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 on episode 64 of JCW Lunacy. Can’t forget to mention the controversial WWE, WCW & TNA Wrestling writer and WCW World Heavyweight Champion Vince Russo becoming the head writer of Lunacy’s 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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Insane Clown Posse – “The Naught” review

Detroit horrorcore duo, Juggalo Championship Wrestling founders & the longest reigning 2-time JCW World Juggalo Tag Team Champions Insane Clown Posse have officially unveiled their 17th studio LP & the final Joker’s Card of the 2nd Deck. Consisting of JCW Commissioner Violent J & the shortest reigning JCW World Juggalo Heavyweight Champion Shaggy 2 Dope, many don’t know that 3 other members came & went during the first 5 years of the group’s inception. Not only would The Duke of the Wicked & the Southside Strangla go on to create seminal wicked shit albums like The First 6, they also gained an extremely loyal fanbase in the process & their self-owned Psychopathic Records became an independent hip hop powerhouse as the label’s roster continued to grow until they wanted to focus more on their own legacy. Commemorating the 25th annual Gathering of the Juggalos or the Gathering of Legends kicking off tomorrow & The 2 Day War between JCW & Game Changer Wrestling (GCW) beginning later this weekend, The Naught will explore the afterlife in a concept differing from The Wraith’s exhibitions of Shangri-La & Hell’s Pit.

The title track produced by Shaggytheairhead after the intro opens with a trap song breaking down the titular character’s meaning whereas “Watch Me” reunites with longtime collaborator Mike E. Clark talking about the wicked shit splitting your shit up throwing it back to the Bang! Pow! Boom! & The Mighty Death Pop! days instrumentally. “Everybody Dies” moves forward with a 6-minute rap rock-influenced Violent J solo cut picking up where Everybody Rize” off my 3rd favorite Joker’s Card The Amazing Jeckel Brothers left off just before the semi-boom bap influenced “Happy Fun Day” uses wordplay for the Duke to ask what exactly others find wrong with him in having bloody fun referencing former ECW World Heavyweight Champion, ECW World Television Champion, IWGPタッグ王座, WCW Hardcore Champion & 2-time WCW World Tag Team Champion Bam Bam Bigelow.

“Only Wicked Shit” goes for an EDM trap direction thanks to Brian Kuma so both of the clowns can represent their style of music they’ve been making for over 3 decades & after the “Flashback” skit, “Dead Kelly” blends these bells & hi-hats together to tell the story of the titular character. Shaggy 2 Dope getting his own track with the carnivalesque “Here We Go” looking to tear the place down alongside the rest of his hatchet family while the playfully humorous “Cinnamon Pigtails” describes a tale of Violent J meeting a woman on Instagram who turned out to be a catfish.

Devereaux helps ICP dabble with trap metal on “I’m Still Breathin’” talking about their gratitude of being alive despite the chaos in the world while “Pop Out” continues the 2nd half of The Naught with another 2 Dope solo joint that DJ Clay makes more trap oriented than the last one angrily making the speakers jump while the disco rap-inspired “Throw ‘Em Up” after another “Flashback” skit talks about throwing your hatchets up. Violent J responds to 1 Man Kru’s disses these past couple years by calling him a “Softy Pillow Man” using a prominent tuba within the beat leading into the occult “I’m Fallin’” talking about them thinking no one should try to die.

Expressing some kind of resolution from the conflict inferred from the rest of The Naught, the iconic Toto single “Africa” gets heavily sampled throughout “While It Lasts” ending the 2nd Deck of Joker’s Cards structured similarly to “Low” off Fearless Fred Fury where the Duke’s singing during a good bulk of it & Shaggy drops off a brief rap verse. Wasn’t one of my favorite songs off FFF personally but “While It Lasts” is conceptually stronger than “Low”, basically talking about enjoying the time we all have on this planet.

Common complaints regarding Yum Yum Bedlam from what I’ve heard amongst juggalos is that it felt like a mixtape than a Joker’s Card or the producer tags, neither of which I had any issues with personally because I appreciated it being the first female character in the Dark Carnival mythology & it’s themes of loyalty. The Naught however has to be my 3rd favorite Card of the 2nd Deck, with #2 being Bang! Pow! Boom! & of course The Mighty Death Pop! at #1. The production feels like a throwback to the carnival sound even with Kuma & Mythic Mindz finishing the 71% that Mike E. Clark had yet to complete because of him moving & the clowns themselves answering the question of if one was ever alive at all if there’s no afterlife when we die.

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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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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Ouija Macc – “Darcc Planet” review

Las Vegas emcee Ouija Macc has returned a year after Detritus for his 4th LP. 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 & 4 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 few months ago. Now that he near-perfectly completed the Elements series on Stalewind during the Gathering of Dreams, it’s finally time for the Darcc Planet to ascend 6 months following Corruptus & performing at a JCW Lunacy taping a couple months ago.

After the “Signal Interruption Event” intro, the first song “Psychocidal” starts off with a murky trap instrumental from Devereaux detailing the psycho sick mentality that Ouija posses whereas “Macc Mode” steals from the rich & kills a pig for them cuffs at the wrist further embracing a morbid atmosphere. “Labiaplasty” works in some bells & hi-hats explaining that all the killers know they ain’t coming back, but then the rubbery “Baton” produced by Shaggytheairhead talks about the type psycho shit that Chapter 17 & Psychopathic are on.

“Sin City” brings a misty trap flare to the beat reminding everyone exactly where he came from just before “Boomshaka” serves as a uniquely crafted sequel to “Chicken Huntin’” & that brings a huge smile to my face since the Slaughterhouse remix of which ranks amongst the greatest ICP songs of all-time. “Last Laugh” embraces a manic trap direction instrumentally wanting to know who they laughin’ at exactly while “Sun Don’t Shine” ends the first half on some emo rap shit talking about life getting dark.

To start Darcc Planet’s other leg, “Juggular Vein” gives the juggalos & the underground in general music to be buried by while the 5 & a half minute “For the Tombstone (When I Go)” serves as one of the most chilling moments here & one of the best Ouija songs ever sounding like he conceived it as a parting open letter for when day comes where he’s no longer with us. “Murder Dance” infernally admits that C17 ain’t for everyone & Psychopathic being the set while “Moonlit Dungeon” morbidly talks about the hatchet forever choppin’.

“Butternuts” hauntingly welcomes listeners to the dead side while “Tropicana Ave” mixes a guitar & hi-hats talking about being fucked up to the point where he ain’t looking down. “My Luv (Sometimes)” experiments with rage beats making the pack flip & running the bag up while the cloudy “Prophet Paint” declaring the wicked clown paint as prophetic. “Deincarnation” depressingly end the album with a guitar/trap fusion hoping this his last life.

Beginning the deluxe run, “Dead Bitches” murkily talks about runnin’ through 34 dead hoes while “Gotta Have It” goes for a bouncier trap approach keeping the hatchet on his hip for the static & being an addict. “Poltergas” turns the trap metal influences up again talking about something controlling him while the morbidly atmospheric “Meht kcuF” gives the middle finger to everyone who’s been hating on him since becoming the biggest solo artist ICP ever signed.

“Talk It Now” fuses a sample & hi-hats continuing to go at the throats of everyone dismissing C17 while the cloudier “Murder Everything” sets out to literally slaughter everyone & everything in his path. “What’s Up” is another bell/trap joint making sure the club is burnt down & shot up by the time he pulls up & the final bonus track “Losing My Mind” ahead of the “Forbidden Signal Event” outro tells the story of a naked man shot dead on a Saturday because he was gnawing off another man’s face.

Stalewind for the past couple years has quickly become my favorite LP of the 4 that Ouija has dropped & Darcc Planet sure enough reaches the same caliber that the final installment of the Elements series reached at the Gathering of Dreams. As the title suggests, it’s the darkest material that the C17 CEO has ever conceived on his own since branching out on solo in 2017 & you can hear how much he’s artistically grown since.

Score: 4.5/5

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Darby O’Trill & Ouija Macc – “Anemoia” review

This is a brand new collaborative LP from Key Largo, Florida emcee & Chapter 17 Records signee Darby O’Trill alongside C17’s founder/CEO & Psychopathic Records recording artist Ouija Macc. Both of whom have already established themselves in the underground, wicked shit scene at this point whether it be Ouija becoming the label that runs beneath the streets’ biggest solo act prior to launching his own subsidiary for Psychopathic or even Darby releasing his Chapter 17 debut Creek to widespread acclaim last summer joining his Lyrikal Snuff Productionz offering Gully celebrating it’s 2-year anniversary at the end of this month as his best full-length. Coronella with Trizz last fall became my favorite collab effort that Ouija has ever done surpassing We Never Forgot with Baby E right when C17 was established, but I had a feeling Anemoia could outdo both of those a month away from the first-ever tapings of JCW Lunacy.

“Kennel Cough” is a dark trap opener calling out all the juffs who be claimin’ they been around when they’ve never seen them around once prior whereas “Wafflehouse Warlock” works in this vocal sample mixed with hi-hats talking about being dead all their lives. “Darkmoon Talisman” brings a morbid trap atmosphere to the table thanks to Devereaux the demons in their heads can play hockey with their brains just before “Nugget Bowling” shoots for a ghostly approach instrumentally going straight for the dome.

Meanwhile on “Juggalunatic”, we have Ouija & Darby going trap metal to go unhinged leading into “Kidney Stones” talks about being able to promise something that you don’t really want over a bass-heavy trap beat with some bells. The Duke of the Wicked himself Violent J of the Insane Clown Posse appears as Anemoia’s only feature on “The Trees Have Eyes” cautions to stay out the woods over a ghoulish Shaggytheairhead instrumental, but then “Sage Allergy” continues with a fun banger about smokin’ until a motherfucker can’t see.

“Anemoians” makes a turn treading slower & cloudier waters knowing that both of them weren’t alone here while “Need 2 Kill Someone” delves further into the industrial trap sound talking about straight up murder. “Corpse01dotMDL” to me sounds like a bit of a hyphy/trap fusion being about the shit they be yappin’ & having work to do slammin’ a hammer on your skull repeatedly until it breaks while the 2nd single “Graveyard Shift” confesses to diggin’ these graves for days now over a demonic trap beat.

To start the last leg of the album, “Jokaroholio” murkily rubs in your face that the joke’s on you in the end while the lead single “Cobratoxin” is this grisly trap jurnt refusing to trust anyone who isn’t 17in’ in this bitch & Ouija dissing Lyrikal Snuff Productionz artist Cody Manson in his verse, which is a shame because I highly praised Cody’s sophomore effort E=MC Skelter couple years ago. “Worry Warts” hops on top of a sample-laced trap instrumental to not worry about the next man while “Death of a Summer” admits to feeling burnt out & hopeless taking the cloudier route once more. “Crossing Over” on the other hand finishes Anemoia with 1 last trap metal cut being unable to go home since they don’t have one.

Coronella only came out 7 months ago being completely unlike any other collab project that Ouija has done & Anemoia here already reached if not surpassed the bar Coronella had set. And when you think about them being the only 2 current artists on C17 as of me writing this, it’s an exemplification of the Psychopathic subsidiary’s strength. The chemistry between the both of them is incredibly natural as they jump over mostly trap-oriented production with additional elements of trap metal & cloud rap thrown in.

Score: 4.5/5

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