First Weapon Drawn - CZARFACE (2017)

Ideated from: a mystery playlist I found that I have no memory of making but has some cool stuff on it

Inspectah Deck works with 7L & Esoteric to be Czarface. They have several albums of hard beats and rhymes, centered around comic book mythology and super heros, mostly.

This record takes a break from that narrative to start with, seeming mostly to be about pro wrestling, at least until it takes a Sci-fi turn. But I say “seeming” because they also take a break from lyrics. The story, such as it is, is told through sampled soundbites in between the tracks, so you don’t get Deck dropping bars.

You do get some corny but solid hard-hitting instrumental beats. Maybe there’s more to it, but with no context it’s just fun. I’m good with fun.