Throwback Raps: Orko The Sycotik Alien – Wack As Fuck
I was just listening to this last night. My friend threw it on as we were on our way to recording a demo for his hardcore punk band. I think he was trying to get us all amped up and this song wouldn’t be a bad way of getting that done. Orko’s energy throughout the entire five minutes is vein-poppingly intense. Not to mention the near-perfect hook of “Yo! I remember you was wack as *FUCK!” It’s just hard and simple, straight to the point. Makes me wonder if Orko could ever pull off a punk record.
A couple other points: First, I don’t know why exactly, but the line “On a scale of 1-10, you a skeleton” always stood out to me as so stupidly ill. It just works on so many different levels. Like he establishes this generic system of grading but then he almost completely abandons that system to show how he exists way outside of generic ways of thought. But then at the same time, “skeleton” is still a pun of “scale of 10″ and a skeleton is basically an empty shell of a human so it’s like Orko’s giving you a grade of 0 out of 10 so he’s still manipulating the system to sorta speak in its terms. Then of course, on the surface, you’re a skeleton because Orko just bodied you. It’s just stupid how many ways you get dissed with this one oddball line.
Second, that’s a Future Shock diss in the last verse, right? And an Aceyalone diss? Anyone care to share stories behind those beefs?
Reading be fun though:
