Nascar Aloe is a 24 year old rapper & producer from Lexington, North Carolina who’s released a total 6 EPs as well as a mixtape & a full-length debut album since the late 2010s. He even performed at the 21st annual Gathering of the Juggalos in the summer of 2021, which to date is the only Gathering that I personally have been to. Now his set didn’t do much for me, but I could definitely see why he was booked for the festival since he’s in that trap metal subgenre. That said: I didn’t realize that he was signed to Epitaph Records since the beginning of the decade actually & hoped that his 7th EP would win me over.

The titular intro screams his brains out over a self-produced industrial beat to stop playing with him whereas “Blitz” mixes trap metal with synth-punk talking about wanting full-blown destruction as opposed to a bust down. “S.M.B.U. (Smack My Bitch Up)” dabbles with drum & bass feeling like wanting to assault his girl just before “Fuck! Ah!” featuring N8NOFACE returns to an industrial sound about your head looking better when it’s decapitated.

“Chum Reap Suor” brings a bouncier instrumental into the fold while “Skidrow” asks if you want to stroll down the streets of the slums mixing rage with pop rap & trap metal. “Tall Cans” featuring St!nk gives drum & bass another shot reminding life isn’t nice & you’re all fucked to them that is until “In My Head” finishes the EP by tackling themes of paranoia.

There are artists in trap metal like City Morgue or the Dropout Kings & Ghostemane who all do that style of music incredibly well, but others simply don’t scratch that same itch for me like Kid Bookie & you can throw Nascar Aloe in there too. He’s actually not a bad producer at all & there are some interesting ideas in his production, I just can’t say the same about his songwriting & performances.

Score: 2/5

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