Backround info: David Hutto more commonly known by his stage name Boondox is an american rapper from a small southern town called Covinton, Gerogia. His persona is that of an evil scarecrow a concept developed by David and the Insane Clown Posse's Violent J to reflect his southern roots. He was the first addition to the Psychopathic Records roasters not from the city. He preforms a style of horror basend hip-hop known as Horrorcore coupled with southern themes such as banjo's. He raps about a number of things including his murderous family history, his own past, murder, death, violence, drugs, alcohol, partying, women, and the south.
PunkinHed is the second releashed by Boondox on Psychpathic Records, releashed in 2007 after his first LP titled The Harvest releashed in 2006. PunkinHed is an EP consisting of Seven tracks including the intro and two remixed songs from The Harvest
Track 1- Ressurection
This is the intro to PunkinHed and a very onimous one at that. It starts with a long whine from what I imagine is a violin, then proceeds with chanting and other random speech in the background that is difficult to understand. You can hear the voices of children amidst it all and then it finally ends with a woman screaming stop it in the voice of a child at first then in the voice of an adult. Gives you the feeling that a really wicked album is in-store for you.
Track 2- PunkinHed
This song is undoubtedly inspired by the movie "Pumpkin Head" in which there are two feuding backwoods families and one boys exchanges his soul to a witch to summon a pumpkin headed spirit to kill the other family to avenge his sister who died in a Romeo Juliet style. It starts with a man speaking about the spirit:
"Before tonight I didn't believe it. I thought it was something they made up too scare little kids. Then when the sun went down, my grandpa fetched the whole family together. And he told that some outsider folks did something real bad. He wouldn't say what, what he just said that Punkinhed was gonna be out after 'em, and that we better stay insde 'til his gone."
After this the song starts and Boondox raps from the perspective of the punkinhed. The song is some of horrorcore at it's finest the true embodiment of the style, a horror movie to a beat. Summoned by a voodoo ritual on a mission, here to "turn this bitch red" ,crawling out of the ground, fiending for your brains, coming for your life, you've been marked by the beast, here to eat your soul so be prepared to be deceased. That is a summary of the first part of the song just to give you a sense of what I mean by "wicked".
Track 3- Sleep Stalker
This song is very catchy and yet another fear inducing song. In this song Boondox can't stop himself from murdering in his sleep. He isnt quite sure what is causing him to have these "dreams". What he thinks are dreams are being shown on the news. All he knows is what he has to lose if this is real. It cuts to the chorus:
"[Boondox:]
I'm sleepin only sleepin I'm sleepin only sleepin I don't wanna sleep
I don't wanna dream I don't wanna hear the suffering, I don't wanna hear the screams
[Violent J:]
I'm only dreamin, I know I'm only dreamin
[Boondox:]
I don't wanna sleep I don't wanna dream I don't wanna hear the suffering, I don't wanna hear the screams"
To me what I hear is Boondox trying to deny his actions pleading almost I'm only sleeping I'm only sleeping, he knows its real but tries not to believe it tries to refuse the truth. He then dreams he is standing by a street light blood knuckles blood nose, confused and presuming he was in a street fight. He wakes up feeling beaten, eyes glazed, and in a haze and its gotten to a point where he doesn't even want to fall asleep. Every time he closes his eyes another victim is at his feet, it's getting hard to deal with, hard to tell what's real, hard to stay sane, and hard to say just how he feels. Cuts to chorus.
"And I don't want to know why this chick is barely breathing begging for her very life
Scratching clawing kicking screaming
While I just stand there laughing while this bitch's life is passing
Rope around her throat I watch her choke for every breath she gaspin
I watch her face and watch the tears pourin like rain
How'd I end up like this translated into fear and pain
So sick my stomach churnin in slow motion the world is turnin so sick mind of a vermin knowing that my soul is burning"
I don't wanna know...again to me that translates to him denying his actions but at this point it's near impossible to do so. Then the tone kinda switches to let's just get this over real or not but that's only my opinion. Finally the last lyrics after this verse and the chorus to end:
"I dont wanna sleep i can't even close my eyes
I don't wanna dream every night somebody dies
I don't wanna think what's the truth behind these lies?
I don't wanna hear the screams and I don't wanna hear the cries"
First line, reiteration second line,almost like a slip up like he's agknowledging these aren't dreams third line, most significant because it's even more of an admission of guilt to me it's him saying he knows he's lying to himself but is afraid of the truth so he doesn't want to know fourth line, back to the murder. And that is it.
Track 4- Southern Nights
This is an even more catchy song but has a much more cheery tone to it. This song is about the things Boondox associates with the south that he's come to know and love in particular the type of things you would do just hanging out at night.
"Won't You Take Me Back To The Dark So Pitch Black
Most Can't See Where We At It's Where I'm Happy
It's Where I Am One With This Land I've Become
Take Me Home Take Me Back It's Where I'm Happy"
This chorus simply lays it out for you Boondox loves his home it's where he is happy it's where he belongs. Other than that there's not much to it but it is its simplicity that truly speaks to how much he really loves his home because he doesn't need some overly complicated reasons for why he loves the south he just does it's where he's from and he wouldn't have it any other way. When we moved down south I couldn't help but listen to this song over and over again once we got into our new town until we made it to our new house. Obviously things didn't pan out correctly and we wound up back home but I still love the song and some of things the song talk about are some of the things I liked and kinda miss.
Track 5- Suffering
Back to the fearful sound of the first three tracks. In Boondox's music a lot of the crimes he commits are towards women but not because he hates them but because he loves them they are his inspiration for a number of his songs and this one is a strong example of that. In this song Boondox is deeply in love with a girl but is afraid of it ending so he thinks of a way he can be with her forever... He knocks her out and kidnaps her. He throws her over his shoulder and starts to head home, he notices she is bleeding profusely and needs to get her to his house quickly before he loses her on the trip. He makes it home and puts her down to unlock the door wipes the blood from her chin and brings her down to his basement. She eventually comes to and realizes something is wrong and starts begging him to let her go or at least tries but she can't speak.
"Down the stairs around the corner to her new home
Coming to her senses and she's knowing something's going up
Eyes glazed she looked at me as if to say
Tell me what you've done and please make this all go away
But no words no sound from her precious lips
She reached and touched me softly with her broken bloody fingertips
The tears fell and reality was sinking in
In utter shock and disbelief at this unforgiven sin
The smell of death like a reminder echoes through the walls
knowing that she sits all alone down those darkened halls
I want to hold her touch her lay beside her never leave
But the sadness on her face will never let it be
And so she sits and stares just waiting for her final breath
A mix of love and broken heart wishing for her death
And on this night I sit here waiting for the end
When I can walk those darkened halls and be with her again" It is truly a song of immeasurable love...
"She lies awake for days suffering in misery
No one to hold her close and give her what she really needs
I know I want to see her be with her all through the night
And so I'm waiting for her last goodbye"
The chorus sums the song up nicely.
Track 6- They Pray With Snakes (remix)
This song is a remix from a song on Boondox's first album "The Harvest". The remix was done by Psychopathic Records main producer Mike E Clark. I would prefer not to go too into depth with this song because it has a music video that I would like to do a review on in the future and it is on "The Harvest" which I would also like to do a review on. What I will say is that "They Pray With Snakes" is about a regligious sect in the backwoods of the deep south that worships snakes. He talks about human sacrifice and how everyone just ignores the missing people.
"I can hear them screaming through the forest at night
They pray with snakes and they poison my mind"
He talks about a lot full of the decaying vehicles of the victims. He talks about all the bones and belongings all piled in a heap. He talks about the screams of torture still blowing in the breeze. "The secrets of a small town kept locked away"
Track 7- Seven (remix)
Once again I don't want to dip into this song too much either because it is on "The Harvest" and is actually the first real song by Boondox as Boondox.
"A tisket, a tasket
The Skarecrows out his casket
Turn off the lights and lock the door
Prayin' that he passes"
This version features a more hip-hop orientated sound than the original.
"A demon spawn
The child of a bastard son
Seven born of seven and the
Seventh child fathered one
A soul black full of pain
Bodies in the field Blood pourin' like rain"
The chorus.
Well that should be about it unless I decide to add more pictures or something... (Insert fake alias here)
Decided to add links to music
Sleep Stalker
Southern Nights
Suffering
Chances are some of the lyrics arent 100% but its good enough i suppose...I highly suggest listening to all three
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