Michael Jerome Braxton aka Rrome Alone delivers a stark vision of life behind bars on “LIVE on Death Row.” Unlike performers who speak on a life of crime and the subsequent hellish experience of incarceration with poetic liberties, Rrome has been on death row since 1993. Recording vocals from a prison phone, emceeing has been a way he’s coped with his dire circumstances.
The animated lyric video provides a visual canvas for this Nick Neutronz producedsonic collage comprised of hard edged beats, crunchy distorted bass, noisy cuts and static worn vocals that beckon a more experimental era in Hip Hop. Below the video is a short documentary providing an additional glimpse into Braxton’s story.
