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."
The Key
The R.O.C. Lyrics
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You might even bring me support
On my doorstep in the storm
A miracle, miracle
Might approach in a heavy coat(?)
The sound of better things
I let my guard down just this once,
Ooooooh
Then you'll ask for more
Then you'll ask for more
One wish granted and others dodged
Lots of anger inside the house
Lonely hands beg to fight
But no one dies, no one cries
Except for you, you aching soul
I know you must have a heart of gold
So come on in, come inside
And make things right, make things right
Ooooooh
Then you'll ask for more
Then you'll ask for more
I will keep your hat & keys
Until our love runs out
But when it does, I've just the thing
We'll lose the rings, lose the rings
I know you might come out right now
You might even bring me support
On my doorstep in the storm
A miracle, miracle
Ooooooh
Then you'll ask for more
You'll come around again
Always comes around
The R.O.C.’s song, “The Key” appears to be about a former lover who has returned, seeking to reconcile after an intense emotional experience. The lyrics speak to the possibility of this person re-entering the singer’s life after some time apart. The first verse features the singer speaking in the context of a storm, referring to the person as a “miracle.” They acknowledge that this person may come to them again, hoping to move forward positively in the relationship.
As the song progresses, we learn of past anger and conflict within the relationship. The singer mentions the “lonely hands” that “beg to fight,” but notes that neither person will end up crying or dying. Despite this struggle, the singer seems to empathize with the other person who is returning, understanding that they must have a “heart of gold.” They invite the person inside to make things right.
The chorus repeats the idea that the person will return for more, and hints at the possibility that the relationship may not last forever, but that the singer will keep their “hat & keys” until it ends. Overall, the song appears to be a mixture of hope, empathy and caution.
Line by Line Meaning
I know you might come out right now
I acknowledge that you might show up at my doorstep anytime soon
You might even bring me support
You might offer me some help or assistance
On my doorstep in the storm
You might show up during a difficult or challenging time
A miracle, miracle
It would be amazing to see you here
Might approach in a heavy coat(?)
You might come with a tough exterior or attitude
The sound of better things
You might bring a hopeful or optimistic vibe with you
I let my guard down just this once,
I'm willing to be vulnerable with you this time
So be good to me, good to me
Please treat me kindly and respectfully
Then you'll ask for more
You might demand additional things from me
One wish granted and others dodged
I've given you one thing you wanted, but avoided others
Lots of anger inside the house
There's a lot of negative emotion in our relationship
Lonely hands beg to fight
We're no longer close or connected, and there's a desire for conflict
But no one dies, no one cries
Even though our relationship is strained, it's not necessarily harmful or emotional
Except for you, you aching soul
You're the only one feeling the pain in this relationship
I know you must have a heart of gold
I know you're a good person at heart
So come on in, come inside
I'm willing to give you another chance and make things better
And make things right, make things right
Let's work towards fixing our relationship
I will keep your hat & keys
I'll hold on to your personal belongings for safekeeping
Until our love runs out
Until our relationship ends
But when it does, I've just the thing
When our relationship ends, I know what I'll do
We'll lose the rings, lose the rings
We'll get rid of any tokens or symbols of our former relationship
You'll come around again
I know you'll try to come back into my life at some point
Always comes around
You have a pattern of returning, no matter what happens
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Merc Welkin
Roc is so underrated he made almost all Hok beats he getn older wish twiZtid would put him on
BROOKLYNBONANZA
twiztid did put him on, he just did a show with Blaze and twiztid friday