Nenjah Nycist, Cut Beetlez - I Challenged The Master... AND WON!

If MF DOOM’s labyrinthine wordplay, Wu-Tang’s martial mythology, and Earl Sweatshirt’s introspective menace could converge into a single body of work — ICTMAW would be it. Equal parts poetry and warfare. Nenjah’s pen is surgical; the beats, bruising.

“This one was 2 ½ years in the making. It started with a message from across the ocean. Cut Beetlez reached out.
I didn’t know them. I sat with the beats for a while to make sure I took my time and crafted exactly what the story was. No shortcuts. No compromise. Just craft, put together by two camps who both had something to prove.
New York and Finland don’t sound like they should go together. But underground is underground wherever you are.
We challenged the master — the standard, the expectation, the safe route — and we won.”
— Nenjah Nycist

Written and performed by Nenjah Nycist
Produced by Cut Beetlez
Scratches & Cuts by Cut Beetlez
MIxed by Nenjah Nycist at Dojo Studios, Brookly NY
Mastered by Deeskee for Wieghtless Audio Productions
Illustrations & Design by Dax Edword
Shodo Calligraphy on Japanese Edition by Eiren
Translated English/Japanese by Junichi Saiki