Boomin' Words from Hell is the debut studio album by the American musician Esham. It was released in 1989, and reissued the following year.
Production
Boomin' Words from Hell was recorded in one day.
Lyrical themes
The lyrics of Boomin' Words from Hell developed from the turmoil of Detroit at the time, including the era's rise in crack use. According to Esham, "It was all an expression about ['70s-'80s drug cartel] Young Boys Incorporated, Mayor Coleman Young, the city we lived in and just the turmoil that our city was going through at the time. We referred to the streets of Detroit as 'Hell' on that record. So that's where my ideas came from."
According to Esham, the album's lyrical content was so dark that it was the subject of many rumors:
<blockquote>"People got the first 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."
Track listing
Personnel
- Esham – programming, production, engineering, mastering
- Mike E. Clark – engineering, keyboards
- Reginal Nelton – executive producer
- Greg Reilly – mastering
- James H. Smith – executive producer