How I got introduced to Brotha Lynch Hung’s music

The Horrorcore Genre like Drill and Trap music today has developed quite a cult following in the 90s. Like The Grindhouse movies/horror informercials that use to come on in the 70s and 80s. Horrorcore attraction to hip hop was its ability to bring the audio visual of horror films to life on wax. Legendary groups such as The Geto Boys, GraveDiggaz, Insane Clown Posse, Three 6 Mafia and many others were famously known for being the trend setters, But it was Kevin Mann(famously known as Brotha Lynch Hung) whom took the genre to another level with his release Season of the Sickness.

How I discovered Brotha Lynch Hung was when I purchased his cassette tape titled “Loaded” from this used book store at the time called Edward Mckay. It sold alot of used video games, music, movies, and books. The rap section had alot of dope used cds and tapes so I picked “Loaded” from the bunch. I didn’t know was literally his 3rd album by that time. I didn’t know who he was but I seen the guest appearances from Kokane, E-40, and Ice T on there. Keep in mind, This was around the time where guest features REALLY certified a artist and at that time, I was thinking if those guys rocked with him, He must be pretty dope. So I put the tape on as I’m leaving the store, little did I know what I was gonna be literally prepared for.

The first track featuring Kokane caught my ears heavily. The production which was done masterfully on this track sounds like something that Cold 187um would produce. Kokane’s crooning gave it a real nice vibe. I’m vibing and I’m awaiting like where’s Brotha Lynch Hung at? This is basically a Kokane solo(which I’m not complaining about) which is introducing the album. So as the song slowly fades, You suddenly hear a twilight zone type instrumental creep up which introduces you to a very darker and more graphic track. It fades over into DIE… Die has the opener from the movie Evil Dead 2 and Brotha Lynch Hung comes in attacking the track in a rapid pace. When he came out with lines like “I’m the type of nigga that would leave a horses head in your bed/Take your wife and rape her and tie her to the bed” I GASPED..

Listening to “Loaded” and comparing that to his previous album Season of the Siccness(which I got later on) Its easily obvious to tell that Priority wanted Lynch to tone down on the cannibal/gruesome content and put out more laid back/smoked out/ rider songs. You get alot of the dark shit on the first half of this album. Listening to songs such as Heataz, Situations with E-40. But the second half is mostly consisted of stoner songs.. “One Mo Pound”, On My Brief Case”, Feel My Nature Rize, and my favorite on there Did it and Did it.

On the recent interview with Sorhen Baker from Unique Access.. Lynch said that he wasn’t a big fan of this album. Possibly because of label politics, him being deeper into drugs or dealing with personal trauma during the time of creating this album. It seemed as if at times artists are hard on themselves and they connect it with what was going on at the time in their lives(See Scarface). But Loaded to me was a album that balanced Lynch’s artistry perfectly.