Portsmouth, Ohio emcee/producer Billy Obey celebrating his born day along with his official solo debut. Known for being a founding member of the almighty Alla Xul Elu, he alongside Joey Black & later Lee Carver have spent the previous 7 years build up their independently owned Long Live Evil file label as a model you may belief inside the underground depraved shit scene with the Super Famous Fun Time Guys & S.O.N. becoming a member of LLE’s roster. In preparation of Xul’s upcoming seventh album No Masters, the Rhymebook of the Recently Deceased is getting cracked open.
After titular intro, “Never Trust the Living” opens with an occult rap rock/increase bap crossover going 187 on all these different rappers whereas the industrially uncooked “Creepin’ It Real” talks about being an artist with regards to homicide. “Ugly on the Inside” poses the query of whether or not or not one sees individual or somebody like him when wanting on the mirror whereas “Snake Oil Salesman” talks about looking for one thing that isn’t soil.
“Saviour Save Your Breath” hits the midway mark by suggesting that nothing could be mentioned to alter his methods since he’ll at all times be the identical whereas the infernal increase bap lower “Hell’s Wear the Heart Is” talks about being an authorized psycho born & raised staying larger than his metropolis’s abortion price. “Life Sentence” makes it a mission to let the world know he’s writing his life away when he goes whereas “Family Portrait” talks about nonetheless being misplaced even in body.
The music “Taking Me Places” begins the Rhymebook of the Recently Deceased’s last pages by discussing how creativity has taken him farther than he might’ve ever imagined & daydreaming of slowing down simply earlier than “When I Saw You” talks about the one manner he’d ever go away this girl he’s obsessive about is in items. “Someone Else, Somewhere Else” finishes the LP by tackling the problem of accepting the timeline we’re residing in regardless of the hand you’re given.
It was arduous to inform whether or not when or if Billy Obey would ever launch a solo mission since Lee Carver beforehand dropped Massacre Mask & The Backstabber’s Handbook previous to him becoming a member of Alla Xul Elu however no matter whether or not or not Joey Black decides to place out a solo effort now that Xul left Majik Ninja Entertainment couple months ago, Rhymebook of the Recently Deceased makes for a correctly nice introduction of what Bill Now the Science Cow can do on his personal with the commercial increase bap sound A.X.E. is understood for & their lyrically depraved lyricism.
Score: 9/10