Ouija Macc’s 4th LP “Darcc Planet” Reaches the Same Classic Pedestal as “Stalewind” (Album Review)
Las Vegas emcee Ouija Macc has returned a year after Detritus for his 4th LP. Breaking out in the fall of 2017 after the Insane Clown Posse signed him to Psychopathic Records shortly after putting out his debut EP Trashfire independently, Ouija has since proven himself as the hatchet’s biggest solo act dropping his last 3 full-lengths, 2 greatest hits compilations, 8 mixtapes & 5 EPs all in the span of nearly 7 years. He even started his own label Chapter 17 Records & made the big homie HEXXX the first signee putting out his first 2 classic west coast wicked shit albums Demon Season & Tales of a Cursed G before amicably fulfilling all contractual obligations with the Psychopathic subsidiary last fall. Darby O’Trill is now the only C17 artist other than Ouija, teaming up with each other back in April for the excellent collab effort Anemoia few months ago. Now that he near-perfectly completed the Elements series on Stalewind during the Gathering of Dreams, it’s finally time for the Darcc Planet to ascend 6 months following Corruptus.
After the “Signal Interruption Event” intro, the first song “Psychocidal” starts off with a murky trap instrumental from Devereaux detailing the psycho sick mentality that Ouija posses whereas “Macc Mode” steals from the rich & kills a pig for them cuffs at the wrist further embracing a morbid atmosphere. “Labiaplasty” works in some bells & hi-hats explaining that all the killers know they ain’t coming back, but then the rubbery “Baton” produced by Shaggytheairhead talks about the type psycho shit that Chapter 17 & Psychopathic are on.
“Sin City” brings a misty trap flare to the beat reminding everyone exactly where he came from just before “Boomshaka” serves as a uniquely crafted sequel to “Chicken Huntin’” & that brings a huge smile to my face since the Slaughterhouse remix of which ranks amongst the greatest ICP songs of all-time. “Last Laugh” embraces a manic trap direction instrumentally wanting to know who they laughin’ at exactly while “Sun Don’t Shine” ends the first half on some emo rap shit talking about life getting dark.
To start Darcc Planet’s other leg, “Juggular Vein” gives the juggalos & the underground in general music to be buried by while the 5 & a half minute “For the Tombstone (When I Go)” serves as one of the most chilling moments here & one of the best Ouija songs ever sounding like he conceived it as a parting open letter for when day comes where he’s no longer with us. “Murder Dance” infernally admits that C17 ain’t for everyone & Psychopathic being the set while “Moonlit Dungeon” morbidly talks about the hatchet forever choppin’.
“Butternuts” hauntingly welcomes listeners to the dead side while “Tropicana Ave” mixes a guitar & hi-hats talking about being fucked up to the point where he ain’t looking down. “My Luv (Sometimes)” experiments with rage beats making the pack flip & running the bag up while the cloudy “Prophet Paint” declaring the wicked clown paint as prophetic. “Deincarnation” depressingly ends the album with a guitar/trap fusion hoping this his last life.
Beginning the deluxe run, “Dead Bitches” murkily talks about runnin’ through 34 dead hoes while “Gotta Have It” goes for a bouncier trap approach keeping the hatchet on his hip for the static & being an addict. “Poltergas” turns the trap metal influences up again talking about something controlling him while the morbidly atmospheric “mehT kcuF” gives the middle finger to everyone who’s been hating on him since becoming the biggest solo artist ICP ever signed.
“Talk It Now” fuses a sample & hi-hats continuing to go at the throats of everyone dismissing C17 while the cloudier “Murder Everything” sets out to literally slaughter everyone & everything in his path. “What’s Up” is another bell/trap joint making sure the club is burnt down & shot up by the time he pulls up & the final bonus track “Losing My Mind” ahead of the “Forbidden Signal Event” outro tells the story of a naked man shot dead on a Saturday because he was gnawing off another man’s face.
Stalewind for the past couple years has quickly become my favorite LP of the 4 that Ouija has dropped & Darcc Planet sure enough reaches the same caliber that the final installment of the Elements series reached at the Gathering of Dreams. As the title suggests, it’s the darkest material that the C17 CEO has ever conceived on his own since branching out on his own in 2017 & you can hear how much he’s artistically grown since.
Score: 9/10
