![]() When Killah Priest calms himself down, he manages to present his paranoid politics mixed with face-in-the-bible religious references well, but when he starts riling himself up and tries to act like a member of the Wu-Tang, he shows off a weakness in his flow and writing. Throughout, Killah Priest proves he is far stronger as a calm teller of tales, like on the paranoid-atmospherics of the title track, the oddly hooky and use of gospel organs on “B.I.B.L.E.”, or the street narrative “Science Projects”. Heavy Mental essentially consists of two moods and personas: One that focuses on anger and the murder of ‘fake mc’s’ (especially on “Fake MC’s”!), and the other that is laid-back, at times depressing and subdued, but completely telling of his beliefs. ![]() ![]() Killah Priest builds up these songs with his religious musings and - very occasionally - babblings, and mixes them with an eerie, minimalistic soundtrack that drives the listener to the very end with an occasional regular Wu Posse cut (“Cross My Heart”) or hard-hitting 90s Wu-influenced rap track (“The Professional”) without many bumps in the ride. Heavy Mental, Killah Priest’s debut, is something incredibly rare a hard hitting religious rap record. But in the case of Heavy Mental, Killah Priest pulls it off nicely. Review Summary: Mixing rap and religion is often like mixing oil and water, it just doesn't go together.
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