical acclaim during the COVID-19 pandemic & signed Lyrikal Snuff Productionz & fulfilled it over 3 years ago with Gully, which is a modern day wicked shit classic. Amputate was a solid prelude to The Tomb, the latter was even better. Darby’s official C17 debut Creek became his best since Gully as did GARDeN last fall, taking us to the WIL(low) only a couple weeks out from the Gathering of Legends or the 25th annual Gathering of the Juggalos & of course The 2 Day War between Juggalo Championship Wrestling (JCW) & Game Changer Wrestling (GCW). Most importantly record-holding 5-time JCW World Juggalo Heavyweight Champion 2 Tuff Tony looking to take the title back from former GCW World Champion & GCW World Tag Team Champion Matt Tremont in The Final Battle after he ended Mad Man Pondo’s 3rd reign at the JCW/GCW Showcase Showdown: The Violence is Right couple weeks ago.

“strangling my boss with my wallet chain” made for an eerie trap opener produced by none other than Devereaux talking about death residing in his mind whereas “i saw the magician pull that rabbit out of his ass” wickedly flexes the tricks he has up his sleeve. “biting my tongue because there is nothing left to eat” talks about rather being the clown than the man behind the mask while “the scent of a 3 day old corpse rotting in a flawda attic” professes himself as Emperor of Bugs.

Shaggytheairhead hops behind the boards for the uncanny “barglegore gurglebach & the curious case of the vomiting shoes” talking about death fulfilling him & following “if i wuz more like u i’d b better off dead” referencing WWE Hall of Famer, former WWE United States Champion, WCW World Television Champion & the inaugural WWE Royal Rumble winner “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan. “the time i found bums having sex in a construction site porta potty” after the “you got anything else?” skit goes for a boom bap vibe finding himself unsure of where he’s going.

“da faladgulations ov mane” professes that he won’t ever become the type of person others want him to be while “i have alot of tattoos & most of them are shitty but she doesn’t seem to mind” harks back to the trap metal/horrorcore fusions on GARDeN talking about necrophilia. “17 pounds of crabdick at nates got me hallucinating, thanks parker” after the “1 nu message” skit keeps the heavy guitars & hi-hats in the fold to talk about a woman haunting him.

We have Darby feeling like the reaper’s close on the trap metal “is that a cat standing on my chest or my sleep paralysis demon?” admitting he never found his way home while “crippled by the thought of tomorrow” fuses trap & rock to talk about not being ok. “i ordered a falafel wrap and was served a severed hand on rye” tackles the theme of cannibalism over hi-hats & a nu metal riff that is until the “jerky jerrys” skit.

“drowned in a pool of kinetic sand” featuring Ouija Macc talks about not lacking intelligence despite their violent tendencies while “some guy told my girlfriend to dump me because im fat” opens up regarding not doing too well. “the vanilla scented mask of the killer” points out the reason he’s been getting hate & “now thats what i call an album no one is gonna care about” ends by talking about people not wanting him around because of him letting them down.

Once you’ve already gone down the Creek & past the GARDeN into the marsh amongst the vines where the lost souls gather, WIL(low) outdoes both it’s predecessors in becoming the darkest & most personal piece of work Darby O’Trill has ever made. Continuing to embrace the trap metal sound prominently, he near-perfectly takes us in the shoes of the lost & distraught wandering this earth searching for solace & thinking they’re alone.

Score: 4.5/5

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Ouija Macc – “Chlorine” review

In front of us is the 7th studio LP from Las Vegas, Nevada emcee Ouija Macc. Breaking out in the fall of 2017 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 6 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 13 months ago 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 & are now leaving so he can drop Chlorine on us in the midst of him opening during ICP’s tour set to end this weekend alongside Wakko the Kidd & tapings of the hit Juggalo Championship Wrestling (JCW) webseries JCW Lunacy. I should also mention the inaugural JCW American Champion currently in his 2nd reign Caleb Konley appearing on Dark Side of the Ring a few days ago to remember the late WWE Cruiserweight Champion Daffney & former JCW World Juggalo Tag Team Champion Kerry Morton ending former The Crash Pesocompleto Campeon, NWA National Champion & TNA X Division Champion Willie Mack’s 2nd reign as JCW World Juggalo Heavyweight Champion.

“Creepy Crawler” starts off with a hellish trap intro produced by Devereaux talking about crawling up on ‘em & stacking up his commas whereas “Miyazaki” pulls from the Memphis scene taking it’s name after the revered スタジオジブリ founder 宮崎駿. “WICC17 SH17” makes a phat homage to the style of music he’s widely known for & putting a modern appeal to it for a newer generation of juggalos while the DeadBoyGrim-laced single “Lil’ Nitemare” walks down the wrong path deviated by demons.

Meanwhile on “Loonatic”, we have Ouija bringing the presence of a wicked clown right in front of you over a cloudy trap instrumental until the ghostly “Never That” talks about running with the pack to the money & never looking back. “House of 1,000 Doors” gets in his storytelling bag portraying himself as a game show host named after Rob Zombie’s classic directional debut House of 1,000 Corpses until “Mr. Fat Balls” drearily talks about being fed up with the bullshit lies.

“Klepto” breaks down his skitzophrenic tendencies on the verge of stealing shit over some pots, pans & hi-hats while the chilling “Up It Up” entertainingly throws in bar introducing a new nickname for himself blending his moniker with the name of current Monday Night RAW commentator, occasional WWE in-ring performer, ESPN’s College GameDay analyst, host of The Pat McAfee Show on ESPN & former Indianapolis Colts kicker Pat McAfee.

Moving on from there, “Toot Toot” samples “The Loons off ICP’s sophomore effort & the 2nd Joker’s Card Ringmaster going 117mph for the cash since he don’t fuck around when it comes to that while “Mean Muthafucka” shows an angrier side to Ouija warning to get out his face unless you wanna see him crash out. “Databass” vividly portrays himself as a sex offender who preys for his victims on the internet, but then “Death Trap” featuring Apoc Krysis unloads 17 from the clip.

“Unda Unda” pulls inspiration from the Memphis hip hop scene more more blending that with horrorcore & trap talking about coming from the underground since Chapter 17/Psychopathic’s whole sound has appealed to that demographic of hip hop culture birthing it’s own subculture in the process & “Would It Be Alright” finishes Chlorine with a trap metal/emo rap hybrid asking if it’s ok if he dies here tonight.

Ouija’s been calling this the best thing he’s ever made for the past month now & I can’t really argue with it because of the the whole concept revolving around him always being a scrub no matter how clean. Devereaux handles most of the production showing influences of trap, horrorcore, cloud rap, trap metal, emo rap & Memphis hip hop backing the C17 CEO’s call for a juggalo takeover.

Score: 4.5/5

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Ouija Macc & Ricky Hil – “Problem Children 2” review

This is the 2nd collaborative album between Las Vegas, Nevada emcee Ouija Macc as well as New York recording artist Ricky Hil. The latter of whom came up in 2009 in the cloud/emo rap scenes & the other is the CEO of the Psychopathic Records subsidiary Chapter 17 Records who has been the only other current artist on the label that runs beneath the streets other than the Insane Clown Posse themselves for pretty much the current decade. Ricky recently got a shoutout on the highlight “Olympian” off Playboi Carti’s 3rd album MUSIC last month & is linking up with Ouija again for a sequel to Problem Children ahead of Ouija appearing on the upcoming 2nd leg of JCW Lunacy’s Hella Pain & Diamond Rain Tour.

The title track produced by Devereaux starts with both of them giving middle fingers to everyone & spraying the walls with blood over a guitar-trap instrumental whereas “Upside Down” takes a cloudier route thanks to former Good Charlotte guitarist Billy Martin with Ouija giving props to Psychopathic Don & the wicked clowns’ manager Billy Bill for giving him game. “‘Till I Die” finds the pair talking about staying until the day where they take their last breaths while “Fucc ‘Em Up” fuses hardcore hip hop & trap thanks to 808 Mafia co-founder Lex Luger.

SosMula formerly of the City Morgue joins both of the Problem Children on the “Tavernity Trinity” introducing a new underground supergroup over a trap metal beat leading into “Ginsu” talking about death knocking on their doors & them eventually answering it. “In Vein” brings a trap metal flare back in the fold so they can tackle themes of death just before the internal emo rap-tinged “To Feel” talks about having loneliness to fulfill in their lives.

“Crème Brûlée” boasts that the weed they’re smoking on is significantly sweeter than dessert itself prior to “Nightmare Boyz” talking about people sneak-dissin’ only for the simple reason because of them not being legitimate competition in either of their eyes whatsoever. “Pray 4 Me” finds both of them discussing having 0 sympathy for their enemies due to life itself being an entire tragedy, but then “Buffalo Sauce” showcases a fun back-&-forth chemistry.

As for “Gone in the Wind”, we have Ouija & Ricky talking about death calling ‘em again & it all being lights off in the end while “Low Battery Warning” suggests to enjoy your emptiness since it’ll be as good as it can get. “I’d Probably Rot” shows an emo rap influence again talking about having nothing while “Storm Come Rolling In” admits to pain swallowing them again. “Moon Through the Blinds of the Bando” finishes by stripping the drums with parts of them feeling like they’re in Hell’s Pit.

The eponymous introductory LP was a fun marriage between Ouija Macc’s horrorcore twist on the SoundCloud aesthetics & Ricky’s cloudy emo rap hybrids, returning after 3 years to take it up another level since Ouija has evolved so much artistically since the last time he teamed up with Ricky. Their respective styles all come back & mesh well together once again to take every redeemable quality of its predecessor to newer levels.

Score: 4/5

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Ouija Macc – “Temple of Ash” review

Las Vegas, Nevada emcee Ouija Macc finishing his 2024 with the 6th studio LP in his discography. Breaking out in the fall of 2017 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 5 full-lengths, 2 greatest hits compilations, 8 mixtapes & 5 EPs all in the span of nearly 7 years. He even started his own label Chapter 17 Records & made the big homie HEXXX the first signee to putting out his first 2 classic west coast wicked shit albums Demon Season & Tales of a Cursed G before amicably fulfilling all contractual obligations with the Psychopathic subsidiary last fall. Darby O’Trill is now the only C17 artist other than Ouija, teaming up with each other back in April for the excellent collab effort Anemoia & Darcc Planet became the darccest material of his career. 3 months after Psycho Babbel though, we’re now entering the Temple of Ash following his recent JCW Lunacy appearances during the March of Madness Tour.

“The Approach” produced by Devereaux is this trap intro pointing out nobody wants consequences or suffering whereas “Bumpalation” calls it back to “Murder Go Round” by reminding that y’all can’t fuck with a wicced clown. “Dart Pimpson” takes the Memphis route instrumentally to talk about shooting darts in muhfuckas’ necks & not wanting to see scrubs as lit as him while “7 Deadly Symptoms” gives off an eerie trap direction to the beat pleading that his religion puts an end to your condition.

As for “Spligwitter”, we have Ouija talking about splitting wigs by spittin’ the wicced shit leading into “Lil Jokaro” hopping over a sample of ICP’s cover of “Assassins” by the Geto Boys off The Amazing Jeckel Brothers reassuring that he ain’t the person to be fucked with at all. The funky trap banger “Across da Window Sill” leaving corpses on the grill prior to “In da Trunk” morbidly talks about dead bodies going in the back of his ride for nearly 3 minutes.

“Purple Wraith” heads for a hypnotic direction flexing his hatchet came with him when he died while “Burns on Da Skin” gives off a heavily apocalyptic trap vibe advising to walk with him carrying torches since the temple’s dark as the sun. “Flashbacc” comes clean that he was buggin’ off analepsis stabbing a muhfucca with a stethoscope while “Hatchet Samurai” is a fun joint about not being like any other samurai creeping out the casket with his hatchet by his side

Beginning the final leg, “Everything Gone” discussing that everything’s waste & we’re living in the hole while “Where I Stand” finds Ouija riding with the Psychopathic family since he never had any friends. “Praise 2 da Phonk” experiments with the phonk sound & putting his own wicced spin on it while “Acrylamide” welcomes everyone to the psycho side paying homage to the first ever Dark Lotus track “Echo Side” off The Amazing Jeckel Brothers during the hook.

“Sir Leemy of Lone” somberly finishes up by becoming content with the voices in his head & once the bonus track “Fire of Forever” assures death is nonexistent with an uncanny organ flip, I also wanted to give a mention to “Stankenstein” featuring the hatchet’s newest family member Wakko the Kidd since it basically justifies the fact the latter’s cannabis strain Airheadz will make you trip out harder than Amanda Bynes.

Capping off what’s been a huge year for the C17 CEO, he takes us through the Temple of Ash with only less than 2 weeks from Christmas & it continues to take Ouija Macc to a whole new level artistically by maintaining the caliber of his last couple LPs. The production is mostly grounded in the occult trap sound that he came up with other than some occasional phonk & Memphis rap detours laying out a well-structured concept.

Score: 4.5/5

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Darby O’Trill – “GARDeN” review

What better way to come off Hallowicked than Key Largo, Floridian emcee Darby O’Trill releasing his 7th LP? Emerging in the fall of 2018 off his full-length debut Blood, Guts & a Whole Lotta Love, would go on to follow it with Fester almost a year later & has extensively been working with Chapter 17/Psychopathic Records in-house producer Devereaux by bringing him into the cut to fully produce his 3rd album Piecemeal to critical acclaim during the COVID-19 pandemic. Darby’s eventually signed a 1-album deal with Lyrikal Snuff Productionz & fulfilled it over a year ago with Gully, which is a modern day wicked shit classic. Amputate was a solid prelude to The Tomb, the latter was even better. Darby’s official C17 debut Creek became his best since Gully & had a feeling GARDeN could join them in the ranks a month away from the Insane Clown Posse’s annual Ballas Christmas show followed by a livestreamed JCW Lunacy show.

“Diet Root Beer Shampoo” is a 100 second demonic trap opener that Devereaux of course laced talking about the portal to Hell’s Pit in the basement of his apartment whereas “The Sound of Suffering Trapped Skin” works in some hi-hats & guitars feeling murderous. “Quit Lookin At Me, You’re Making My Shadow Nervous” wants to know what the fuck you want over another trap metal beat while “Hell Been Callin’ featuring Shaggytheairhead & produced by Mythic Mindz recaptures the aura of 10 Bandz from this spring.

As for “Dick Down in a Bucket Fulla Beans”, we have Darby delving further down the trap metal rabbit hole feeling the fire burn around him just before “Crooked Pastor Blaster” serves as a sequel to “C.P.K. (Crooked Preacher Killas)” by the Insane Clown Posse & one that does the original justice. The bassy “Fiery Fish Pizza TMDWU” has some cool Memphis undertones throughout feelin’ like something’s talking in his head, but then “The Omen of the Body Bag” is another trap metal head-smasher.

“Multicolored Mood Ring” keeps the heavy guitars & hi-hats in the fold reminding us all that life & death is alchemy while “Blistered Hands Wipe the Sweat From My Brow” maintains a trap metal flare paralleling “My Axe” by ICP except he refers to a shovel instead of an axe. Shaggytheairhead’s only singular production credit lands on Skull Bone Soccer” giving a standard trap vibe so Darby can caution his disgustingness while the lively “A Man Made of Scabs & Guilt” asks why he even tries

Ouija Macc appears for “Baptized in a Vat Acid” aggressively leaving their opposition in the dirt while “Smokeless Tobacco Spit is Gross, Just Like You” goes trap metal again to spit the wicked shit. “Curse of the Ancient Skin Tags” infernally suggests a sign towards the end being close while “The Burden of Being” remarkably mixes trap metal & emo rap. “Close the Gate, Don’t Let the World In” heinously finishes his C17 sophomore effort by talking about being dead.

Being familiar with Darby since Piecemeal, he’s come a very long way in these past 4 years & GARDeN a lot like that introductory body of work alongside Creek & of Gully further proves further in addition to Chapter 17 embodying a new generation of juggalos. It’s more trap metal sounding than his previous material aside than the emo rap undertones, colliding that style with horrorcore in a tasteful manner.

Score: 4.5/5

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DJ Chunk – “Soul Spill” review

DJ Chunk is 31 year old DJ & producer from Utah notable for being the tour DJ for Ouija Macc & an in-house producer for the Psychopathic Records subsidiary Chapter 17 Records. He even has a couple solo EPs under his belt in the form of the Vinyl Days duology & most notably did a collab EP with C17/PSY in-house producer Devereaux at the Gathering of Dreams called Another Day in Hell, which I was very favorable towards. But when his 3rd EP was announced last weekend, I wanted to give it a listen.

“Official Redrum” starts us off with the C17 DJ showing us his skills on the turntables over a trap instrumental from Deadboy Grim who did the entire EP whereas “City on Fire” provides a slower, more morbid atmosphere to the beat looking to burn the entire town to the ground. The instrumental on “Don’t Make Threats” has this cloudy trap vibe that I like to it a lot allowing DJ Chunk himself to continually kill it with the scratches while “Imma Break It” looking to break it down for the slow muhfuckas with solemn trap production & Chunk’s wheelz of steel. “Don’t Need Nobody Else” ends the EP on some mystical trap shit & impressively scratching vocal samples 1 more time.

I’ve already reviewed a handful of beat tapes in the past, but I’ve never actually covered a turntablism project before up until this point although I absolutely loved The X-Ecutioners. Now in regards to Soul Spill here, DJ Chunk is basically continuing what we’ve seen from him in the past on both Vinyl Days EPs showing off his dope techniques on the 1s & 2s in time for Hallowicked season with Deadboy Grim’s production here resulting in being on par with what Mythic Mindz consisting of Chapter 17/Psychopathic Records in-house producers Devereaux & Shaggytheairhead have laid out for him the past.

Score: 3.5/5

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Ouija Macc – “Psycho Babbel” review

This is the 5th studio LP from Las Vegas emcee Ouija Macc. Breaking out in the fall of 2017 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 3 full-lengths, 2 greatest hits compilations, 8 mixtapes & 5 EPs all in the span of nearly 7 years. He even started his own label Chapter 17 Records & made the big homie HEXXX the first signee to putting out his first 2 classic west coast wicked shit albums Demon Season & Tales of a Cursed G before amicably fulfilling all contractual obligations with the Psychopathic subsidiary last fall. Darby O’Trill is now the only C17 artist other than Ouija, teaming up with each other back in April for the excellent collab effort Anemoia & is coming off the darccest material of his career Darcc Planet to release Psycho Babbel coinciding the announcement of Psychopathic Records’ upcoming Train of Terror Tour with a livestreamed JCW Lunacy show.

“Maxwell House” ponders if the signal goes beyond what we know over a cold trap instrumental from none other than Devereaux saying this ain’t for the bustas whereas “Clown Curse” takes more of a hypnotically bassy trap route to the beat talking about having the curse of the wicced clown. “Kicc da Wiccit” throws it back to the days of Dr. Dre’s debut album The Chronic with it’s g-funk sound kiccin’ da wiccit shit as appropriately titled, but then “Absent Minded” offers a morbid trap flare haunting the beat like a fuckin’ ghost wanting to know where his mind went.

On the single “Fire Buggalo” released earlier this week with footage of Ouija’s performance at this year’s Gathering of the Juggalos, we have Ouija himself talking about burning shit down over a grisly backdrop with hi-hats courtesy of both Brian Kuma & Devereaux just before “‘86 from da Mall” eerily paying homage to the Memphis scene declaring himself as the new Esham, giving his flowers to his 3-Headed Monster counterpart along with Violent J. “Delusions” uncannily discusses the results of such to pure psychosis prior to the unsettling “A New Rune Cometh” cautioning to listen to the morals being told.

“Hell Raiser” featuring Darby O’Trill gives off a trap metal vibe boasting that the bands you’re flexing on Instagram isn’t even a lot pleading to do everyone a favor by fixing your face with a straight razor leading into “The Great Fall” gets in his storytelling bag explaining to us all how the floor started to crack in the midst of him chillin’ on his couch. “Ain’t It Mane” cloudily throws up his set showing disregard as to what they say while “Another Summer” talks about spending the titular season in Hell’s Pit of The Wraith.

Starting the final leg, “Hatchet on my Dresser” once again gives C17’s respect to the Memphis hip hop scene representing Psychopathic as always while the trippy “Let’s Just Ride” assures that everything’s ok. “B.I.D.N.G.A.F. (Bitch I Do Not Give A Fucc)” aggressively reassures that he gives 0 while “Pazuzu” named after Professor Farnsworth’s gargoyle in Futurama blends sampling & hi-hats causin’ a ruckus. “Summoning da Mane” ends on a darkly charming note talking about people knowing his name.

Only been a little over a couple months since Darcc Planet quickly became my favorite Ouija Macc album behind Stalewind, he maintains the consistent grind that he’s always had balancing quantity & quality except that I’ve been well-documenting his artistic evolution in the last 5 years since Resistance: The Walk to Wasteland & his evolution continues to reveal itself. You still get the Insane Clown twist on the SoundCloud trap aesthetics mixed with the recent trap metal sounds & even giving g-funk a shot for the new wave of juggalos that he forefronts.

Score: 4.5/5

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