Tag: DJ Chunk

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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Devereaux & DJ Chunk – “Another Day in Hell” review

This is the new collaborative EP between Devereaux & DJ Chunk. One of whom is a producer from Florida & the other being Ouija Macc’s official tour DJ coming straight out of Utah, but have both been taking the underground by storm together in recent years as part of Chapter 17 Records. And to celebrate the Gathering of Dreams going down earlier this month, Dev & Chunk are joining forces to take you through Another Day in Hell.

“What You Got” by Shaggytheairhead is a rowdy opener talking about knocking out those who be sneak dissing them whereas “Chasing Monsters” by Baker Ya Maker & Damien Quinn works in a meditative trap beat talking about trying to find the shine. “Life in Prison” by Darby O’Trill & Ouija Macc bombastically calls out the pigs while the song “Mind Ain’t Right” by Řezník morbidly talks about how crazy he is. The penultimate track “Fro Curse” by A-F-R-O dives into boom bap territory with some rugged battle bars & “Don’t Listen to Them” is a dark instrumental outro with some killer cuts.

In comparison to the Moonlight Monster House project that Chunk did with Shaggytheairhead being a cool little remix project, Another Day in Hell is all original material & happens to be my personal favorite of the 2. Devereaux reminds everyone why he’s currently one of the most in-demand producers in the underground at the moment, the guest performances are consistent & Chunk is a monster with the turntables.

Score: 4/5

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