Escape From Monsta Island!

by Monsta Island Czars

Escape From Monsta Island! cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 3 March 2003
  • Label: Rhymesayers
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 58:37
  • Community rating: 3.38/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Heavily affiliated with the enigmatic MF DOOM, this massive underground rap collective delivers a relentless barrage of complex, multi-syllabic rhyming over gritty, sample-heavy production. The project is deeply steeped in old-school monster movie mythology and comic book lore, defining a highly unique, conceptual aesthetic within New York's fiercely independent hip-hop scene.

Genres

Descriptors: crime, rhythmic, rap, underground, experimental, sampling, lo-fi

Tracklist

  1. What's The Name Of This Place? (Intro) (1:03)
  2. M.I.N.Y.A. (4:13)
  3. F@#K Y'All N!@@#s (2:29)
  4. WitchCraft (4:28)
  5. 1,2...1,2 (3:29)
  6. Scientific Civilization (Skit) (0:58)
  7. MIC Line (3:13)
  8. Poizon Windz (3:56)
  9. Under Pressure (3:57)
  10. Became A Monsta (3:31)
  11. There's A Legend (Skit) (0:39)
  12. Out My Mind (3:05)
  13. Warning (2:59)
  14. Make It Squash! (Got A Roc) (3:39)
  15. Gunz 'N' Swordz (2:08)
  16. Sumthin' To Prove (4:31)
  17. Live Son Of A Bitch (Skit) (0:37)
  18. Comin' At You (4:00)
  19. Take Control (2:16)
  20. Escape From Monsta Isle (3:26)

Credits

  • Monsta Island Czars - primary artist, sleeve notes
  • Subroc - leader [overseen by]
  • Kamackeris - rap
  • Kong - rap
  • Megalon - rap, words by [spoken word]
  • Rodan - rap
  • Johnny Balsamo - bass guitar
  • King Ceasar - rap

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