album, and they would just make up stories. They'd get into an accident and be like, 'I got into an accident because I was playing that tape.' It wasn't like we helped ourselves when we described what was in people's heads. It wasn't to shock people, though, but to get people involved in what we were doing. We had to get peoples' attention. [...] We said a lot of things that people wanted to say but didn't say. We talked about a lot of political and social [issues] that people didn't want to talk about. Following accusations of Satanism, Smith decided that Closed Casket would be the last album to feature such themes, and that he would no longer rap about the Devil. According to Smith, "I've been able to entertain people for 20 years. I just try to uplift people now. The latest things I do, I'm trying to get a message out to people, while I'm entertaining them at the same time." Esham's music style has been described as a fusion of hip hop beats and death metal lyrics. Esham defined his style as analogous to "modern-day blues [or] heavy metal". Insane Clown Posse has frequently cited Esham as an influence on their music. Discography Studio albums Boomin' Words from Hell (1989) Judgement Day (1992) KKKill the Fetus (1993) Closed Casket (1994) Dead Flowerz (1996) Bruce Wayne: Gothom City 1987 (1997) Mail Dominance (1999) Tongues (2001) Repentance (2003) A-1 Yola (2005) Sacrificial Lambz (2008) Suspended Animation (2010) DMT Sessions (2011) Venus Fly Trap LP (2012) Dichotomy (2015) Scribble (2017) Dead of Winter (2018) She Loves Me (2020) She Loves Me Not (2020) Psyops (2021) References External links Living people Midwest hip hop musicians African-American male rappers African-American record producers American hip hop record producers Psychopathic Records artists Horrorcore artists Rappers from Detroit Underground rappers Reel Life Productions artists 20th-century American rappers 21st-century American rappers Psychopathic Rydas members 20th-century American male musicians 21st-century American male musicians Osborn High School alumni 20th-century African-American musicians 21st-century African-American musicians Rap rock musicians Soopa Villainz members Year of birth missing (living people)