My Gut Reaction: DJ Muggs x Meyhem Lauren x Classic Car Club Manhattan - Members Only (September 6, 2019)

Members Only is the third project in three years from the team of DJ Muggs and Queens-based rapper-slash-television personality-slash-F.O.B. (that’s ‘friend of Bronson’) Meyhem Lauren. It follows 2017’s full-length Gems From the Equinox, which doubled as the prolific Muggerud’s full-time return to the culture after a hiatus of sorts, and the 2018 EP Frozen Angels, which compiled all of the various bonus tracks off of Gems and threw in some other trinkets for the fuck of it.

I feel like I’ve spent a lot of time over the past couple of years talking about DJ Muggs, and there's only so many ways I can keep telling the same story, so we’ll keep these paragraphs brief.

My Gut Reaction: DJ Muggs & Meyhem Lauren - Frozen Angels (June 8, 2018)

Last fall, DJ Muggs, a producer who most hip hop heads still associate with his former (and now current again, I think: it’s hard to keep track) group Cypress Hill, made a surprising and triumphant return to his Soul Assassins roots, getting back to the gritty, blunted hip hop he made his name with after an interlude spent producing for South African rap art project Die Antwoord. Teaming up with Meyhem Lauren, a Queens-based rapper best known for both his street smarts and his higher-profile friends (primarily Action Bronson), Muggerud unleashed the newest entry in his DJ Muggs vs. series of album-length collaborations, Gems From The Equinox, which was well-received by most critics (even me! I know, right?) and sufficiently whetted appetites for whatever Muggs had coming up next, while constructing a higher profile for Lauren to loom over his peers with.

My Gut Reaction: DJ Muggs and Meyhem Lauren - Gems From The Equinox (October 27, 2017)

The last review of 2017 goes to a project that came out of nowhere for me (during my "break", I also opted out of paying attention to any promotional e-mails I received, so when I randomly came across info for today's topic online I was genuinely and pleasantly surprised), one that I ultimately enjoyed much more than I thought I would: the return of the DJ Muggs Vs. series of albums, today's post being for his Meyhem Lauren collaboration, Gems From The Equinox.

So you already know how this write-up will end. Click on the link and buy the fucking thing, please. Or keep reading, that's fine.