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The First Chronicles Of D.E.T.T. is one of MC Mell'O'’s more overlooked singles from the 1990’s which did not get as much exposure or success as his previous singles Comin' Correct / Wize and Open Up Your Mind did. Sadly this single could not much up to the success of those singles despite having distribution from RCA & BMG. The single leads more toward the classic hip hop blueprint than sticking to the Britcore sound as before. He leans more toward using the conscious hip hop sound which a more mature sound. That is evident on songs such as I Hear Voices, Radics Delight, and What Can I Do. Sparki produced a majority of his single.



I Hear Voices deals with MC Mell'O''s paranoia. I Hear Voices was the buzz single of this single. The single only received minor airplay on the radio and did not hit any charts. He felt terrible at the time recording this song.

MC Mell'O' hears voices and crazy noises. His mad paranoia’s making all his choices. Because when he is home all alone in the dark at night, him and the dark start to fight. He gets kicked to the floor by dark. Blows from the dark bereft him of consciousness. He feels like his sanity has left him. He tried to block out the sound of voices telling him lies. So he covered his ears.

These are what the voices inside his head are saying, “You will never make it, no matter how you try.” “And don’t trust nobody ‘cos nobody’s got your back.”

The madness continues. His brain is burning on fire! The voices get louder. Their pitch gets higher. It’s harder to think. So he prays to the father to help me. His soul has been invaded by a voice in his head which manipulates and confuses his mind.

His body is found at the scene of a crime. MC Mell'O' is lying on the floor, wide-eyed as the dark surrounds him as he has been beaten. Covered in faeces and urine. He is screaming at those voices, “Leave me alone!”. MC Mell'O' banged-up in a jail cell of his own mind and now the darkness controls him. He loses the fight and the voices now own him. That’s fucked up!

The madness continues. The dark has him up as those voices hound him. Those voices tell him to slaughter and “hand ’em high”.

He hears voices and crazy noises. Controlling them was something he was not able to do. He is possessed by the darkness. No lights are coming through. He looked in the mirror and sees the reflection of a madman. Eyes blood-shot and red face. There’s bruises and cuts on this mad mans face.

Yelling into the depths of the madness is what he does next. He freaked out. MC Mell'O' has to break free from insanity. These walls of madness can no longer hold him. So he reaches for the door to flee to the great outdoors. He is making all his choices. The darkness is murdered and dead are the voices.


What Can I Do is a conscious song about to do when dealing rage and other emotions. What Can I Do was another single which came from this single. The single only received minor airplay on the radio and did not hit any charts. Thick hard beats are used throughout the song over a dark mood and sound. He uses quite a Yankified accent here.

This conscious song is known for the phrase, “What can I do to release all the rage?”. MC Mell'O' wonders what he can do to release all this rage he has pent up inside of him. He is clearly in a troubled state of mind as there is so much going on inside his head. People have been making him crazy mad. Rage has embraced him. That rage now consumes him. Life is now overwhelming.

He takes a second to reflect his fears. He does not like what he is seeing. Everyone he sees and views is bad. People have been making him crazy mad. Rage has consumed him. He tries to hold his rage in. Light is consumed by the darkness. He asks himself the falling questions. “What can I do to release all the anger?”, “What can I do to release all the rage?”, and “What can I do to release all the pressure?”. Next he wonders about what kind of moves he should make.


Mek Dem Know uses a mixture of old school hip hop/rap and reggae. The song is totally fire. A calming melodic flute is used and can be heard playing quietly in the background.

Radics Delight is a socially conscious which deals with police brutality. MC Mell'O' hates crooked police. So he unleashes his thoughts and feelings about police brutality. Radics Delight sampled Melvin Van Peebles - Come on Feet Do Your Thing.

I rate this single 5/5*****!!