Soon after
Doomtree
founder
Cecil Otter
and his pal
Swiss Andy
created the
Fugazi
/
Wu-Tang Clan
mash-up record
13 Chambers
and it became a viral sensation, the full collective reconvened with a new album in 2012. For
No Kings
, the five MCs (
Sims
,
Mike Mictlan
Dessa
, and
P.O.S.
) deliver tongue twisters over spacy digital beats by producers
Lazerbeak
and
. The futuristic direction keeps in line with the group's abstract rhyme style, and as experimental as the record is at times, it all fits together relatively seamlessly, especially on the songs "The Grand Experiment" and "Bolt Cutter." ~ Jason Lymangrover