Mixerr Album Reviews #1,937

You don’t often here very much from the Toledo rap scene. Well that’s what State of Cykosis ‎– Cykosis And The Cykodelichell Band single is. Pure raw unfiltered Toledo rap. The sounds have a touch of horrorcore to them. Now the audio quality is very low quality. You can notice this production in their vocals. Now that doesn’t stop this single from being a wicked psychedelic tape. The single has some psychedelic rap and a lot of horrorcore rap.

State of Cykosis ‎– Cykosis And The Cykodelichell was released on cassette single format in the year 1995. It was released independently by Duce Duce Records. The songs on this single are Bloodstains and State Of Cykosis.

State of Cykosis was a horrorcore rap duo from Toledo, Ohio that was active from 1994-2000. The group went under the name Cykosis before changing their name to State of Cykosis in 1997. The group used the name Cykosis when they recorded this single. Black Bart and The False Prophet were the group members.

Now this was the cassette single that got them involved with in a lawsuit with Insane Clown Posse (ICP) for releasing a tape with them on there that ICP did not want put out.


Here is the history of Bloodstains.

Cykosis asked ICP to do a song with them back in 1994 which was called Bloodstains. The song was recorded that same year. But when Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope heard the song, they were not satisfied with audio quality. Sadly the audio quality turned out horrible. What happened was ICP said Cykosis could have the song.

However ICP asked Cykosis not to release the song on their cassette single. ICP did not want that song put out. What does State Of Cykosis do? They release the song on their cassette single anyway The cassette single was released the following year in 1995. Bloodstains started getting popular. ICP got pissed because of this.

What ended up happening is that State of Cykosis got involved with in a lawsuit with ICP. ICP sued them for releasing Bloodstains on their cassette single without their permission.

Here is what happened during the lawsuit in court. ICP basically lied to the judge presiding the courtroom and told the judge it wasn't them in the song. Alex Abbiss fought against State Of Cykosis to not release the cassette single. State Of Cykosis did countersue ICP. They countersued and had lost the lawsuit.


Violent J is the rapper doing the spoken word intro.
(Intro: Violent J)
Cykosis...Are we in the haugh... Cykosis, Cykosis, Cykosis and the wicked clowns
Cykosis, Cykosis, Cykosis and the wicky wicked clowns

The False Prophet greets you and he tells you he is glad to kill you. He asks for you to hold your forehead still so he can drill right through your head.

(Verse 1: The False Prophet)
Hello, I'm Prophet F, I'm very glad to kill you
Now hold your forehead real still so I can drill right through you
When my black entangled bitch drink, I know you're rich

A slaughter fest ensues. All you hear is gurgles when The False Prophet does some cutting. He plugs your ass for every penny before he hits the switch. He throws your arm in a basket like any other. And if you're still alive, all he has to do is smother you until your face turns blue. The False Prophet is a sadist who gets pleasure in torturing people. He gets pleasure in torturing you. The barrel of a gun is shoved down your throat until your spleen is full of lead.

Now this is the part of the song where things get graphic, violent, and gruesome.

But it's the best way I freeze yo' ass for thanksgiving
I cook some good shit like ears, eyes and even tongue
Rip your chest open, I think I have some hearts and lungs
You know-you know-you know humans do the best
Just have a part of Jeffery Dahmer, and he'll tell you the rest
Blood, blood, more blood, I gotta get me some
But how do I get some? Motherfucking redrum!

Black Bart feels like he’s on heroin. Every time he sees a group of nuns, he want to bury them. He has no scruples in his head. So he has nothing left to lose. His tennis shoes are muddy and his white shirt is bloody.


These lyrics represent the mindset Black Bart is in.:
Think my mortal thoughts, I take yours and end my own life
And I'll see you in a different world
'Cuz I believe-I believe I'm gonna be cured
Oh lord, oh lord, oh lord
Why is this life so motherfuckin' hard?
Everybody dying, bullets steady flying
Might as well burn the bible and keep lying
Trials and tribulations, the shade of my attitude
It's tougher than the thought of a dead body in a swimming pool
I'm on my way to the state hospital

Black Bart is in a psychotic state or in this case a state of psychosis. He is on his way to the state hospital. At the state hospital, Black Bart is shot up with cozine and thrown on the floor by orderlies. He gets strapped up to the wall. He wants to rip these motherfuckers apart, ya'll, and write my name in blood all over the walls. Black Bart asks to be put out his misery.


ICP and Cykosis in this bitch slaughtering motherfuckers tag-team style! Leaving the motherfucking bloodstains all over the world, bitch! Know what I'm saying, bitch? Cykosis and Toledo are raw as shit. Know what I'm saying?

Violent J is the ghetto cap peeler. Southwest strangler serial killer. Slaughterer maniac, school nerd brainiac. Bloody bloodstains on the walls of his home. His home is a dumpster behind Micky D’s (McDonald’s).

Wait a minute. Violent J thinks somebody's coming or going. He can hear their blood flowing. Chop up their veins. That's when the blood rains. Bloodstains on the sidewalk. Dead bodies ain't nothing new as Violent J is from Detroit. He finds them in the yard when mowing the lawn.

Shaggy 2 Dope wakes up out of his coma. He can’t  recollect any memories.

(come again) Wakin' up, coming out my coma
Shit man, somebody must be a goner
I can't
I'm laying butt naked behind the dumpster in the ally
Lookin' down-down at my hands, man
I ain't seeing shit but these fucking blood stains
What are they from? Maybe from chokin' a bitch's neck
I gotta remember, I gotta write a fucking track!
That's the Shaggs, bitch, the Shaggy waggy-waggy's G
And I'm a fucking serial murder little bloodstains, bitch

Damn. I miss music like this old shit. MCL! This is the shit.



State Of Cykosis is about being in a state of psychological psychosis after taking a miracle drug. This can apply to any miracle drug in existence. Now the vocal quality is low due to the low budget production techniques used when producing State Of Cykosis.

The song tells us exactly what being in a “State Of Cykosis”.  Miracle drug capable of curing a variety of ailments to make normal life more pleasant. Excessive use can lead to psychological psychosis.

I rate this single 4/5****.