A year after dropping D.R.U.G.S., Flatbush Zombies are back with Better Off Dead, their tweakiest and trippiest venture yet. Featuring guest production from Harry Fraud and Obey City, and always-welcome appearances by Action Bronson and Danny Brown, the 19-track mixtape showcases a sinister shift in Flatbush Zombies’ aesthetic. Their usual silly stoner antics having grown wearisome, Meechy Darko and Zombie Juice would rather ingest a rainbow of drugs, curl up on the ground, and sink into nothingness, as they do on standout cut “Bliss:” “Fuck money, fuck friends, fuck family/ Fuck pussy, fuck drugs, fuck sanity/ I don’t give a shit, Why?/ Cause ignorance is bliss, right.” Indeed, the finger-flipping cynicism runs thick on Better Off Dead as does the aggro; Cypress Hill-style taunts abound, as goofy as they are grim: “I crack your fucking skully/ Use it as a bowl for cereal,” Meechy chirps on “Death 2.” Flatbush Zombies are actually starting to sound scary. I’d lock my doors if I were you.
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