What’s the story behind the Corruption demo? This album review will explain exactly what you want to hear.
Corruption was a trio which was a rap group that came from Flint, Michigan in the mid-90s. Not much history is known about Corruption and not much else can be found out about this group. Big Roc of NFTP was a part of Corruption. Marc Steele of King Hood Cykoz was a part of Corruption too. Overall Corruption consisted of Big Roc, Casket, and Marc Steele. Their style of rap was wicked.
What is known about this album is that their self-titled album was actually a demo tape issued on cassette. Their cassette was shopped around to major record labels and small independent record labels in hopes of a recording deal. Their demo cassette was pressed up in limited quantities. Possibly less 100 copies of their demo cassette were ever pressed.
The Corruption album was recorded at Boomin Studios in Flint, Michigan and was engineered by the legendary DJ Clay in 1995 which was when recording took place. Production was also done by DJ Clay.
Today the Corruption demo cassette is regarded as one of a kind treasure. This album is of those Boomin Records mystery tapes in a cluster of several albums that were recorded at Boomin Records from 1991 to 2005.
On I Thought You Knew, Casket raps about how his skills are so perfected and his style is so scandalous. You can’t fade him. Roadblocks can’t stop him. It’s impossible to beat him with those blank rhymes. Those rhymes you be hearin’ are dull. He didn’t want to do this. Those are dead rhymes.
Big Roc rips shit up with no remorse. Watch him as he goes off like a time bomb. He’s wicked. There’s a guarantee you’ll get done up.
I Thought You Knew is a bragging rights sort of track. Casket brags about how his rhyming skills are so perfect on this track. Big Roc and Casket take control of this track with their raps.
Aftermath has a mobb music type of sound you would expect to hear from the Bay Area of California with the thick loopy bass and double layered synths. The Aftermath is similar to a track you expect to hear from Sicc Made (Madesicc) and Sick Wid It. Aftermath is a Big Roc solo.
This ain’t no surprise. Open up your eyes. Feel the wicked wrath of Big Roc’s lyrics. Big Roc shows no remorse. He’s taking over the industry. Are you ready for the aftermath?
Come Into My World showcased the perspective of how their world really is. Each of the members share their perspective of how their world is. They discuss the daily realities of living in the ghetto. Topics such as crime, gang activity, death, poverty, and drugs are discussed.
As you can tell by listening to the very beginning of the track, Marc Steele was excited and ready to get to the studio to record Come Into My World. He was ready to see the track completed.
Big Roc says, “It ain’t no fun in the ghetto.” Danger occurs at night. That’s why Big Roc calls his neighborhood Beirut. He is referring to Dewey Hood when he calls his neighborhood Beirut. He is also referring to Merrill Hood and Sarvis Park when he says Beirut. Merrill Hood is one of the most dangerous neighborhoods of Flint.
It’s hard to stay alive in the ghetto. The hood got Big Roc under pressure. The hood can take you under. Employment is difficult to find in Flint. That is why people resort to selling drugs for a living. Look into his world. You see nothing but the ghetto. You can’t see what Big Roc can see.
Casket has been a ghetto child ever since birth. He refers to Flint as a jungle as that is where thugs run wild. Of course he compares Flint to the jungle. He has flashbacks of beer bottles on the floor. He rinses out the beer bottles and takes them to the corner store for some cash. All his friends are dead. That has him going insane. Somebody blew out the brains of one of his homies. The ghetto took him under with the rest of the thugs. He can’t escape this hell.
Fiends in the hood are throwing up the VL gang signs. VL is an abbreviation for Vice Lords. Vice Lords originated in Chicago, Illinois. There are Vice Lords sets in Flint and across the Midwest. There are some in the South too.
It’s hard to sleep knowing that your friends are dead. There’s nobody he can trust. It’s hard to stay alive in the ghetto. So look into his world.
There’s no place to escape being stuck in the ghetto. Being in the ghetto is similar to being in a never-ending dream. Marc Steele is trapped up in this hell. That’s the only life he has lived and known.
Wicked Wayz uses the brooding dark sound of acid rap. An organ gives the tack a Halloween vibe or a violent MMPORG game. The track is appropriate for a horror movie. The track uses a handful of samples. Their style of rap was wicked.
So Real incorporates the sounds of soul, hip hop, and rap. Corruption shows people how they are really real on So Real. The track So Real incorporates the sound of East Coast rap. Notice the vocal sample. The track is backed by a solo viola and upright bass.
Taking Over uses the sample of Beastie Boys - Paul Revere backed by some low bass. Look who’s taking over. Corruption. I told you.
I rate this album 4/5****!
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