With his latest LP, R.A.P. Music, Killer Mike has brought dirty south rap back to the forefront of hip-hop — albeit in a smarter, Lil Jon-less, untamed guise. The video for lead single “Big Beast” frames this triumphant cultural homecoming within a zombie vigilante film, complete with topless chicks in Day of the Dead makeup, scary Reagan masks (wait till you see who’s underneath), guns, car chases, and lots of ass whoopin’. Let this be a lesson to all you small-time thugs out there: don’t hold up a convenience store unless you want your body to be eaten by T.I.’s harem of cannibalistic beauties. Oh, and if you haven’t figured it out by now, this one’s NSFW, kiddies.
• Killer Mike: http://www.myspace.com/grindtimeonline
• Williams Street: http://www.adultswim.com/music/index.html