The Batlord

Blaze Ya Dead Homie: 1 Less G n da Hood

God damn it I don't want to do this album. I bought this thing years ago and it's one of the only albums I ever bought that I actively wished I hadn't spent money on. Here's seeing if time has dulled my hate.




Alright I remember actually kind of liking the first song, so the fact that I don't hate this so far is meaningless. You can't fool me, you asshat, I know you suck! At least he's better than Boondox. The problem with him is that his whole schtick is combining bland, third-rate gangsta rap stereotypes with boring, watered-down horrorcore lyrics. Yeah, I know, that's every Psychopathic group's schtick, but his schtick makes ICP look like Wagner. Even his "backstory" is a ripoff. Apparently he was a gangster who was killed and then resurrected after ten years by demons to get revenge on the people who killed him. Which is totally different from Spawn seeing as how he was a secret agent who was killed and then resurrected after ten years by demons to get revenge on the people who killed him.

Alright he's no ICP or Twiztid, but I'm not despising this. It's fun, even if it's not Riddle Box fun. He's damn good when he's being anthemic. "Grave Ain't No Place" and "Juggalo Anthem" are far too catchy for me to hate.

The entire reason I bought this album, besides already liking "Grave Ain't No Place", is because he actually does a good job as a guest on other people's songs. He's got a big, charismatic voice that adds a certain energy in small doses, sort of like that dude with the deep voice from "All Eyes On Me". An entire album is a bit of a stretch though, but I'm still kind of digging this for now.

Heard this a few times and it's alright. There are some legitimately fun songs and nothing's really awful, but there's nothing even approaching great and the already boring lyrics get more and more dull as time goes on. I'm vaguely regretful for having traded this in to buy a Morbid Angel album but it's not going to gnaw at me. I mean come on, Morbid Angel.

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