Hells Fury

11.11.21

RJ Payne, Papoose, Royce Da 5'9", Rah Digga, Cory Gunz, DJ Kay Slay: ‘Hells Fury’ 11.9.21

Nowadays, it is really not often that we get a track featuring several artists specializing in lyricism, and going bar for bar with each other, collaboratively. Diss tracks seem to come and go, but the collaborative-ness of a group of individuals all killing it on the same track, seems to be slim to none, as hip-hop continues to evolve. DJ Payne put together something special with this one, that really reminds us what lyricism is all about.

The cover art to the track, is honestly a bit scary. There are five monsters, creatures, devils, whatever you would like to describe them as, each resembling one of DJ Payne’s selected artists to join the track. This includes DJ Payne, DJ Kay Slay, Papoose, Cory Gunz, Rah Digga, and Royce Da 5’9. They are all standing in a pool of flames that are overcoming the ornate room they appear to be shot in, which looks like it could be the Devil’s lair. All this creepy artwork is to say that these lyricists are taking no prisoners, and coming for blood on this track.

This is something that the people need to hear. The lyrical video was released on YouTube on Tuesday, but has less than 10,000 views. While not exactly doing numbers, the sentiment is positive all around. Everyone did their thing on the track, and brings hip-hop back the cyphers, and what lyricism is all about. Throughout the track, DJ Kay Slay can be heard hyping up the lyricists on the track, calling them the hottest lyricists on the scene.

Papoose started out the track and really wanted to let everyone know that it’s not just his wife that has bars. Did you know that the term papoose is a sort of bag or device to carry babies? I would have to assume that Papoose chose his stage name by being someone who confidently carried the game of hip-hop during his prime years. His flow is still grimy and intense, and it does not sound like he’s missed a beat when it comes to his sound and delivery. Most notably, he gave his respects to Biz Markie, calling him a King and one of the greatest.

Rah Digga was next and had one of the most grueling verses of them all. This was really big because it does show how much deeper females in rap music are than what people give them credit for. You do not want to mess with this Jersey Queen.

Cory Gunz is next up, but you may think it is Cassidy. I wonder if Cass gets a hold of this and sparks his next diss track against Cory. They do have one song together from 2018, and Cory Gunz does always have a similar sound, but all the way down to the flow and the words that he uses, it is a crazy comparison.

‘I could do ear surgery. You inadvertently heard of me, certainly.

I mean, it sounds exactly like the Perjury track, so we will see how this goes. Aside from that, Cory’s verse is one of my favorites. He sped it up at the end and just went insane with several different flows. This guy seems unstoppable, until Royce comes in.

Speaking of rap diss tracks, Royce Da 5’9 had gone back and forth with Lupe Fiasco this summer, over who was the better lyricist. Royce came in on this track and had the last first, other than DJ Payne closing out the track with a few bars. Royce did what he does best, educated us on what we may not fully understand, show us that he is still connected to today’s culture, then trolled it a little bit. As always, Royce’s verse was my favorite, and continues to have my vote as the greatest lyricist in the game.

DJ Payne finished off the track with a few bars of his own. He addressed all the artists in the track giving them their flowers, or in this case, their horns and weapons. The lyrical power of these individuals is out of this world. Hopefully, this type of music continues to flourish.