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1. Monsters
2. Devastator
3. Lockjaw
4. Last Laugh
5. The Story
6. Who's a Hero?
Most of you will remember Trunks as that cat who had the short but sweet track on MF DOOM's King Geedorah album, the track was Lockjaw (which is featured again on this ep) and found the then unknown mc attacking the track with such an energy that he simply couldnt be ignore
Trunks ain't a rapper, he's a monsta from the future/
twisting your body in more positions then comasutra
the track clocked in at barely over a minute but that was all that was needed for Trunks to make his mark, mc's everywhere were put on notice, the future was here and with it a new Monsta...
Fast forward a few years and we havnt really heard from Trunks, he all but disappeared after his amazing debut, then this pops up seemingly out of nowhere, Trunks drops his debut ep fully produced by the one and only, MF DOOM. The ep more of less lives up to the hype that trunks had built off his one vocal feature. He spits here with the same focus and intensity that made us take notice in the first place. The problem comes when we realize that in all honestly Trunks isnt much more then a slightly more lyrical punchline mc, take your Cassidy's or Lloyd Bank's and replace every punchline they have about there diamonds with some slick reference to transformers or comic books and you pretty much have trunks.
Now im not trying to bash, I dont think there is anything wrong with mc's like Cass or Banks, its just at times I feel like Trunks is simply pushing himself to be different rather then actually being different...if that makes any sense. To some mc's it comes naturally, DOOM naturally sounds off his rocker, Andre 3000 naturally sounds like he's from outer space, Aesop Rock naturally fucks with our minds with immense metaphors, Trunks though often sounds like he's forcing some of his odder styles.
This isnt to say the man isnt a talented mc, believe me he's def above average. His rhythms almost always impress me and he puts together his words wonderfully, even if I dont feel that its 100% authentic I still have to give him his props because he's still just as talented as when we first heard him. The production is amazing as always, DOOM never fails to impress, its a nice throwback to his older sound and I would love to hear more of it, im not sure if any of its recycled but it all sounds fresh to me (with the exception of Lockjaw of course)
At the end of the day what we have is a talented, if not confused mc who's good at what he does. The beats are wonderful and the mc skilled, not much more you can ask for at the end of the day. Hopefully trunks puts out a full length and finds himself a bit more by then, im still a fan though and look forward to anything he puts out in the future.
Overall - 3/5
2. Devastator
3. Lockjaw
4. Last Laugh
5. The Story
6. Who's a Hero?
Most of you will remember Trunks as that cat who had the short but sweet track on MF DOOM's King Geedorah album, the track was Lockjaw (which is featured again on this ep) and found the then unknown mc attacking the track with such an energy that he simply couldnt be ignore
Trunks ain't a rapper, he's a monsta from the future/
twisting your body in more positions then comasutra
the track clocked in at barely over a minute but that was all that was needed for Trunks to make his mark, mc's everywhere were put on notice, the future was here and with it a new Monsta...
Fast forward a few years and we havnt really heard from Trunks, he all but disappeared after his amazing debut, then this pops up seemingly out of nowhere, Trunks drops his debut ep fully produced by the one and only, MF DOOM. The ep more of less lives up to the hype that trunks had built off his one vocal feature. He spits here with the same focus and intensity that made us take notice in the first place. The problem comes when we realize that in all honestly Trunks isnt much more then a slightly more lyrical punchline mc, take your Cassidy's or Lloyd Bank's and replace every punchline they have about there diamonds with some slick reference to transformers or comic books and you pretty much have trunks.
Now im not trying to bash, I dont think there is anything wrong with mc's like Cass or Banks, its just at times I feel like Trunks is simply pushing himself to be different rather then actually being different...if that makes any sense. To some mc's it comes naturally, DOOM naturally sounds off his rocker, Andre 3000 naturally sounds like he's from outer space, Aesop Rock naturally fucks with our minds with immense metaphors, Trunks though often sounds like he's forcing some of his odder styles.
This isnt to say the man isnt a talented mc, believe me he's def above average. His rhythms almost always impress me and he puts together his words wonderfully, even if I dont feel that its 100% authentic I still have to give him his props because he's still just as talented as when we first heard him. The production is amazing as always, DOOM never fails to impress, its a nice throwback to his older sound and I would love to hear more of it, im not sure if any of its recycled but it all sounds fresh to me (with the exception of Lockjaw of course)
At the end of the day what we have is a talented, if not confused mc who's good at what he does. The beats are wonderful and the mc skilled, not much more you can ask for at the end of the day. Hopefully trunks puts out a full length and finds himself a bit more by then, im still a fan though and look forward to anything he puts out in the future.
Overall - 3/5
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