Lunatics

'Willy'

"You can feel the attention building up the convention. When the hustlers arrive. Must been 9000 more that came through the door." A famous sample, also used by Steady B. back in the '80. Nowadays Steady B. has to do a lifetime in the joint for killing a cop. Hopefully Lunatics don't go the same direction. Although their label is called 'Killer Label' and their management 'Insane Management'. Lunatics: Mr. Jejo, Mr. Heron, Buddha Polm and DJ Edson. Dropping their lyrics in their debut release: 'Willy'. They wrote their lyrics in a basic rhyme schedule. A, A, A, B, B, B etc.... Some rhyme words come back even more then once. That makes the song less dope. They talk about the game and spit some anecdotes. Dough, it flows. In their sound you can hear the Dutch-Surinam English accent that a lot more cats, with Surinam roots, have. The beat created by Dark Evil got a basic rhythm track with a piano, harp and violin samples. It's a basic song but sounds very promising.

One irritating detail about the entire sound: It sounds like they didn't use a total clean master tape. The sound in the back gives the impression that you can hear the music that was first on that same tape. But before you jumped to that conclusion. For five minutes long you were wondering how your neighbors could ever out beat your sound system.

'The heat's on'

The b-side also starts off with a sample quote. The samples and melody that Dark Evil used are very dope. This is the strongest element of his skills. Only he doesn't maintain this flavor in the rhythm track. Because the rhythm track is also quite ordinary like the one he used in 'Willy'. But the rhyme schedule is a lot more interesting and sounds real fat. In this song it's just relaxed bragging and boasting in a thug's atmosphere.

A funny detail: The Lunatics are very good in packing their stuff. It took me more time to get the 12" on the turntable then there is music on this piece of vinyl.