Blackout releases this cassette in 1995, the music is made exclusively by him, while on the mic he's joined by Lil E and Lil Coop, credited respectively on four and two tracks, and both present in "Dim da Lights".
The lyrics are related to violence, drugs, crime, murder, horrorcore and gangsta themes. The production is beautiful, clear, very dark, there are melodic, distorted and disturbing samples, raw bass, skinny downtempo drums, often accompanied by fast hi-hat loops and excellent naked snares, in order to support single lines repeated continuously in mesmerizing loops.
There's a perennial dystopian mood, the album takes you to Silent Hill and leaves you there with the unfulfilled promise that it'll come and get you back. Skit, fast noises, dreary sounds, these lo-fi rhythms, the slow, fluid, somber flows of the performers, that come and go suddenly, they only increase and amplify the atmosphere. The album is an authentic Blackout masterpiece, one of Memphis' finest cassettes and one of the most solid, cohesive and toughest horrorcore albums of its time: with ten short tracks and about forty minutes of material, it maintains a commendable replay value, it's definitely his opera omnia, it's magnificent, clean, evil, dope. Do not sleep.
Rating: 9/10.
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