Champtown is a 52 yr previous MC, producer, DJ, movie director & trainer from Detroit, Michigan recognized for his involvement in establishing a myriad of the town’s hip hop artists from Child Rock to the Insane Clown Posse & even Eminem. His first couple EPs Name Me Joker & Test It! within the early/mid 90s would prelude his 1999 debut Now or By no means N***a!, returning in 2016 for the sophomore effort Racial Profilin’ & nearly one other decade to launch his third EP government produced by Physique Depend frontman Ice-T.

The title observe is a rap rock intro with a hook harking back to old fashioned 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 desire excess of the previous WWE Cruiserweight Champion in addition to the 2-time WCW World Tv Champion & WCW World Tag Workforce Champion of the identical identify.

“Hasbulla” aggressively references the Russian social media character 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 tune 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 Coloration is Soul?” that includes Chaos Child & Eminem taken from Now or By no means 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 finally with nothing to save lots of you from it occurring.

Solely lower than 10 days away from his efficiency at the twenty fifth annual Gathering of the Juggalos or the Gathering of Legends, the Straight Jacket Information founder Champtown leans heavier in the direction of a rap rock sound on Rocker at Coronary 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 nearly 4 a long time within the sport.

Rating: 7/10