Tag: Eaddy

Ho99o9 – “Tomorrow We Escape” review

This is the 3rd studio LP from Newark, New Jersey punk rap trio Ho99o9. Consisting of theOGM & Eaddy, they originally emerged on the scene over a decade ago off their debut EP Mutant Freax & have since gone on to follow it up with 3 more EPs as well as 3 mixtapes & even a full-length debut. blink-182 drummer Travis Barker would sign them to his Elekta Records imprint DTA Records entirely producing Skin & their MNRK Music Group debut Tomorrow We Escape is here 3 years later.

“I Miss Home” featuring Moruf begins with a Yeezus influenced industrial hip hop opener talking about shit never changing if one doesn’t ever take risks whereas “Escape” embraces a complete hardcore punk vibe with hints of melodic hardcore during the first verse & punk rap during the other. “Target Practice” blends rap rock & industrial hip hop together to talk about not fucking around in the jungles while “Ok, I’m Reloaded” makes for an energetic hardcore hip hop/EDM experimentation.

We get some psychedelic synthesizers all throughout “Psychic Jumper” talking about trying to keep their heads up prior to the experimental hardcore hip hop single “Incline” featuring Pink Siifu further pulling from big beat, industrial hip hop & trip hop advising that no one wants to find out with them. “Upside Down” combines alt-metal, rap rock, industrial metal & post-hardcore talking about people being meant to sin prior to “Tapeworm” featuring Greg Puciato fusing drum & bass, alternative metal & hip hop together seamlessly.

“Immortal” featuring Chelsea Wolfe nears the conclusion of Tomorrow We Escape by colliding the sounds of gothic rock, industrial hip hop & trap talking love starting to hurt when it leaves a trial along with healing now that the weight’s off their shoulders while the commanding punk rap song “LA Riots” addresses the protests that took place in the west coast earlier this summer. “Godflesh” finishes up the album with double bass drums & punky guitar riffs talks about seeing nothing but fire.

Wanting to take a more honest approach lyrically, Ho99o9’s inaugural release under MNRK Music Group focuses less regarding the political aspect of their lyrics for the most intimate opus they’ve ever put their names on. Tomorrow We Escape’s range of old & new sounds varying from digital hardcore to rap rock, rap metal, industrial hip hop, trap metal, industrial metal, hardcore punk, nu metal, horrorcore & trap offers something for everyone whether regardless of when one started listening to them.

Score: 4/5

Keep up with @legendswill_never_die on Instagram & @LegendsllLiveOn on Twitter for the best music reviews weekly!

Ho99o9 – “Skin” review

Ho99o9 is a punk rap duo from Newark, New Jersey consisting of theOGM & Eaddy. They originally emerged on the scene in 2014 off their debut EP Mutant Freax & have since gone on to follow it up with 3 more EPs along with 3 mixtapes & even a full-length debut. But in light of them signing to Travis Barker’s newly formed Elektra Records imprint DTA Records, it was only appropriate to have the revered blink-182 drummer produce their sophomore effort over here.

“NUGE SNIGHT” is a short yet heavy opener cleverly welcoming listeners to Death Row whereas “BATTERY NOT INCLUDED” works in some thrashy drums talking about how “nothing’s ever perfect”. “BITE MY FACE” comes through with a riot-starter demanding to show ‘em what you’re living in just before Bun B tags along for the chopped & screwed “SLO BREAD” to get on their hustler shit.

Meanwhile on “PROTECT MY BITCH, Pt. 2”, we have Ho99o9 going into a more industrial sound calling out an internet gangsta leading into “…SPEAK OF THE DEVIL” incorporating a heavy ass riff talking about how you can’t run from them because this is who they are. Saul Williams comes into the picture for the punky “SKINHEAD” screaming to give them drugs, but then “LOWER THAN SCUM” comes through with a killer guitar riff talking about the devil being in them.

“DEVIL AT THE CROSSROADS” starts out the final leg of the album with an uncanny trap cut confessing their temptations with Satan himself while “THE WORLD, THE FLESH, THE DEVIL” goes into trap metal territory getting murderous. The penultimate track “LIMITS” with Jasiah finds the 2 chaotically talking about not seeing such & “DEAD OR ASLEEP?” ends the album with a punk rap ballad singing to take them out with no regret.

These guys have always caught my interest beginning when Horrors of 1999 came out over a week after my high school graduation, but I’m so happy they linked with Travis Barker because he gave them their best body of work yet. His production’s a lot more rawer in comparison to the recent shit he’s been doing with Machine Gun Kelly & both MCs sound angrier than ever on the mic.

Score: 4/5