What is that you say? The above paragraph contains not even a line of complete truth? Damn right it doesn't, seeing as how none of that shit happened. The Bukshot at hand and original Buckshot have no relation what so ever. Are you all keeping up with this shit? TI wasn't allowed to call himself TIP because of Q-Tip, but they let this shit slide? Either way there is a very distinct difference between the two rappers, one of them is famous, and the other is Bukshot. Honestly this guy really stifled his career by naming himself the same thing as a semi legendary rapper. How would you ever expect to immediately live up to that name? I am thinking about starting a website about this exact topic, but for now, I am reviewing music, and should get back to doing so.
As far as this artist goes he has two things for which he is known. The first being that he is the only even close to famous rapper from my hometown of Louisville, Kentucky. (if that doesn't show you how unbiased I am, I don't know what will) The other is that he was cosigned by Tech N9ne. I don't know if he is an official Strange Music artist, but Tech shouts him out occasionally which is a big deal, and the way he rhymes is very Strange Music-esque. That meaning he is very dark and twisted, similar to K.O.D Tech, but a lot less good at rapping. Unfortunately for his career, he sounds a lot like Trae Tha Truth, which is always a negative thing. The weird thing about this album is how often Strange Music artist Krizz Kaliko appears on this tape, without a single Tech feature. If you follow the career of Tech at all you know he does songs with anyone, so he must really not think much of Buk.
As far as the specific rapping on this album by Buk, he can obviously spit, but a lot of it is just dark, demon, violence shit, which is fun for a while, but for 20 full songs? (Hence the quick review) But his flow, while very slow, is very consistent, and he is lyrically not bad at all. It is almost as if he is trying so hard to be entertaining with this demonic shit that it comes off as boring. There are a few standout good tracks on this such as the title track, "Helter Skelter", "That's Bukshot", "Gasoline", "Blood On My Hands", and "Feel My Pain". This is exciting for the Louisville rap fame, seeing as though we are one of the only big cities in America with no famous rappers. This is good, and listenable for a mixtape, but nothing I'll go back to a few months from now. With a little more polishing and direction Buk could be an amazing rapper, but for now he is too focused on the theme of darkness and demonic tendencies. This will appeal to an audience for sure, but if he wants to make it big in the rap game he will definitely need to broaden his subject matter.
Rating: 2.5/5