Stress wants to be a verb, make sure that it’s a noun
When stresses are repressed, effects can be profound
So don’t be in denial when stress is goin’ down”
Homeboy Sandman – Stress
(From Don’t Feed The Monster album; 2020/YouTube; 2021)
Better out than in: off-kilter observational Rap that’s more of an Overlord Of Overthinking handbook than Organized Konfusion’s hall of famer and its equally incredible remix. This song properly clicked for me when I realised it’s got that sneaky MF Grimm Tick Tick energy in both Sandman’s flow and Quelle Chris’ production. Brain sick, tick tick, stress will blow it up!
(From MF DOOM’s Operation: Doomsday album; 1999)
Tick Tick definitely ranks somewhere in the upper echelon of ya host’s top ten G.O.A.T guest solo songs on other rapper’s albums. The other nine? In no particular order: Lady Of Rage’s G Funk (Intro) from Snoop’s Doggystyle; Mac Dre’s Game I’m Spittin’ from Dubee’s AKA Sugawolf; MF DOOM’s I Hear Voices Part 1 from MF Grimm’s The Downfall Of Ibylis; Kurious’ Fastlane from King Gheedorah’s Take Me To Your Leader; Fam-Lay’s FamLay Freestyle from The Clipse’s Lord Willin’; Lil’ Cease’s O.G solo version of Crush On You from Lil’ Kim’s Hard Core; Lil’ Wayne’s Wayne’s Takeover 1 from Mannie’s The Mind Of Mannie Fresh; Un Kasa’s Un Casa from Dipset’s Diplomatic Immunity; and Memphis Bleek’s Hand It Down from Jay Camel’s Volume 2.
