In the disturbing tale of his sickly, dying girlfriend, Cage describes their increasingly unsatisfying sex life.Īlright, so the song itself isn't that messed up. In "Even Shadows Have Shadows," Eyedea intricately and quickly flows about his dissatisfaction with the world: "I'm caught between wanting to punch someone in the face and putting a bullet in my head to leave the human race." Sadly, in 2010, the then-28 year-old died from an accidental overdose.Īpathy raps the biography of the town creep, "a janitor at a junior high," who loves "little bodies." Not pleasant. The late Minnesota rapper knew how to string words together. The video, complete with him eating a cockroach, vomiting and eventually hanging himself, is even more messed up than the song itself.Ģ9. In "Yonkers," Tyler threatens to "stab Bruno Mars in his goddamn esophagus," and calls out B.o.B, Hayley Williams and even Jesus. However, that by no means makes his music less disturbing. Surprisingly, the rapper who makes the music that "the devil plays before he goes to sleep" is actually straight edge. Death at the Gathering of the Juggalos: "Four Dudes Who Had Been Sleeping With a Corpse." Top Five Most Disturbing Horrorcore Songs For those who don't want to read this list, we don't blame you. Obviously our extensive list of most disturbing songs is, well, yeah, very disturbing. Either way, shockingly violent imagery has been a part of music forever - we've just really honed the language in the last 30 years or so. Sometimes, they're presented as true story warnings, as in Bushwick Bill's "Ever So Clear." And sometimes they're the fulfillment of a fictional persona, as in DMX's "Bring Your Whole Crew." When done right, they can be artful, but sometimes a disturbing song is just a hollow gross-out. Artists choose to write shockingly upsetting music for a number of reasons: To express extreme emotions or to provoke a visceral response in listeners or say something about a particular issue or for the shock itself.
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