KOOPSTA KNICCA - "Da Devil's Playground" 2xLP

Koopsta Knicca - Da Devil's Playground 2xLP (D.Evil Muzik) "In the darkest alleys of Memphis, in the early 1990s, a new kind of rap was born, with total indifference, which will have a very strong influence 25 years later on artists such as $uicideboy$, Raider Klan, Xavier Wulf, Lil Ugly Mane... A gangsta, slow and hypnotic rap tinged with horrific inspirations, mixing in the same style sulfurous satanism and morbid ghetto stories. Musically it would be Dj Squeeky who, inspired by the sound developed by DJ Spanish Fly at the end of the 80's, would have laid the foundations of this hip-hop subgenre by introducing this panting and continuous hi-hat wriggling, as well as the cut and tirelessly repeated choruses (chopping hooks) that would be the basis of Memphis' horrorcore style. But the main crew of the genre is indeed the Three 6 Mafia (formerly Backyard Posse, Triple 6 Mafia, then nowadays Da Mafia 6ix) and the releases of their label Hypnotize Minds Records.Of all the artists who, at