Jamie Madrox Introduces The Great Skull & the Graybow on His 3rd Solo LP “The November Brain” (Album Review)
todayNovember 29, 2024
Jamie Madrox is a 49 year old MC & singer/songwriter from Detroit, Michigan getting his start as 1/3 of the House of Krazees alongside The R.O.C. & Monoxide. The latter of whom would join Mr. Bones in signing to Psychopathic Records in late 1997 as Twiztid, becoming the biggest act to emerge out of the label that runs beneath the streets under the Insane Clown Posse’s wing next to Ouija Macc subsequently 2 decades later shortly after Majik Ninja Entertainment & PSY severed ties. Jamie briefly went solo in the mid-90s off his debut EP The Demon Inside & the full-length debut Sacrifice, returning over a decade later for the Psychopathic-backed sophomore effort Phatso. To celebrate Black Friday however, the multiple man’s returning for his 3rd solo LP to end his birth month.
“The Dice” is this melodic trap opener wondering if he can save himself again or being destined to die now whereas “Tell Me When” takes the tropical trap route instrumentally continually telling himself he’ll be fine with everything on his mind. “ Me Then She Me Not” samples one of my all-time favorite Sublime songs “Doin’ Time” letting this chick know that he’s a sure shot rather than a catch prior to “Mind Games” morbidly talking about your mind playing tricks on you.
The Green Kid & Insane E join Jamie for “On the Spiral” giving off more of a hardcore hip hop vibe admitting that they’re over the edge & out of control with E having my favorite guest verse of the 2 while the grisly lead single “Dirt Sandwich” talks about self-happiness being the vibe that he promotes. “G4” featuring G-Mo Skee shifts into boom bap territory for both of them dropping straight bars for 102 seconds just before “More Problems Than Yesterday” keeps the kicks & snares in tact wanting to know why his problems have increased.
“G9” featuring Boondox brings a trap flare back in the equation leading into “Blockin’ Out the Haters” featuring Blaze Ya Dead Homie returns to the boom bap talking about brushing off their detractors. “G6” featuring Hyro the Hero goes for a jazzier direction with the beat refusing to stop until the city goes down, but then “Can U Hear Me Now?” by Twiztid discusses being a part of the progress & dominating playlists.
Meanwhile on “G1”, we have Jamie & James Garcia aggressively encouraging everyone to listen to their music on repeat when they both have material worthy of doing so while the soulful “Just a Little More” shows a mature side to the multiple man on the lyrical front. “Natural Born” featuring The R.O.C. hops over another boom bap instrumental displaying their murderous tendencies & “Impossible” somberly addresses the impossibility of life. “Ty (4Real)” finishes The November Brain with what feels like a successor to “You’re the Reazon” off Mirror Mirror.
You can only get The November Brainphysically through the MNEStore because Jamie was jackin’ for beats from smaller & lesser-known underground producers. Either way, I still enjoyed it as much as The Chainsmoker II roughly 9 months ago & can say both halves of Twiztid put out their best solo efforts ahead of Welcome to Your Funeral. The production although left uncredited in the hard copies more eclectic than Chainsmoker II going from boom bap to trap, jazz rap, hardcore hip hop & horrorcore introducing us to The Great Skull & the Graybow.
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