City Morgue

City Morgue is an American hip hop duo from New York City. Its members are Junius 'ZillaKami' Rogers from Bay Shore and Vinicius ‘SosMula’ Sosa from Harlem, including their producer Sami 'THRAXX' Nehari. Their debut album Hell Or High Water released on October 12, 2018.[3]

City Morgue
OriginNew York City, New York, U.S.
Genres
Years active2017–present[1]
Labels
Associated acts
Websitecitymorgueofficial.com
Members

History

Prior to the formation of City Morgue in 2017, Junius Rogers, professionally known as ZillaKami, worked extensively with 6ix9ine in the underground hip-hop scene in New York City and ghostwrote many of 6ix9ine's early songs. His other collaborator was his older half-brother Peter Rogers, known professionally as Righteous P, the CEO of music label Hikari-Ultra.[1] The brothers had a falling out with 6ix9ine after he refused to pay back money owed and ripped instrumentals from the group. In response, ZillaKami and other detractors publicly circulated information about 6ix9ine's child sex abuse charges.[1][4]

ZillaKami had met Vinicius Sosa, known professionally as SosMula, on his first day out of jail, and started creating songs some time after meeting with record producer Bouabdallah Sami Nehari, known professionally as Thraxx. Together, the trio had made many projects since then under their names, such as the tracks with visuals Shinners 13, 33rd Blakk Glass, and Sk8 Head, numerous singles, and an album City Morgue Vol 1: Hell or High Water.

ZillaKami was also featured on Denzel Curry's 2018 single "Vengeance", and in turn, Curry had City Morgue on the Ta13oo tour.[5] On November 19, 2018, City Morgue sold out their first headline show in New York City at Saint Vitus Bar located in Brooklyn.[6]

City Morgue was then featured in the $uicideboy$ GREY DAY starting July 24, 2019, and ending August 24, 2019. They were present for all shows minus: Norfolk, VA, Des Moines, Ia, and the Montreal shows with ZillaKami stating he wasn't allowed in Canada[7] On December 13, 2019, City Morgue released their second album City Morgue Vol. 2: As Good As Dead.[8]

On July 23, 2020, City Morgue released a video for "HURTWORLD '99",[9] which acted as the lead single for their TOXIC BOOGALOO mixtape that was released on July 31, 2020.[10] They also released videos for The Electric Experience and Yakuza on August 5 and August 12, 2020, respectively. [11]

Musical style

The duo's music had been categorised as punk rap,[12] trap metal,[13] hardcore rap,[14] and nu metal,[15] often containing elements of extreme metal and shock rock.[16] During an interview, they stated that their music "is just a modern take on nu-metal. It's more trap, with more 808s and high-hats".[16] Kerrang! writer Gary Suarez said that their "unflinchingly hostile blend of trap and metal... careens towards misanthropy and nihilism to an alarming extent".[17] In an article for Revolver, their music was described as "full of queasy synth, destabilizing bass and disconcerting bars".[16] Cat Jones from Kerrang described their music as "ZillaKami’s raspy vocals are punctuated by SosMula’s higher register over metal samples in a way that feels terrifying and entrancing at the same time".[18] Tom Breihan of Stereogum, said their music "take[s] all the face-tatted fuck-shit-up tendencies of the young SoundCloud rap scene, and they blow that stuff way the hell out of proportion, scream-rapping about drugs and murder with rabid ferocity".[19] Respect magazine said they "spin gothic hood tales, harking back to timeless East Coast hip-hop—yet sharpened by their signature dark metallic edge".[20]

The group are influenced by punk rock, hardcore punk, nu metal and hardcore hip hop,[21] specifically citing influences such as Behemoth, Slipknot,[16] Title Fight, DMX, Radiohead, Onyx,[22] Eminem and Tyler, the Creator.[23]

Discography

Studio albums
Title Release date
CITY MORGUE VOL 1: HELL OR HIGH WATEROctober 12, 2018
CITY MORGUE VOL 2: AS GOOD AS DEADDecember 13, 2019
TOXIC BOOGALOO July 31, 2020

EPs
Title Release Date
Be Patient.August 19, 2018

References
  1. No Jumper (July 8, 2018). "The ZillaKami & SosMula Interview". Retrieved October 9, 2018 – via YouTube.
  2. Knopper, Steve. "A Hip-Hop Signing Frenzy Sends New Record Deal Prices Soaring". Billboard. Retrieved December 15, 2018.
  3. Møtion, Noah (October 13, 2018). "City Morgue Vol 1: Hell or High Water". All Metal Everything. Retrieved October 13, 2018.
  4. Preezy (August 15, 2018). "Here's a Rundown of Every Public Beef Involving 6ix9ine". XXL. Retrieved October 9, 2018.
  5. Kokayi, Kasamba. "Denzel Curry and City Morgue at The Orpheum". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved October 22, 2018.
  6. Møtion, Noah (November 2, 2018). "City Morgue in Brooklyn: Punk is Alive". All Metal Everything. Retrieved December 5, 2018.
  7. "Google Image Result for https://i.redd.it/yc0iaujowwp21.jpg". Google. Retrieved October 22, 2019. External link in |title= (help)
  8. Rashed, Ayana. "City Morgue Releases Their New Album "CITY MORGUE VOL 2: AS GOOD AS DEAD" Today". Retrieved February 19, 2020.
  9. "City Morgue – HURTWORLD '99 Video". 360 Mag. Retrieved August 1, 2020.
  10. "City Morgue – TOXIC BOOGALOO". 360 Mag. Retrieved August 1, 2020.
  11. "CITY MORGUE RELEASES NEW VIDEO FOR "YAKUZA" FROM RECENT MIXTAPE TOXIC BOOGALOO". radiofacts. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
  12. Reynolds, Patrick. "City Morgue: redefining hardcore rap and breaking out the underground". Retrieved February 17, 2020.
  13. Zagaglia, Riccardo. "Migliori album 2018. La classifica di Riccardo Zagaglia". Retrieved December 13, 2018.
  14. "Meet City Morgue, New York's most shocking rap group". Vice Media. Retrieved May 9, 2019.
  15. Kokayi, Kasamba. "Denzel Curry and City Morgue at The Orpheum". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved November 19, 2018.
  16. WINKIE, LUKE. "CITY MORGUE: MEET THE MORAL MAJORITY'S NEW WORST NIGHTMARE". Revolver. Retrieved February 17, 2020.
  17. Suarez, Gary. "GREY DAY: A WHO'S WHO GUIDE TO THE HIP-HOP AND HARDCORE TOUR OF THE SUMMER". Kerrang!. Retrieved February 17, 2020.
  18. Jones, Cat. "AT $UICIDEBOY$' GREY DAY TOUR, HEAVY MUSIC HAS NO GENRE". Kerrang!. Retrieved February 17, 2020.
  19. Breihan, Tom. "Stream City Morgue's New Album Vol. 2: As Good As Dead". Stereogum. Retrieved February 17, 2020.
  20. Rashed, Ayana. "City Morgue Announces The Release Of Their New Album City Morgue Vol 2: As Good As Dead Coming December 13". Respect. Retrieved February 17, 2020.
  21. "City Morgue Interview". Thrasher. Retrieved February 17, 2020.
  22. Adam Grandmaison (July 8, 2018). "The ZillaKami & SosMula Interview" (Podcast). Retrieved December 14, 2018.
  23. Seabrook III, Robby. "THE BREAK PRESENTS: CITY MORGUE". Retrieved February 17, 2020.
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