Jamie Madrox is a 49 year old MC and singer/songwriter from Detroit, Michigan who started out as 1/3 of House of Krazees along with The ROC & Monoxide. The latter of whom will join Mr. Bones to sign to Psychopathic Records in late 1997 as Twiztid, becoming the biggest act to come out of the label running down the streets under the wing of Insane Clown Posse alongside Ouija Macc, then 2 decades later. after Majik Ninja Entertainment and PSY cut ties. Jamie briefly went solo in the mid-90s since his debut EP The Demon Within & the full debut Sacrificereturning over a decade later for the sophomore effort supported by Psychopaths Fatso. However, to celebrate Black Friday, the multi-man returns for his 3rd solo LP to end his birth month.
“The Dice” is that melodic trap opener that wonders if it can save itself again or if it's destined to die now, while “Tell Me When” goes the tropical trap route instrumentally constantly telling itself that it will be ok with everything on his mind. “❤️ Me Then She ❤️ Me Not” samples one of my favorite Sublime songs of all time “Doin' Time” letting this chick know he's sure shot and not caught before “Mind Games” it speaks ill of your mind playing tricks. on you
Green Kid & Insane E join Jamie for “On the Spiral” giving more of a hardcore hip hop vibe admitting to being over the top and out of control with E having my favorite guest verse of the 2 while the freaking lead single “Dirt Sandwich” speaks to the self-indulgence that's the vibe it promotes. “G4” featuring G-Mo Skee shifts into boom bap territory and the two drop straight bars for 102 seconds, just before “More Problems Than Yesterday” keeps the kicks and snares in tact, wanting to know why they've grown his problems.
“G9” featuring Boondox brings a blast of trap to the equation leading into “Blockin' Out the Haters” where Blaze Ya Dead Homie returns to boom bap talking about shutting down their haters. “G6” featuring Hyro the Hero goes for a more jazzy direction with the beat refusing to stop until the city falls, but after “Can U Hear Me Now?” from Twiztid discusses being part of the progression and dominating playlists.
Meanwhile, on “G1”, we have Jamie & James Garcia aggressively encouraging everyone to listen to their music on repeat when they both have material worthy of doing so, while the soulful “Just a Little More” shows a mature side to the multiple man on the lyrical front. “Natural Born” featuring The ROC jumps over another boom bap instrumental showing off their murderous tendencies and “Impossible” wistfully references the impossible of life. “Ty (4Real)” ends The brain of November with what looks like a successor to “You're the Reason” out Mirror Mirror.
You can only take The brain of November of course through the MNEStore because Jamie loved beats from smaller and lesser known underground producers. Either way, I still enjoyed it as much The Chainsmoker II about 9 months ago and we can say that both halves of Twiztid put forth their best solo efforts before Welcome to your funeral. The production though left uncertified in hard copies more eclectic than Chainsmoker II going from boom bam to trap, jazz rap, hardcore hip hop and horror introduced by The Great Skull & the Graybow.
Rating: 9/10
