Horrorcore has only glanced the mainstream, with artists like Eminem, DMX, and even the Notorious B.I.G. exploring the genre on occasion. Brotha Lynch Hung, impressively, has managed to make a career of it, despite the genre’s inherent inaccessibility. On his third entry in his Strange Music trilogy, Brotha Lynch Hung illustrates why he’s managed to do just that.
Make no mistake, BLH’s emceeing arsenal is still quite impressive. Whether it’s the rapid-fire flows over the frenetic and disturbing strings of “Krocadil” or steady delivery over extremely minimalist production on “MDK,” Lynch is unquestionably adept at his craft. Guests are carefully chosen, ranging from Yelawolf’s oustanding performance on “Tha Package” and well-placed assists from Hopsin and Tech N9ne on “Stabbed.” One of the most brilliant cuts on the record is “Something About Susan.” Between the slinky keys and R&B stylings, it masquerades as a something far less sinister than what it actually is. It’s aided by a chorus that is infinitely more disturbing given the context of the song’s subject matter: “I swear I love her I never let her out of my sight / There’s no more livin’ if I ever let her out of my life / ‘Cause when she’s not around it’s just not right / You were my heart, I gave you my all…the one that I love.” Conversely, Lynch is at his least compelling when he takes a moment to break character, which occurs on “I Give Up.” The track isn’t a bad one, per se; but in the context of the album, it’s glaringly out of place. An argument could be made that it fits into larger themes contained within the project, but it’s too misplaced.
The production on Mannibalector never fails to surprise. Whether it’s deliciously ominous touches like sampled screams in the background of “Disappeared,” or the minimalistic keys and strings on “Eating You” that explode into Heavy Metal, there’s plenty for the listener’s ears to feast upon. This is true throughout, as it’s not until the very end that the album decides to unleash its heaviest production, courtesy of “Sweeny Todd.” The attention to detail is present in other aspects of the album, particularly in the skits, which are well-acted and have fantastic sound effects.
Ultimately, Horrorcore is a polarizing genre. Listeners have to decide for themselves whether it’s for them or not. Regardless, Brotha Lynch Hung’s talents transcend the genre. He’s an outstanding lyricist and technician, and effortlessly weaves in and out of various narratives and themes. What really separates him from other Horrocore artists, however, is the character he’s created. If BLH is The Silence of the Lambs’ Hannibal Lector, after whom the album is obviously named, then many other Horrorcore artists are villains from more crude and pointless horror flicks like The Human Centipede. While other villains merely hack and slash, making for violence that’s rarely more than mean, Brotha Lynch Hung has crafted a character who’s not only horrifying and charming, but horrifying because he’s charming. Sinister wit and clever lines make Mannibalector far more accessible than one might have thought possible for a Horrorcore album. And while accessibility isn’t what Brotha Lynch Hung is going for, it does make a statement about the breadth of his talent.
Nice to see a site acknowledge this and still admit that Joe Budden sucks.
This album is amazing. My favorite of the trilogy. Such hardcore sinister lyrics and production… Really good stuff here and if you’re not into horrorcore get into it!
Dope Album to a Dope Trilogy…My favorite rapper reppin Sactown the right way
I could see this being up for rap album of the year
An absolute beast of an album.
This album was truly disturbing and very entertaining. Listen to it at night, with nothing but a black light on. You won’t be disappointed… But you might die 😉 Great review by the way.
respect, lynch been the dopest most raw
Pre ordered this album from strange, got it a day early w free t- shirt. Can not stop listening to it. An absolute classic for this genre and Lynch.
Grrrrrr
Strange better sign him for another 3albums
Strange Music!!!
Lynch….Nuff said
Best of the Trilogy by far. BLH killed it on this album and it shows. Can’t stop listening to it on My iPod
it’s a pretty good album but his last 2 albums were better IMO
he brought that old lynch and mixed with the new hard as hell been listening to lynch since 1993 strange music bitch!!!
“The Mighty Death Pop!” was funny and “Die!” wes pretty good but “Mannibalector” is the last horrorcore’s classic.
Siccmade at it’s finest.
Album is super dope.
lynch and strande…dope…but i do miss the “situation dirty” or “split your face” lynch…that was him at his best
Best of the trilogy
One of the best spitters of all time. You disagree? Then you dont know what your talking about.
What a great weight holding argument. smh idiot.
He actually is 100 percent right. If you think Brotha Lynch is not a good rapper, you really don’t know shit about hip hop. BTW, im surprised they didn’t mention NECRO when it comes to horrorcore?? Death rap maybe?
Love you Lynch
really better than i expected , a real good album for once iin this sad and ultra commercial music game
fire on a disc
GRRRRRRRRRRR AN INSTANT HORROR CLASSIC
Sicc Made , Made Me Sicc loc to the brain this lbum is a masterpiece Grrrrr
Well dude has skillz but if you a 39 years old like Brotha then you should be ashamed to make music like this. Come on this is music for teenagers. Talking about fucking a corpse and eating people????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
Rob Zombie got 48 years old and still is a horror freak, but nobody criticizes him.
He is 42, but still, he just rappin about what going through his mind, if lil wayne would Do the same, he would rappin about bieng a faggot, and how meny Dicks he think fits in his ass at the same time!
Gggggrrrrrrr!!!!
Love this album. Listened to it for the third time straight. Gggrrrr!!!
I just hate the way things are, i fucking hate the music now. Grrr!
Nice album, good beats, lynch was flowing. 4 stars.
Brotha Lynch Hung went all out here. RIP Coathanga Strangla.
the whole trilogy is good!
Brotha Lynch Hung went 3 for 3 with this trilogy!
Real good review. I’m glad DX realizes and appreciates how good BLK is, how good the production is on ALL Strange Music records courtesy of Seven. I mean, the crazy thing is that, the shit he raps about is some seriously disturbing shit, haha, but I still listen to it, because he can rap his ass off and the beats are always insane. Haven’t heard this yet but most definitely looking forward to it. Strange Music is a fuckinn machine!!!
Nice review, though I have to disagree with the comment about “I Give Up”, I think it is one of the best tracks on the album, on each of the albums in the trilogy there was at least one track that goes off topic. I think “I Give Up” fits in the story if you listened to the last track when he offs himself. IMO
This CD is SO DOPE. Great way to end the trilogy! Brotha Lynch kills shit!
Brothas like BLH, Eiht, E40 keep the old school West alive! This whole trilogy is dope as fuck!
“I just did a three album trilogy–george lucas”
Something about Susan was amazing. It was neat to watch the devolution of the characters mind frame throughout the trilogy. Especially in the repetition of bars from previous albums to tie together the themes.
Amazing!!!
The whole trilogy was wicked. I thought ‘i give up’ fitted good in with the rest of the hardcore horrorcore songs.
This album is on a whole different level. 5/5 for sure.
Album is straight fire. 5 star, insane.
where can i download this shit
you can download it on itunes
Skillful and entertaining.
Mannibalector > Goblin/Earl
where can i download this
you can purchase it on itunes.
fuck that
Kickass torrents.com you’ll need a BitTorrent client though, such as vuze.
Buy it you broke piece of fuckin dog shit.
Mannibalector def is the best album I’ve heard in a min. Lynch is a legend. Peeps need 2 stop sleepin on his skills. GRRR….
Lynch always brings it. This is the best of all 3 imo
Go buy it in stores
pure dopeness
Great fuckin album! All three were good but this was the best!
great album, he out-did himself 210% worth buying
Lynch created a masterpiece!
Best album of the year so far and best out of the Coathanga trilogy. Lynch outdid himself with this one. Hard Beats, Great flow, and great story telling. Salute to Lynch for this piff
this album is cute as hell everybody should check it out
Brotha lynch Hung!!
SPYDIES BACK
Thought the album was solid after I heard it. Best one in the trilogy IMO.
LYNCH IS HANDS DOWN THE BEST IN RAP! UNDERGROUND LEDGEND! NORTHERN CALI’S OWN HOMEGROWN! THE ONLY ONE THATS BEEN OUT 20 PLUS YEARS THATS STAYED UNIQUE & ORIGINAL.
been a BLH fan since the day of old and havent let me dwn yet this one is dope as fuck and im glad he did what he did to it hopefully he can turn it into a movie forreal so i can eat my dinner wit the movie
Lynch has been in the rap game longer then any artist today!And he still delievers lyrics harder then most artists today! CLASSIC
siccmade muzicc COS
2013 is going to be a Strange year.
Album of the year, and last year…..and the year before….
Never listened to this guy until today. Super dope album. Very entertaining. Brother Lynch Hung can rap his fuckin ass off. Don’t skip the skits.
I been a major LYNCH fan since around 95ish. Thought it was dope that he was finally doing this trilogy, and with STRANGE no less.
I gotta say, I had much higher hopes for this release. Cant believe the pedophile references (especially given the SICX situation.)
I thought the ending was dope though, very unexpected.
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This is absolutely amazing its odd that I cant get into horror movies but when I comes to the horror shit that brotha lynch spits it pulls me in
nigz bout to get stabbed
Not really into the gener but i gotta admit that the Trilogy is dope,refreshing and entertaining music ! BLH is a dope emcee even though he’s kinda disturbing
I haven’t even heard this album yet. But based off the last two releases, I give it a 5.
‘Something About Susan’ really surprised me. This album sure will be one of the best albums this year. Ii give it 4,5.
The album gets better each time I listen to it. The album is obviously for people with particular taste in music, but I think this could be the greatest Horrorcore album (the whole trilogy) ever!
Album of the Year
This really should’ve been 5/5!
Production is great!!. Storyline cool,lyrically could use more well rounded vocabulary,killing,violence I get it. But as a technician emcee. I expect more twisted metaphor and storyline that can bounce a variety of styles. But this is what he is accustom to. So what can You expect. Either way this long in the game I just expect more. But that is just me wanting more well roundedness out of an artist. Speed,delivery,tone,storyline,a library of vocabulary,knowledge, a lot of top emcees display this. Why can’t he.. Everyone has a different style and I know he is from the westCoast but that shouldn’t limit his variety he could very well do. As long as he has been in the game he still has lots of time to collaborate and do mixtapes and change it up. That’s where I can see your flexibility and range as an artist if your up to it.. Either way 3.5 stars still bangin quite a few tracks and displays that westcoast swagger of bangIn hard and stayin true to his craft..keep it comin lynch.. I know you got a lot more than that..Emcee (variety of tactics)
lynch is rapping his ass off. i first heard of lynch in the early 90’s as a kid. i loved the gangsta rap of way back and miss it. his older material was definitely dark, but it was more street. this trilogy, is more movie like. horror movie shit. lynch was great at blending real life with his imagination. neighborhood beef, his thoughts, whatever. this album has his imagination running wild. i’m not as into the whole kill a bitch and eat her thing, but i love the way lynch works. he’s a talent. period. his shit is different now but there’s one thing that stayed the same. he raps his ass off. it’s cool that these kids years later get a piece of lynch. strange music got him a whole new audience, different beats, and 3 albums that reinvented him as an artist. go check out the mans catalog. he got some shit that’s super underground, and super hard. gas station mixtape shit. salute to lynch the man has been grinding forever and now its paid off. you good man.
100% right and love that you pointed out the difference between his more gangster garden block crips rap and his current ripgut more cannibalism horrorcore approach. Some idiots earlier said lynch hasn’t evolved and he hasn’t found any new words to rhyme with cadilac lol! Gotta love ignorance right? I’m also glad all the youngsters and newcomers like the brotha lynch reborn with the snake and bat but hope they will look back to his black market days or at least his tracks wit X-RAIDED cuz those 2 on the same track killed it every time like him and tech! The virus and lynch by inch are some sicc albums too! Keep eatiin em up and shittin em out like you been doin for almost 30yrs Mann! You finally got the respect and definitely finally gettin paid the money you earned with bitchmarket records baby! Refuse 2 lose and keep it loc2dabrain cuz its EBK EVERY DAY TIL THE DAY I DIE! Rest in piss all you HATERS! SICC MADE AND STRANGE MUSIC FA LIFE BITCH!!!
I have to disagree with the “I Give Up” doesnt fit. I believe it does. It’s the end of Mannibalector’s story. He’s struggling. I mean, I really don’t see how you thought it didnt fit…
I think it’s one of the best songs on this album. And it’s easily a 4.5/5 album!
honestly…this is 5/5. DX be trippin. Lynch ended this trilogy perfectly, yet im still hungry for more meat. excellent album.
Perfect end to the trilogy 5/5!
THe thing with “I give up” ,he always have a track like this on his albums,telling about his struggle with keeping up with making music.Son production + Lynch spitting.I was scared that this album couldnt surpass Coathanga Strangla but easilyyyy it did.Beautiful
This Shit Is Straight Killer, If You Dont Like This Mannibalector Album You Sure Dont Listen To BLH, Sooo Why Bother With Negative Shit. This Album Is His Best Of The Trilogy
This album is fantastic. If your not a horrorcore fan and dont listen to it. Cause this is not for you go listen to some weak shit.
Brotha Lynch Hung is the king of Horrorcore. Strange Music is takin over. They got something for everyone.
Awesome!
One of the sickest albums of the year
Great Trilogy
Great cd. Great concept, Great beats, and lyrics that make you realize so people are sicker than other. Every feature belongs on this album. Yelawolf, Hopsin, Bernz & Wrekonize of Mayday all do a great job!! Of course Tech 9 killed it. The sickness at it’s best. Not for mainstream riders, it’s for real underground fans who are looking for something different than the rap you hear lately. Get it.
At the same time though, the actual sounds, the beats, this shit could be mainstream. Tech N9ne’s shit could be mainstream. Brutha Lynch, i mean the shit he talks about obviously couldn’t go mainstream, im just talking their sound.
lynch been goin hard since 24deep
This trilogy is his best work.
One of the best albums of the year by far! with 3 other top rappers featured on it shitttt, Comment below might be right this might be the best horrorcore album ever.
Fucking dope
They call me agent double O deuce 4 block
How can u say he’s too old to do music like this?? It’s entertainment. Would u say Dr suess was too old to b makin books bout cat in hats and green eggs and ham?? Oh. Exactly. What Blh does takes time and effort, it shows his imagination level and that’s all that matters. What can an entertainer do to keep ur attention, what can he put in ur head, what pictures can he paint. U might as well diss every screenwriter makin movies bout “action hero’s” or “serial killers”. Em was 26 talkin bout rapin women swim teams and flyin into washer machines and beatin up Looney toon characters wit acorns. It’s entertainment no matter the age. I bet if u were young watchin the spice channel there wasn’t a care in the world bout ur age huh? Get the hell outta here.
Great album
Strange Music have another banging album to stand alongside the awesome Tech N9ne & Kriss Kaliko: Brother Lynch Hung! If Quentin Tarantino was to make a horror movie this would sit well as its narrative sound track. Brother Lynch Hung is certainly Strange and is as entertaining as hell!
great review. one of the best ever on this garbage of a site. much respect to lynch.
oh and I give up was dope. It’s like DX HAS to criticize something when it comes to the albums that are perfect. Same with Mayday’s album, saying the album title track “take me to your leader” was on the weaker part of the album when it was one of the best tracks. fuck outta here. STRANGE MUSIC BITCH
25 years in the game and he is still trying to figure out what rhymes with cadillac. “Sitting in the back of the lack with a sack selling crack put you on yo back nigga”
I disagree with every single post on this page. As a former lynch fan when I was 15, I can’t listen to him because he is doing the same nonsense nursury rhymes. I do not disagree with his style, horrorcore is what it is, but you have to evolve and mature as an rapper.
I have to admit that I don’t like Brotha’s old material. This album trilogy is his best work in my opinion.
That’s a very entertaining album. Even though, i don’t like some beats/hooks, but some really strong tracks and the narrative make me easily overlook that. Brotha Lynch knows how to tell interesting stories. The skits weave the storyline perfectly and are funny as hell, especially the ending. ^^
It’s really disturbing, that i feel sympathy for the anti-hero. ^^ And “Something about Susan” could be a mainstream single, but i guess the content is too ill.
Nice work Brotha Lynch, you did again. But “Dinner and a movie” is my favorite of the trilogy, though.
Whatever, 4 Stars!
5/5 hands down
10/5, and put your hands back up.
I have heard better from Lynch. Sorry
Awesome album
I love the whack criticism LOL! He can’t find other words to rhyme with cadilac are you being serious with that remark? Ever notice every rapper has a couple bars or hooks that they keep and put into their music from time to time later in their career because sometimes the shit is so sick it needs to be repeated and heard more then once. Who the fuck would criticize a rapper/writer who has successfully used those exact lyrics for 25yrs and made a couple million by doing so? Quit hatin and start appreciating real rap or at least get educated before you voice your ignorant opinion! Just think about criticizing or talkin shit about a very successful dude like lynch and then compare yourself to who your hatin on and hopefully it will make you realize your a fuckin lame ignorant uneducated failure who couldn’t begin to understand the hard work and creativity it takes to write 1song or sumn like 9whole fuckin albums in lynch’s case. Dude is a lyrical genius who also has written a couple horror film screen plays and also runs his own label SICC MADE MUSIC but I’m sure all that don’t mean shit to someone like you who I’m sure is as smart, successful and respected as lynch but is living in moms basement whackin it to gay porn when your not busy hatin on lynch for not finding other words to rhyme with cadilac. Go back to listening to ICP if you can’t appreciate real rap bitch boy! STRAAAAAANGE!!!
he has not made millions.
he makes that very clear.
Fuckin dumb comment will! If you really listened to lynch other then season of da sicness you would see how evolved lynch has become. He used to be gangster rapper wit black market and now he doesn’t even have to rap about the streets and garden block because he’s evolved into the best horror core artist other then Eminem. You either ignorant or dumb to say some shit like that
Nice
BLH is a good lyricist but its a little weird to listen to.
so you’re angry because HHDX gave this album FOUR x’s…as opposed to FIVE x’s…right?
Sweeny Todd…… Hardest song. end.
its whack ! what happen to the old days tight hits he takes the eating people shit to seriously and maybe one or to songs is OK but a whole album get over it….
CRAZY ALBUM!!!!
this is my favorite album outta the trilogy. i love dinner and a movie and coathanga strangla but mannibalector is the shit
disappointed tbh
Terrible
it wasn’t that good tbh
rly good !
still bumping this album tbh
it deserved at least 4.5/5
I have heard better from Lynch. Sorry.
yup
dope.
its okay only.
dope
I thought it is amazing