Alabama emcee, producer, professional wrestler, martial artist, boxer, actor, graphic designer, video editor, content creator and audio engineer One Man Kru will release his third studio full-length in 2025 LP. As a founding member of Keepaz of the Krypt, he even released several solo albums and an EP of his own before becoming an in-house producer for the Insane Clown Posse label, which operated under the early street Psychopathic Records. Ten years after they met, the legendary and iconic show Juggalo Championship Wrestling (JCW) was produced. However, he fell out with the Joker due to unpaid royalties of $20,000 during the original Yum Yum Bedlam sessions for Krypt Keepaz’s comeback The Astronomic Dr. Khronik nearly two years ago. Twenty-one months later, he overthrew the underground.
After the “Burial” intro, the first song, “Fuck You Motherfucker,” is a creepy trap opener with an unnecessary line that mentions Violent J’s daughter being a furry. Attacking J in his verse as the next king of the underground, Keepaz of the Krypt’s “Respect on My Name” featuring MC Eiht finds the trio putting their critics to shame.
Juicy J-featuring “The Business” finds the pair teaming up for a Memphis club hit with skinny model bitches they want, while their third single “Street College” features The Game for listeners picks up some old lore, and Game reuses his verse from Underworld Degen by G. Twilight, although it sounds better here. Kurupt’s “In the Building” mixes trap and g-funk and touts their gang connections; following the “Awakening” interlude, Krayzie Bone and Twista’s lead single “Off with Their Heads” actively calls for Their critics were beheaded.
Snoop Dogg appears on dark second single “Hard Times” to talk about why they fight so hard to take what’s theirs, and Keepaz of the “Interrogation” skit returns Krypt’s “Fancy Bitch” features Too $hort. Keepaz of the Krypt’s “No Future in Your Fronting”~Sickning featuring Gucci Mane and LB is another busy trap cut, while Keepaz of the Krypt’s “Afterlife” featuring Xzibit mixes organ and hi-hats, It feels like it’s too late for them to reach heaven.
“Dear God” is one of the most awkward flows on the entire Overthrow Underground, and although the rhythm dabbles in drill music and brings a divine aura to the table, it calls for a higher power to lift him from where he’s been as he approaches. Saved by taking these drugs.
The work this guy produced on the “Bewitching” intro to Yum Yum’s Lure EP a few years ago remains one of the very few moments I still love, and even years after his fallout with Psychopathic, he’s still a respectable clown and sideshow people. On the other hand, I don’t think Overthrow Underground is as great as Earthbound compared to the first two games. I don’t mind the prominent trap sound as my issue is more with some of the guest verses being recycled from previously released material rather than newly recorded, except some of them actually sound better, even the occasional One Man Kru himself, several of his shows have conceptually vacillated around his run-ins with the Joker.
Score: 5/10
