Ouija Macc Picks Up Where “Sunken Church” Left Off on “Pyramid of Skulls” (Album Review)
Here is the 10th studio LP from Las Vegas, Nevada emcee Ouija Macc. Breaking out when the Insane Clown Posse signed him to Psychopathic Records shortly after putting out his debut EP Trashfire independently almost a decade ago, Ouija has since proven himself as the hatchet’s biggest solo act dropping his last 9 full-lengths, 2 greatest hits compilations, 8 mixtapes & 5 EPs all in the span of nearly 8 years. He even started his own label Chapter 17 Records, with Darby O’Trill now being the only artist signed. He has since declared himself America’s Most Wicked back in November & looks to enter the Pyramid of Skulls a month after CoKane as well as 2 Tuff Tony & Willie Mack became the new JCW World Juggalo Heavyweight Champion & JCW World Juggalo Tag Team Champions respectively.
Devereaux samples “Psycho Killer” by Talking Heads for the intro “Chalupa Mode” laughing off all the dummies who’re getting salty because they’re not finding any dirt on him whereas “0 Day” wickedly suggests to step out of his zone if you’re trying to imitate the type of shit he’s been on. “Faygo n’ Crown” flips “The Graveyard” by Project Born featuring ICP to talk about mixing the Juggalo Juice & whiskey prior to “The World is Hell” addressing an observation he’s had this whole time despite the name possibly reminding all of the previous generation juggalos who’ve become down with Ouija of a track Esham did with Twiztid off my personal favorite album of theirs The Green Book during The Unholy’s brief Psychopathic tenure in the early 2000s as “The Boogieman”.
“Gnome Sayin’” shows a bit of a Memphis influence talking about stacking skulls all the way up to the ceiling while “Leviticus” blends a bassline & some hi-hats to tear down a bitch to dismantle a bitch with a gun, except Ouija knows he’s too much of a bitch to pull the trigger. Things lean towards a ghostlier direction instrumentally on “Behind the Beyond” talking about receiving messages from spirits that’ve been haunting him leading into him “Fillin’ Up My Bag” full of severed heads.
Reaching the halfway point, “On My Mind” gives off a more Hellish sound talking about having the idea of murder stuck in his head until telling the story of a “Haunted Cabinet” he stuffs all those dead bodies inside of. “Up 2 Something” continues the 2nd act of the Pyramid of Skulls speaking of the chosen few being excluded when armageddon eventually comes while “Chest Pain” makes it clear that all the real ones ain’t ever coming back once they’re gone & laying his ass to rest because of the dead holes he got.
“Killem All” was a phat lead single to begin the rollout talking about murdering everyone while “Bloody Mess” gets on his emo shit over the quirkiest instrumental of the bunch constantly thinking of death because of his depression. “No Place Like Home” talks about him continuing to stack up skulls like he’s building a masterpiece while “Candle of Revenge” vividly describes him dismembering guys who mistreat women. “Crying in the Pyramid” might be one of Ouija’s greatest songs taking an introspective approach to the lyrics on top of this cloudy beat using a sample & “Never Die” ends with him making sure his homies live forever.
Juggalo Championship Wrestling (JCW) will be kicking off their March Massacre weekend of JCW Lunacy tapings tonight & of course I have to mention Juggalohio IV going down next weekend, so America’s Most Wicked takes the disciples of the Sunken Church through the Pyramid of Skulls whilst reaffirming Ouija Macc’s constant balance of quantity & quality. Being teased since the Temple of Ash era almost a year & a half ago, it thematically picks up where Sunken Church left coming straight off the top of his head.
Score: 9/10
