Flatlinerz was a hip hop group from Brooklyn, New York. The group was one of the early acts involved in the horrorcore genre of Hip-Hop, along with The Gravediggaz.
The group was led by Jamal "Redrum" Simmons (nephew of Russell Simmons) and two other emcees named Gravedigger and Tempest. The strategy thought up by Def Jam and Flatlinerz was that the group was to create a style of hip hop music that moved away from the popular gangsta style at the time and deal with darker subjects such as Satanism, horror movies, and gruesome murder. The group was heavily promoted as the next big thing by Def Jam after it signed with Def Jam by Jam Master Jay (contrary to belief, Russell Simmons apparently didn't sign the group because he couldn't take the concept seriously) and released its only album, U.S.A (which stood for Under Satan's Authority) and was produced by Tempest, Rockwilder, Russell Simmons and DR Period. However, the album was not released by Jay's JMJ imprint.
The album didn't sell well, and there was a lot of controversy surrounding the videos for "Live Evil" and "Satanic Verses" (it featured things like frontman Redrum rhyming while hanging from a noose and Gravedigger rhyming from a crucifix), and the group was later dropped, since no one seemed to understand the concept of horrorcore at the time, and the group was seen by many as a facsimile of The Gravediggaz, who explored many of the same concepts, albeit in a more tongue-in-cheek (And arguably skillful) manner. The failure of the group derailed several side projects, such as a Comic book, and two of Flatlinerz's associates (namely the Headless Horsemen and Omen, who were featured on the debut album) who had been promised releases were also dropped.
[Verse One: Tempest]
Sonic boom to the head of a dread cause he's tread
Upon the Flatline [?] niggas so now he's dead
Straight out the door, dirty dungeon graveyard
I broadcast and watch Sport Center, Ahmad Rashād
Tic tac toe we smack in the back, oh shit
I seem to catch a vic' if a nigga think he slick
I eat a rapper appetizer
Shady like a visor
Punch you in your mouth with my ring the high riser
Kitty cat kitty cat there's a mouse for you to house
But the kitty cat was dead when the dog bit off his
head
On the contrary, it's legendary
So I bury
Your punk pussy ass in the Pet Sematary
[Verse Two: Redrum]
When it's a hit
I'm bringing the Tec-9 mad quick
Flipping the script and ripping your shit up so never
slip
Jesus Christ, should think twice before the crucifix
Dip dip diver I'm coming liver than the full clip
Dig up the grave violate your resting place
Rest in peace, pieces, believe that I'ma chase
A nigga through the graveyard, the 100 yard dash
Passionately stash your cash you're out of gas
Don't try to flinch I got the itchy trigger finger
Ringing the neck and bringing the thing a ling a ling
and run your check nigga
Open up a womb from a looney tune soon
All of the goons [?] bust 'em down sonic boom
[Hook]
BOOM to the head, you're dead now it's sonic {x8}
BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BAM!
[Verse Three: Gravedigger]
Torture with a grip made out of tombstones
With a Flatline [?] broken bone and broken dome
I'm a rebel so I catch up with the devil
Put my status on his level with the treble, you're a
pebble
The ink pen is sinking, the motherfucking king pin
It's the Gravedigger so I doubt when I'm creeping
Hit you when you're sleeping, I'll lug you down like a
log to the morgue
Get you [?] put one in the spinal cord
I'm shooting (gun), I'm shooting [?] a motherfuck
I buck like a truck
One, two press your luck
[Verse Four: Tempest]
Three crazy motherfuckers, insane with mental problems
In my dreams, I'm busting Glocks down to goblins
And monsters, under my bed go get the sledge
Hammer, mack a framalama, mad niggas dead
So let's play freeze tag upon the burial ground
Stop (Sonic Boom!)
Everybody, what's that sound?
One, two, three, four, five
Six, seven, eight, nine, ten
Eleven, twelve
I'm ready to pop a dozen shells
[Hook]
[Verse Five: Gravedigger]
Gravedigger the nigga behind the trigger so you figure
It's time to hold your own cause you feel you're
getting bigger
You once was my son [?]
I'm Flatline freaking, some Glock gonna burst
And all my enemies bodies are in a hearse
Let's visit the graveyard like the rabbit and the
turtle
Jumping over tombstones like jumping over hurdles
I loaded the pump like the back of my hand
I'm like [?] mortuary van
God damn, it's fitting [?]
I got a gun I never run I never will I never ran
[Verse Six: Redrum]
I'm coming six feet deep
I went into the crypt without your grave
A peaceful nigga
Six or seven bullets to his brain
What's my name?
(Redrum the nigga from the slum)
And where I'm from?
(Brooklyn, where he got his gun)
I'm from the Flatline Massive, gun in the darkness
Sparking a fucking philly in the casket
You wanna puff? The plant is rough...tough guy
You coming dead, never live (check it)
All I wanna do is zooma zooma zooma zoom
Bust a .44 and put your ass in a tomb
[Hook]