Out Of The Cage: “State Of Lunacy” Review
"It's Rhyme Asylum, those twisted cats spittin' raps and committin' vicious acts of mindless violence."
State Of Lunacy is the debut album by UK underground artists “Rhyme Asylum”. Rhyme Asylum for those of you who don’t know, consists of rappers: “Possessed”, “Skirmish” and “Pliskone”; The production is done (for the most part) by new-comer “Leatherface”. The album has been described as: “…what happens if you suffocate the Wu-Tang Clan’s collective vision with a straight-jacket.”, and thats an understatement to their brutal style.
This album is by no means for the faint of heart. Covering everything from brutal battle raps to being locked up in an insane asylum, this group doesn’t shy away from shock factor. The Instrumentals portray these topics perfectly, giving the blueprints for vicious war themes and in some cases, even sounding very dream like. There was not one beat on this album (with the exception of Multiplicity’s remix) that sounded lacking in any way; complimenting this is the groups incredible grasp of language and flawless use of multiple-syllable rhymes. Everyone in Rhyme Asylum holds their own (only ever slipping up a few times), with each member contributing their own unique style to the mix, dropping a ton of quotables that I’m sure many underground heads will be repeating for ages to come.
Posted by LostMoniker on September 17th, 2008 :: Filed under Out Of The Cage: Album Reviews
Tags :: battle rap, depressing, dope, horrorcore, out of the cage, recommended, rhyme asylum, state of lunacy
