When the underground roars, it doesn’t echo — it rumbles from beneath the surface, shaking the fake foundations that forgot where hip-hop came from. With the arrival of Scripts Vol. 2, MRKBH and the Metasin Music family are reminding the world that lyricism still matters, community still counts, and the Dark Ages never truly ended — they just evolved.
This is more than a sequel. It’s a resurrection.
🧇 Scripts Vol. 2 — The Cipher Reawakens
Four years ago, Scripts Vol. 1 dropped during the chaos of 2021 — a pandemic-era time capsule when artists were creating in isolation, sharpening their swords behind closed doors. Fast forward to 2025, and the world feels both brand new and eerily familiar. Scripts Vol. 2 lands right in that tension — gritty, grounded, and gloriously human.
Produced entirely by MRKBH for Metasin Music, this record isn’t just a compilation; it’s a fellowship. The album assembles a cross-continental cipher that spans from Chicago to New Jersey to Berlin — featuring Apreme, D.J. Syintifik Allah, Knightstalker, and Golden Swords — while Indiana’s own lyrical cavalry lines up strong: Phenom, J-Lee, Mel Cap, Lord Chain, Brell Brayzn, Kiana, Natural, F.A.C.T.S., Ghostly Glowzzz, Sunlush, and Jay Williams.
The result is a symphonic storm of perspectives. Each voice adds a distinct vibration to the sonic temple that MRKBH has built. The beats are dense, the bars are deliberate, and the message is layered: The system might glitch, but the Scripts never stop running.
From a spiritual standpoint, the project feels like an awakening — calling on the ancestors of boom bap, fusing meditative instrumentals with militant poetics. Where mainstream rap often trades message for melody, Scripts Vol. 2 doubles down on intent. Every verse sounds like a sermon from someone who’s seen too much to stay silent.
🧇 “Somebody” — DCM (Mel Cap & J-Lee)
If Scripts Vol. 2 is the gospel, “Somebody” is one of its fiercest psalms. Performed by DCM — the Dodge City Mercenaries duo of Mel Cap and J-Lee — this track hits with raw conviction.
The song isn’t subtle, and it’s not supposed to be. “Somebody” calls out the fakes, the frauds, and the self-proclaimed gangsters who’ve traded integrity for image. Over MRKBH’s hard-knocking production, DCM deliver verses soaked in frustration and sharpened by experience.
Their energy feels like classic M.O.P. energy reborn in the Midwest — grit polished with purpose. Lines slice through the noise with surgical precision, balancing fury and focus. Every bar is a reality check, every hook a warning.
The music video, directed with cold precision, amplifies the message — smoke, shadows, and the unmistakable aura of authenticity. It’s not about clout; it’s about credibility.
If hip-hop is a mirror, “Somebody” is the moment you’re forced to look.
🧇 MRKBH x Rico James — “Shattered Vessels”
Where “Somebody” attacks outward, “Shattered Vessels” turns inward — and the result is nothing short of transformative.
On this record, MRKBH partners with producer Rico James to craft something that feels ancient and futuristic at once. The track opens with haunting instrumentation — the kind of soundscape that feels unearthed rather than composed — and then MRKBH’s voice cuts through like prophecy.
His verses are dense with symbolism, touching on decay, redemption, and rebirth. There’s a preacher’s pulse in his delivery — the fire of a man trying to wake the spiritually sedated. The writing is intricate yet intuitive, pulling from mysticism and modern angst in equal measure.
This isn’t a song you just hear; it’s one you experience.
What makes “Shattered Vessels” especially powerful is its intent. MRKBH doesn’t just make music — he excavates meaning. Every track is a relic, every bar a glyph. You can almost feel him chiseling wisdom out of chaos.
The Rebirth of Real
With Scripts Vol. 2, MRKBH and Metasin Music have reignited something that hip-hop’s algorithmic age nearly buried: collaboration with purpose. This isn’t playlist fodder. It’s legacy work — a bridge between eras, sounds, and philosophies.
You hear the pain of pandemic isolation in the writing. You feel the urgency of modern disillusionment in the beats. You sense the spirit of unity across continents — from Berlin to Muncie — as the Dark Ages Music Group plants its flag on the map again.
Each component — the full album, DCM’s “Somebody”, and MRKBH’s “Shattered Vessels” — functions like scripture from the same book. It’s the kind of project that reminds you hip-hop was never just about who’s on top; it’s about who’s telling the truth.
Metasin Music didn’t come to compete with the noise. They came to decode it.
