

Montana of 300 delivers metaphor and menace on his debut mixtape, and showcases why fans pore over his serpentine verses—nimble with sports similes and street slang—like Game of Thrones subplots. “Ice Cream Truck” uses onomatopoeia and homophones to articulate Montana’s stealthy drive-by technique. Hometown-superhero salute “Air Jordan” rhymes Zach Morris with Chuck Norris over a steel drum plink. And “Slaughterhouse,” backed by a horror film-worthy piano loop, somehow makes MC Hammer pants seem both funny and deadly.