Champtown is a 52 12 months previous MC, producer, DJ, movie director & trainer from Detroit, Michigan recognized for his involvement in establishing a myriad of town’s hip hop artists from Kid Rock to the Insane Clown Posse & even Eminem. His first couple EPs Call Me Joker & Check It! within the early/mid 90s would prelude his 1999 debut Now or Never N***a!, returning in 2016 for the sophomore effort Racial Profilin’ & virtually one other decade to launch his third EP government produced by Body Count frontman Ice-T.
The title monitor is a rap rock intro with a hook paying homage to old style laborious rock speaking about politics being wack as fuck to him & I’ve to agree with him as somebody who loved the South Park season 27 premiere couple weeks earlier whereas “Burn” carries over the rap rock vibes for an interpolation of “Disco Inferno” by The Trammps, which I favor excess of the previous WWE Cruiserweight Champion in addition to the 2-time WCW World Television Champion & WCW World Tag Team Champion of the identical identify.
“Hasbulla” aggressively references the Russian social media persona who signed a 5-year promotion contract with the Endeavor-owned TKO Group Holdings division UFC merely 12 months previous to them shopping for the WWE for $9.3B simply earlier than “We Dranking” strikes ahead with a rap rock music about consuming alcohol. “Jumpin’ for Eddie V” pays homage to the late Van Halen guitarist Eddie Van Halen whereas “My Matrix” seems like an try at a throwback to 80s pop rock/synth-wave period.
Excluding the important “What Color is Soul?” that includes Chaos Kid & Eminem taken from Now or Never N***a! reappearing to make it’s DSP debut, “W.A.G.D. (We All Gonna Die)” that includes Unko Jozee sends off the EP formally with a 6 minute outro remixing a rap rock with growth bap & entice speaking concerning the shade of 1’s pores and skin doesn’t matter as a result of we’ll all meet our demise ultimately with nothing to save lots of you from it taking place.
Only lower than 10 days away from his efficiency at the 25th annual Gathering of the Juggalos or the Gathering of Legends, the Straight Jacket Records founder Champtown leans heavier in direction of a rap rock sound on Rocker at Heart in comparison with his earlier materials taking notes from The Rolling Stones of hip hop Public Enemy led by his mentor Chuck D to place his versatility entrance & heart virtually 4 many years within the sport.
Score: 7/10