The Serial Killers are a west coast supergroup consisting of B-Actual, Demrick & Xzibit. Becoming a member of forces on Halloween 2013 by dropping an eponymous debut mixtape underneath Open Bar Leisure, they’d go on to comply with it up a pair years later with The Homicide Present & adopted it up with the Day of the Lifeless prolonged play. Their debut album Summer season of Sam would come out within the fall of 2020 regardless of its title getting extra political than the trio’s earlier output, reuniting to have Scoop DeVille produce the sophomore effort.
“SK Anthem” units the tone with this grisly increase bap intro spitting the type of raps that’ll make you wanna punch somebody within the face whereas the title monitor aggressively talks concerning the trio constructing a circle of belief collectively. “Name the Cops” offers off an old-fashioned hardcore vibe dropping bars that’ll make folks snitch to the Feds main into the horn-infused “Fired Up” advising in opposition to folks making an attempt their luck as a result of every of them being vexed.
Shifting on from there, “Ranges” talks about bettering oneself if anyone’s striving to achieve the highest simply earlier than “Hand Grenade” goes full rap rock to allow them to finish the first leg boasting that they will stroll via Hellfire & talk with the useless. “Excessive Power” continues the 2nd leg of the album speaking about life being this a lot of a visit & time being cash whereas “Anarchy” encourages these listening to begin selling the energy we’ve got as an alternative of that different bullshit.
“Slippin’” nears This Factor of Ours’ conclusion incorporating some strings speaking about holding a watch out for the opposite aspect & not letting them catch you fuckin’ up whereas “By Any Means” speaks of continually staying extra strong than the concrete & representing the west coast. “We’re the Killers” finally ends up the album with this ghostly increase bap outro speaking about fearing no man & the lyricism of every member proving to be extra lethal than fentanyl.
Summer season of Sam to me was rather a lot gratifying than The Homicide Present or Day of the Lifeless have been, however the Serial Killers return a little bit over midway via the 2020s with Scoop DeVille behind the boards to make This Factor of Ours the best LP of their complete existence. Scoop’s manufacturing hits more durable high to backside versus the predecessor having a pair lackluster moments instrumentally & I like that they kept away from having any visitor verses to focus extra on their synergies.
Rating: 8/10