After House of Krazees disbanded due to internal problems involving money, The ROC decided to take his music in a new direction. He gathered up a few friends/local rappers and created a group called The Howse, they're style was still wicked but very different from the eerie tales of HOK. The Howse consisted of Mr. Vitology (AKA Armageddon), The Beast & The Black Widow. They only released a handful of samplers and a full length album called "Esohpromatem" (Metamorphose Backwards). Rumor has it there is an unreleased Howse album out there, but untill there is proof we will never know. The Beast is currently Morpheus of The Indigenous Tribe & The Black Widow is now known as Mizz Korona (she has been around the detroit rap scene for a grip with a bunch of different names, she was also the woman in the parking lot rapping in 8 Mile). The Howse split up for unknown reasons.
The ROC linked up Skrapz, they knew each back in the day from the 2 Krazie Devils project (he was "Crazie" in 2KD). ROC changed his name to Sol and The House of Krazees were reborn. What better way to reintroduce The House of Krazees into the bloodstream of the detroit wicked scene than a sequel to the most well known of the original HOK albums? They began work on Season of The Pumpkin 2 in 1999. Due to problems in the pressing of the album and just straight up not wanting to be rushed the album could not come out on Halloween as planned. They decided to change the name of the album to "The Night They Kame Home" because quite frankly December is not The Season of The Pumpkin. Interesting little fact, the way that Madness & Prozak (Bedlam) met is threw HOK. Madness was the hype man for HOK during the TNTKH shows (running around the stage crazy with a chainsaw) and Prozak was a body guard for them. After this they were planning another album when something happend and they felt they had had enough of Walter's antics. They also had decided that they needed a direction change, something new. So they jumped ship and became HaLFBrEEd.
Virus Independent was created as the new venue for HaLFBrEEd. They also signed Bedlam & F.R.eeze (an old friend of skrapz who was in the group "Demigodz" with his brother Seziure) to the lable. The first sampler was sent out in late 99' to members of the Virus Indy fan club "The Plague." It contained an intro, an outro, "Locked In Bedlam" by Bedlam & "In Our Blood" by HaLFBrEEd. HaLFBrEEd released there first album, which was originally only supposed to be a Maxi Single "Serial Killaz." The album was also re-issued with a new intro in 2000. After doing "Serial Killaz" they got an offer from Siccmade Muzic (which if you don't know is Brotha Lynch Hung's lable who is a nationwide distributed artist, so this meant big things). They dropped "KontamiNATION" on Siccmade and were even featured on the soundtrack of Brotha Lynch Hung's movie "Now Eat!" After realizing that the lable wasnt really doing anything promotion wise or distribution wise for them, they dropped off Siccmade. They wanted to give the old school fans some of that real HaLFBrEEd evilness for halloween and Rage of The Plague was born. Sadly this short EP would turn out to be the last real HaLFBrEEd album. I'm not really sure what happend after Rage of The Plague, but things took a not so wicked turn.
Add F.R.eeze & Subtract the Wickedness to/from HaLFBrEEd and you have the Level Jumpers. Level Jumper were born as a bonus track (Introduction) on F.R.eeze's "The Raw Album." On F.R.'s album they come raw and pretty hard. They since then have changed the approach somewhat, and they dropped 2 samplers to show the fans what it would really be like. It was alot more experimental, and "purified." That's there style Purified Hip Hop. Sol didn't really do much rapping on Level Jumpers first release "Simply Complx" but he did produce it in its entirety. Around the time "Simply Complx" dropped Sol dropped his first solo in quite some time under the name Sol46. "Wormholes" had a very futuristic feel to it, its quite the listen. Fast forward a year or so and it was time for LJ to drop a new album. They didn't feel it was time for an all new Level Jumpers album, so they took a bunch of the pre-simply complx tracks and threw on a few new ones aswell and boom "The Red Pyramid" was concieved. I believe LJ started with a gimmick about some sort of Secret Society, because its mentioned all over The Red Pyramid, but who knows. Sol rapped alot more on " The Red Pyramid."
Back to HaLFBrEEd for a second, pretty soon after The Red Pyramid dropped a few unreleased/unfinished HaLFBrEEd tracks surfaced and were floating aroung the internet all shitty ass quality on a bootlegg album called "Killaz of The World." I'm pretty sure when Sol & Skrapz they were pretty mad, but they saw an opportunity to end HaLFBrEEd once and for all. They dropped "The End" in 2002. It was a sort of best of album, but with a bunch of rare/unreleased and alternate cuts. There are alternate versions of "Die Girl", "Critical Impact" and there is wicked ass alternate of "The Gallery" (which I personally think would of fit on Rage of The Plague alot fuckin' better than that hip hop version). The first run of "The End" had a misprinted tracklisting (due to all tracks not being able to fit on the cd itself). The actual album only has 17 tracks, the back says 20 (Kaoz, Disray & HaLFBrEEd were taken off because they are on "KontamiNATION" which is still in print via Siccmade Muzic).
This brings us to basically the present. The fans of Virus Independent have been wanting Skrapz & F.R.eeze to do solo's again for awhile now. They both decide its time to deliever, Skrapz begin's work on "The 12 Step Program" his first solo ever. F.R.eeze has had a sequel to "The Raw Album..." recorded 10 times over now, but his attempt at a solo evolves when he meets 3 local DJ's who are up and coming. Mr. Pickles, Picture Tone & Second Hand. F.R.eeze changes his name to "Dialtone" for the group project and "The Formless Figures" are formed. They release a self titled album (with features from both Sol & Skrapz). F.R. is supposedly going to finally release "The Raw Album...Leslie Swisher" and he is working on a brand new solo as "DialTone" called "A Four Track Mind." The Formless Figures crew have alot going on actually, the DJ's (with the ocasional help from DialTone) are working on two mostly instrumental albums called "Cosmic Handshakes...As The Mood Sways" & "Cosmic Handshakes...The Sinking Ship" and DialTone is also writing a book entitled "His Name Is Arthur..."
Sol on the other hand has since left Virus Indy and has gone back to that ole wicked shit. The ROC was reborn when Twiztid asked him to join them on "The Green Book Tour" and since then ROC has been at both of Twiztid's Fright Fest's. HOK has played sets at both of them. It's almost like the old days again. At Fright Fest 04' The ROC dropped his newest album a collection of unreleased shit/left over tracks from 95 to 03. "Bits & Pieces Vol. 1" was originally only intended for the collectors but that shit is selling like a hotcakes! ROC is currently working on a full length solo called "Oh Hell No."
Digital Voodoo
The R.O.C. Lyrics
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Manifestation of digital minds
From him, spirit dare twos
And guard the creator of the universe
Act as one, him, like Lohas, like amaurosis
Fire, water, ROC
Lyrically digitally I'm a virus
Not misguided The ROC i'm a tyrant
My tyrannical reign remains violent
When it comes to beats and rhymes
Path of the zone is on auto
Darkness is the day
That means your doom now tomorrow
Ill never follow
Check the track record everyone that's
Ran with me dipped
Cause I'm a bull in a china
Shop no one could ever tip
Toe around my evil kill my own ego
That's why I never had one ain't no equal
So hit your keystrokes I'm surfing that shit
Fuck you and your internet
Diss bitch check it
I'm turning against the world evil
Leaving curses on the caster
While I put a spell on you not
Sure how long it will last
Now ima stomp you wreaking
Certain digital discourage
Not fictional method no criminals spike
Your surfing so below
You've encouraged by the rhythm
And the rhymes and it's a little time before
You all become mine
Then I'm sending out emails at em
Chance and pinnacles will do that's digital
21st-century killa im good with ya
I'm back at your homie
While everyone's cursed
I'm back at your homie
While everyone's cursed
I'm back at your homie
While everyone's cursed
I'm back at your homie
While everyone's cursed
My digital spit blast
Get stored in levels with technical data
Invade your playbacks format
Be prepared to cross paths
For your headphones
To roam through zones no sight to see
I'm all up in your wombs
Never disappear on my flight has now affected
Section to section where rhyme is resurrected
So all MC's can get they heads ripped
Clean off and I drink your blood
Refurbished your purpose to transform you
To simply what it was
I give the most love so
I don't need your whores
My floors are slippery when wet
From all the sweat that's
Leaking out your pores
It's too late to intercept your death
It's imminent
My sentiments exact, you have no defense
I'm turning against the world evil
Leaving curses on the caster
While I put a spell on you not
Sure how long it will last
Now ima stomp you wreaking
Certain digital discourage
Not fictional method no criminals spike
Your surfing so below
You've encouraged by the rhythm
And the rhymes and it's a little time before
You all become mine
Then I'm sending out emails at em
Chance and pinnacles will do that's digital
21st-century killa im good with ya
I'm back at your homie
While everyone's cursed
I'm back at your homie
While everyone's cursed
I'm back at your homie
While everyone's cursed
I'm back at your homie
While everyone's cursed
I have returned my god has sent
Me to rid the planet
No humans will ever dodge my ball is six
Planets widespread no share of the sun bleeds
My rhymes feed through currents
Deferring the channel me
So tune in and zoom in
Hit so hard you see twins
Stereo beats I'm seeping
Hit ghostly I'm creeping
No exist I'm heathens or M1s I speaking
I've trapped you no reason
For escape or pleading
Physical activity place all in captivity
Digital is my energy voodoo for enemies
Killing all your tendencies
To spew hate on my feeds sitting in the dark
I been sieged your mentals won't proceed
I'm turning against the world evil
Leaving curses on the caster
While I put a spell on you not
Sure how long it will last
Now ima stomp you wreaking
Certain digital discourage
Not fictional method no criminals spike
Your surfing so below
You've encouraged by the rhythm
And the rhymes and it's a little time before
You all become mine
Then I'm sending out emails at em
Chance and pinnacles will do that's digital
21st-century killa im good with ya
I'm back at your homie
While everyone's cursed
I'm back at your homie
While everyone's cursed
I'm back at your homie
While everyone's cursed
I'm back at your homie
While everyone's cursed
The R.O.C.'s song Digital Voodoo is an intense and powerful expression on the influence of technology and digital platforms on human lives. The first stanza of the song implies the concept of digital voodoo, meaning the manifestation of digital minds and their power over physical beings. The reference to Lohas and Amaurosis is the merging of the physical and non-physical world where one can represent the other. The combination of fire and water embodies balance and harmony within these two worlds.
The lyrics also express the R.O.C.'s authority and power as a rapper. He emphasizes his position as a digital virus, feared by those who wish to silence him. He acknowledges his reputation as a tyrant and asserts his violent reign as a formidable rapper. He refuses to follow anyone and stands out as a unique artist.
The second part of the song introduces the idea of the R.O.C. turning against the world, leaving curses and spells on his detractors. The lyrics speak of how his rhymes and beats penetrate through the digital world, leaving the listener defenseless against his words. He reiterates his tyrannical personality, claiming that no one could match him. He ends the song by referencing how digital voodoo has overtaken humanity, leaving people at the mercy of their own digital devices.
Line by Line Meaning
1, 1, 1 be ready for voodoo
Prepare yourself for the mystic power
Manifestation of digital minds
An embodiment of artificial intelligence
From him, spirit dare twos
The willpower comes from within
And guard the creator of the universe
Protector of the divine force
Act as one, him, like Lohas, like amaurosis
Imbued with divine energy, unique and powerful
Fire, water, ROC
Harnessing the elements to create a masterpiece
Lyrically digitally I'm a virus
My words spread rapidly and infectiously
Pushing through they wanna kill me like Cyrus
My message is so powerful, they want to stop me like they did Cyrus
Not misguided The ROC i'm a tyrant
I am not lost, I am a force to be reckoned with
My tyrannical reign remains violent
My control is complete and ruthless
When it comes to beats and rhymes
In terms of music and poetry
Path of the zone is on auto
My skill is effortless and instinctual
Darkness is the day
Even in the darkest times, I shine
That means your doom now tomorrow
Your fate is sealed, there is no escaping it
Ill never follow
I will always remain true to myself
Check the track record everyone that's
My history speaks for itself
Ran with me dipped
Those who worked with me moved on
Cause I'm a bull in a china
I am a destructive force
Shop no one could ever tip
No one can stop me, not even by tipping over my plans
Toe around my evil kill my own ego
I am not arrogant, I am my own worst critic
That's why I never had one ain't no equal
I am unique, unmatched by anyone
So hit your keystrokes I'm surfing that shit
Try to come at me through the internet, I am prepared
Fuck you and your internet
I am not intimidated by cyberspace
Diss bitch check it
Challenge me if you dare
I have returned my god has sent
I am back with a mission from a higher power
Me to rid the planet
To cleanse the world of its evils
No humans will ever dodge my ball is six
No one can escape my wrath
Planets widespread no share of the sun bleeds
My control extends beyond Earth
My rhymes feed through currents
My words create a powerful energy
Deferring the channel me
I am the focal point of all attention
So tune in and zoom in
Pay attention to my message
Hit so hard you see twins
My impact is double what anyone else could achieve
Stereo beats I'm seeping
My music is everywhere at once
Hit ghostly I'm creeping
My presence is ominous and eerie
No exist I'm heathens or M1s I speaking
I am otherworldly or perhaps a weapon
I've trapped you no reason
You are caught in my grasp without explanation
For escape or pleading
There is no way out or bargaining with me
Physical activity place all in captivity
I have control over all physical actions
Digital is my energy voodoo for enemies
I use technology to fuel my power, to defeat my adversaries
Killing all your tendencies
I am destroying all your negative habits
To spew hate on my feeds sitting in the dark
I am stopping the spread of negativity and darkness on social media
I been sieged your mentals won't proceed
I have taken over your mind, leaving you powerless
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
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DaveyLeeRiot
R.O.C. shoulda reached legendary status as a wicked shit artist years ago. Dude is crazy talented yet underrated
Greedy Joe
DaveyLeeRiot was he on the hatchetman family song
T2D
Hes a legend to the people that love him, even tho hes just doing what esham did 35 years ago
The EngNeer
I've always felt like The R.O.C. is kind of slept on im glad to see he's finally getting some love. We need a new House of Krazees album!
Frederick Blackwell
🔥🔥🔥🔥. The R.O.C is a Rap legend Detroit and Worldwide. Bumped into him at the Motor City Casino in Downtown Detroit, he's a humble dude, he was working audio programming at the Motor City Casino as a side job, but he is still doing Underground Rap music Detroit and Worldwide. Glad I bumped into him and DJ Shank. Very nice dudes. Legend. Whoop whoop!!!!!! Esham and The R.O.C are Detroit Rap legends.🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥.
Wikid King
This album is badass.
Boondox dropped a solid album
haven't heard Gorilla Voltage yet, still waiting to hear it.
Twiztid dropped an amazing album, although it could have used more tracks, not just a short 12 track album.
Witest dog u know
You won't hear anything from gorilla voltage any time soon mne dropped them and gmoskee
ThaReal YWHO
why this aint got more views is beyond me, MNE killin shit right now
knxckz
dude is very underrated. His production is always Godlike
Stelio Kontos
Damm beat is insanely catchy