Looks like Here’s Johnny is now inheriting his ‘Mankind’ era of music. First, we heard his ‘Cactus Jack’, but now his other persona peeps his head, and this time it’s in the form of ‘Drumless Terrorist’, so let’s get into it!
This is a 16-minute and 39-second project with six tracks in total, all produced by ‘Gordirocho’, yet another name I’ve never heard of, and features the likes of:
-Matt Mars
-Quazii D.Sol
Then a bonus track produced by CLAYHEAD, and this time around, it seems the production is way more experimental and ambient in nature, and of course, as the title suggests, ‘Drumless’ in structure.
Every track has its own unique scent, taste, and sound. Whether we are talking about the opening track that had that grimy and sludgy Boom Bap type production to it or the track after which has a completely different sound, which reminds me of a broken video game level soundtrack that’s been busted and reverb-effected.
Or hell, the song right after even that one with those angelic horns that makes it sound like what I imagine angles coming down for the second coming of Christ would sound like to the world!
This album has so many different inspirations and directions for a six-track playlist, and that’s the unprecedented unpredictability of Here’s Johnny and the affiliated names he chooses to work alongside, nothing he or they do is predictable, which always keeps everything from the verses to the production interesting at all times!
What’s funny to me is no matter how original and unique and genre-shifting he makes the instrumentals and production, when it comes to his own voice, you can always tell it’s him. He has a distinctive rough, almost shouting style of expression when he raps that it’s near impossible to mask, but regardless, he’s dope whenever he’s on the mic, so that stuff is irrelevant in the overall scheme of things!
Across this one, as per usual, he uses his intense, rough, and precise lyrical ability and penmanship to infiltrate the beat and pierce its exterior, planting his energy, passion, and ruthless aggression on the track until you’re left approaching his unquestionable aura.
The features on the track do well to add something new to the project and help synchronise with Johnny and create an atmosphere of friendly competition, which I always love to see.
Another dope album by Here’s Johnny and all his various aliases, and the producer gets a big shoutout for the dope work and the features too!
https://youtu.be/0y38DHAVXMA?si=0ipvIR0j-EdfVPvm
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