THE THOUGHTS OF A HORROR FAN.. - June 30, 2010
Wassup fellow horror fans, this is J.Hexx , here just letting you all know what's up. Im almost done with MOTCG, and i am currently finishing the last two songs and writing all the album skits, so that the voice actors, who will be in this album, can do their parts. I have to say it is my most accomplished work to date and this album is so different from the debut Seven/Twitch album, in theory and subject matter. There has been talk that this album will be a new classic, but in my mind the way i feel is, i just want to make a good album that can be looked at as it's own thing. I'm not sure it will be classic, and i am not expecting it to be one in other people's eyes. Everyone has their own taste in music, and there will be folks who hate this album, as much as there will be ones who may adore it. Whether or not it is seen as a great album or not, is not my concern.
When i started thinking about this album,(around the end of 2008) it was while i was in 3SE, during the time in which the Monsta Squad album Grindhouse Hip Hop was being made. To me in order to make this album stand out in a sense compared to others, i felt it was time to take the storytelling route instead of the usual shock and awe we hear in most horror inspired albums. I once told Talley of THE FN' SPOT, that to me the album i'm creating is a "thinking man's horrorcore album" and he understood what that meant. I wanted to create a album of horror content of course, but wanted to inject a deeper story that allows you to want to know what's gonna happen to that charatcer, and build a relationship with said characters in the story. So on from the time i started thinking of the album content, which was around Nov.2008, i sat for around a year, thinking of how the story should pan out, as well as the personas of the characters and how i was going to start, carry the story and bring it to a close. As i am writing this, i am very proud of the result, even with it being 2 songs left to do and the album skits, i'm happy with what i accomplished.
A month ago, i had 7 folks test the early audio of the tracks, to see if what i was trying to convey as far as thoughts and feelings, were being invoked through the listening of the ideas in song i presented to these unnamed folks. Out of the 7 that tested the audio, all seven testers agreed they felt it has the potential to be a classic. That made me happy to know this, so my chances of putting out a quality album were being met, at least to those 7 testers involved which is a good sign.
The things that inspired this album among other things, is the subject of how Horror themed movies as well as video games, can have a profound effect on those to cause those prone to the violence to become future serial killers. This was the way i explored the subject matter, and in creating the story's protagonist Jake, a little thing happened September 2009 that shocked our community, and had also instilled in me that i had to create this album...
The crime of Richard Alden Samuel "Sam" McCroskey III, aka Syko Sam, shocked the community within the Horrorcore world, and brought alot of negative attention to our music genre. It was of particular interest to me, due to the news stating that because of him listening to Horrorcore, and being into violent horror films, made him more prone and succeptable to committing the Farmville Murders, but others in the know said it was much deeper than that for the kid had a troubled past in his life.
So i went into studying the psychosis of schizoprhenia and found there are many types of them, which the one that stuck out the most was Visual Schizophrenia.
After my findings and doing alot of intensive research into the medias past and present views on horror media and how it effects us as human beings, i then had enough to start with the Creation of Mountain Of The Cannibal God. Kiltcha of 3SE always tells me he wish he could've done more for me, in regards to music, but i knew Monsta Squad's album was so important to the genre, i agreed and advised Kiltcha to focus on Grindhouse Hip Hop, while i went in search of a small Print and Distribution deal, in which Corey Trenton of Lacore Music Group was all ears about my secret project at the time, as he was looking for artists to add to the Lacore stable.
I expressed all my thoughts in the creation of this album, and we both came to the conclusion this album was a very important one to release due to the social commentary hidden in the album's messages. Plus, once the information got out that i was doing this album, it has been met with great anticipation from supporters and friends alike. I really am trying not to let anyone down, so i did the best i did to make this album my vision, my world to describe to the listener. So with this in mind, i know that there will be folks who get it, some folks who won't and those who really don't give a fuck. Really, it doesn't matter at this point to me. Not to say i won't or don't apprecite critiscism, but this album is created with the open ended way that will allow you to create your own conclusions as to the reasons behind my creation of it. This is a fully fictionalized story, that retains alot of it's contents from happenings and real down to earth subject matter that hopefully will make you think about it, long after the music has ended.
So am i expecting this to be a classic by any means? No not really. But it is going to be a good album, and those who don't like it , it's fine, i don't expect everyone to like this type of album, because it isn't for everyone. But those who do, will see how much thought really went into this. I could've rushed this album out and give crap out, but i decided i really had to focus on the building in the story the definition of the characters, and the believablity factor as well, which i can tell you, i had idea wise, at least 4 versions of the full story before i created a fifth and final one, and even then it was a real task translating the story into song, making each one understandable and compatible with each other-Style wise and feel wise. So for those who waited the 2 years since Seven/Twitch made its appearance, i truly have to say i appreciate every single one of you, for dealing with this as long and waiting as long as you have, and i don't want to dissapoint you.
I'm almost done, i would say within a month it will be turned in to Corey at Lacore, and hopefully it will have the long standing power to be appreciated as a album that can be compared to art. Well until next time, i should be able to have a true update on MOTCG, and hopefully i can have a tenative date for preorders. Take care horror fans, and remember, Dark Minds Think Alike!
THE J.HEXX PROJECT


