Max Bell is not, and has never been, a juggalo. If White Jesus was the introduction, then The Life and Times of Johnny Valiant is the autobiography, the book you’ve been waiting to read. Emotional and psychological wounds are (re)opened and drained, bled until one wonders if there is anything left in the self-dissecting patient. Sixteen […]

Max Bell was very excited to see Tech N9ne at Paid Dues. Until recent, I thought that Gwinnett County-bred Rittz  was just a rapper who looked like a hairier and thugged out Steven Wright. I had no idea he was the guy ripping Yelawolf’s “My Box Chevy Pt. 3” or that I’d completely slept on […]

There’s nothing fancy about this Southern Gatorz tape that leaked to little attention last month, save for a shout out from the omniscient Steady Bloggin. Good old fashioned country rap slabs and adamantine trap jams. At a time when trap is the hot new EDM buzzword, this tape is a reminder that there are plenty […]

Sean McTiernan’s first music video involved him a dancing bear, a strobelite, and a tank of nitroglycerine. The Rowlf-the-Dog-looking, swift and excellent rapper Rittz has another video dropping soon and you should be excited. Chiefly, this excitement should stem from the possibility of one of the best tapes of the year so far getting more […]

The long-awaited and highly-anticipated.  Still waiting to play this on a proper system, but after an initial listen, I feel safe saying that this will be an early contender for one of the year’s finest tapes. Rittz and Burn One are bulletproof right now. Spark one and skip straight to “Full of Shit,” with KRIT […]

“Fuck a limousine, I’d rather ride Caprices,” sneered Rittz on “Box Chevy Pt. 3,” a standout on last year’s “Trunk Muzik.” Since then, the greater Atlanta-raised red beard has released a flurry of double-timed amphetamine raps that demand evaluation on a proper system, while going 85 down 85, or 110 on the 110. The combination […]