Weekend On Mart's

The Johnny Ryall of the Rap-internet is back up in this bitch like progestogen. Life is Too $hort, filled with stuff, don't know what for, I wanna talk Cramps deep cuts. So, ur boi Martaveli AKA Loaded Lux Interior was excited about the recent Cramps album of unreleased 1977 demos which Henry Rollins & Ian MacKaye put together, mainy because it includes the first recording of the ultimate Cramps deep cut Weekend On Mars. Would this 1977 demo version be the definitive version I was hoping for? Sadly, no. It's on a par with the the 1979 demo version, but not as good as the 1984 live version from the I Ain't Nuthin' But A Gorehound single. To date, that's the best version due to Poison Ivy's buzzsaw guitar, but ur boi is hesitant to call it definitive since Lux Interior doesn't go Evil Elvis on the "but ima gonna take you for a weekend on Mars" line like he does on the 1977 and 1979 versions. Why you wanna do that, Lux, huh?

The Cramps - Weekend On Mars (live)
(From I Ain't Nuthin' But A Gorehound single; 1984)

Craic Mack

Has a rapper ever suffered a more embarrassing identity crisis than Everlast? The fella went from slangin' pizza pies to drinkin' Guinness pints to singin' like Chris Rea to rebranding himself as Necro & Ill Bill's Uncle Doughie. When his Whitey Ford Sings The Blues album dropped and the videos for What It's Like and Ends were in rotation on MTV I was equally amused and appalled by the sight of him in a cowboy hat strumming an acoustic guitar. The cracka who made Syndication, that's what I called E'. But now he's wearin' a Stetson hat like Paul C. Revisiting What It's Like and Ends decades on minus the videos, I'm gonna have to slang humble pie and hyperbole in the same sentence: both songs are #actually killer choonz which are so obvious prototypes for Bubba Sparxxx's Deliverance. Ends is THE jam 4 me: an ode to lost souls who've been crushed by the 'Murican Dream with a nifty interpolation of a Whodini classic.

Everlast - Ends
(From Whitey Ford Sings The Blues album; 1998)

Everlast · Ends

Another thing Whitey Ford Sings The Blues shares with Bubba's Deliverance is that it features a bonus track which is so good, it should have been the album's street single. Deliverance has Disappear, Whitey Ford Sings The Blues has Next Man. Like Ends, it's another song which is an ode to lost souls who've been crushed by the 'Murican Dream, but instead of sounding like some proto-Deliverance shit, it's delivered in the style of Sporty Thievz. No lie, this shit sounds like it coulda/shoulda had a fish-eye lens Hype Williams video.

Everlast - Next Man
(From Whitey Ford Sings The Blues album; 1998)

Everlast · Next Man (Bonus Track)

Generic list post: August 2026

Holottacheese ft. Holottamula - BFF4L
(From BFF4L single; 2026)

Obligatory wrap-up post of those songs I've played most during the month when we Rap music got its equivalent of the Shit Sisters from Sleepaway Camp II.

Ball Jones ft. Ice Smiles - Krushin' (remix) (2004)
Mic Terror - Step On (2023)
Mic Terror ft. Easy O'Hare - Rent Money (video) (2026)
Gzus Piece - Get Ya Roll On (2026)
Gzus Piece ft. Mic Terror - Shyt (2026)
Mitchy Slick - The Burbs (2026)
Yung Till - 209 Baby (2026)
Surf7 - Goose Coat (2026)
The Cramps - Weekend On Mars (1977 version) (1977/2026)

Bonus bloggin: 1nce again I'm gonna use my monthly wrap-up post to keep track of the best movies and TV shows I've been watching. * indicates rewatches dunnit.

Movies I watched and liked:
The Day The Earth Caught Fire (1961)
Trading Places (1983) *
Clue (1985) *

TV shows I watched and liked:
Ludwig (series 2 new episodes) (2026)
Mastermind (new episodes) (2026)
Only Connect (new episodes) (2026)
The Genius vs. Hulk Hogan (1989)
Rick Rude vs. Sting (1991)
Arsenal vs. Manchester City (2026)
Arsenal vs. Coventry (2026)
Aston Villa vs. Arsenal (2026)
Match Of The Day 1 and 2 (new episodes) (2026)

Other notables: parlour game lists by me in the form of my favourite Rap songs beginning with each letter of the alphabet and my favourite Rap songs beginning with numbers. Also Party Sparty on his 10 favourite films featuring Brits abroad.

MC Ez

There's snippets of a new Ezale song for me to obsess over like it's 2016 again. One of the many things I like about Ezale's videos is that they always feature his same homies who were all up in the 5 Minutes Of Funktown and Foreal Foreal videos back in 2013/2014. We're all on this journey together like a Jumanji flick.

We should probably talk about P-Lo's new song with Clyde Carson, IamSu and Ezale. The beat-switches annoyed me initially, and I'm gonna attribute them to the influence of That Canadian Nonce™. But the song is growing on me like human microbiota.

P-Lo ft. Clyde Carson, IamSu & Ezale - Bay Boyz 4Ever
(From Out The Box album; 2026)

P-Lo · BAY BOYZ 4EVER (feat. Clyde Carson, Iamsu! & Ezale)

What happened to Piece? (Part 2)

"You can find me on your side of town, ridin' with a 30 on the front seat
Windows down bumpin' Juve or some Pimp C
He's just a stand up n***a 'til he's 6 feet"

Gzus Piece ft. Mic Terror - Shyt
(From Gzus Saves album; 2026)

Get Ya Roll On is my jam right there from Gzus Piece's first new album, and Shyt is my joint right here from Gzus Piece's second new album. Gzus & Mic Terror on the same track is invariably Martorialist catnip, and the song is a good example of how Gzus & Mic's music is a stew of different influences: the beat sounds like it's straight outta Queensbridge, while the chorus features shout outs to Juvenile and Pimp C. Forget No Ceilings, Rap music should have No Walls.

Ice Burb Slim

Mitchy Slick - The Burbs
(From The Burbs single; 2026)

Best depiction of American suburbia since Joe Dante or wot? Wholesome adult orientated Gangsta-Rap you could play for your dad or use to soundtrack your Sunday morning gardening. You might be deep in the game, but you got the rules missin' using your strimmer on the sabbath before 11 AM, bruv. Here at The Martorialist we're gonna add this song to our current playlist next to Me N The Boyz by Kurupt & DJ Battlecat.

What happened to Piece?

"Feel this shit up in your chest just like a Mossberg
This shit'll blow you away and leave yo' heart stirred
These the last days, how could you not purge?
Ima get mine, make sure you got yours"

Gzus Piece - Get Ya Roll On
(From 3 For Da Dub album; 2026)

We've had some new Mic Terror, so here's some new Gzus Piece from the first of his two new albums. An understated jam which has been creepin' on ah come up in my rotation. A different type of Chicago "drive slow, homie"-core to Mic's OJ Simpson, but the overall effect is the same: Rap music to take a quiet, leisurely cruise around your neighbourhood to.

Step Up Late

Mic Terror ft. Easy O'Hare - Rent Money
(From The Terror Files album; 2026)

Video for one of my favourite songs from the Mic Terror album. Good timing too because I recently found another Mic loosie single from a few years ago that I missed when it first dropped. Call me Gab Gotcha the way I bless the M.I.C.

Mic Terror - Step On
(From Step On single; 2023)