I love crossovers. You know, like when
you smoke a bowl of fire with the fungus. Or when one of your favorite
wrestling chicks ends up in porn. One of my earliest crossover
experiences is something that may have once sounded like polar
opposites: horror movies and hip hop. A surprisingly complementing
mesh of horror movies and hardcore rap, horrorcore is associated with
some of the most legendary names in the industry, including Tech
N9ne, ICP, and Detroit’s own, Marshal Vontavious Mathers. If we
traced the roots of horrorcore, it would lead us to the notorious Fifth Ward in Houston, Texas, the foundational headquarters of Rap-a-Lot
Records and the Geto Boys. The Geto Boys showed a darker, even
more violent side of gangsta rap with the introduction of the classic
Assassins, a track that goes beyond gunplay with tales of
decapitation and lyrics such as “kill that bitch like Freddy!”
Forever late, I just recently learned that the original version of
the song was performed by the original version of the group: The
Ghetto Boys, with a lineup...