SlimeGetEm (a.k.a. Slime Hundo) is a DMV “underground” rapper who began his music career in early 2023 and attained well-deserved recognition in the scene throughout 2024. His unfiltered, raw energy is characteristic of the broader Free Car Music scene and can be observed in his best-known songs like “HellRaiser” and “Mashallah I Cooked Him,” the latter of which features references to his Islamic culture. Slime has also been co-signed by prominent underground rappers Nettspend and Slimesito.
Free Car Music, also dubbed DC Drill and DMV (D.C., Maryland, and Virginia) Crank, emerged in the early 2020s and got its name from local slang for stolen cars. Early pioneers of the genre include producers like Dolan Beats, who, during the mid 2010s, collaborated with Chicago Drill elite Chief Keef. The beginning of the 2020s marked the development of the nascent DC Drill sound by producers such as Antisocial Beats and EHuncho6 and their collaborations with local artists like Baby Jamo, Migo Lee, and Yung Threat. The genre’s popularity would eventually go national following a burst of attention from music journalists and online fans.
Free Car Music heavily features kicks that punch like prime Mike Tyson and thundering 808s. The general ominous and menacing production includes Chicago Drill staples such as harsh cymbal crashes, and melodic bell and brass elements. It’s also not uncommon for DMV Drill songs to feature unaltered samples from popular music (including artists such as Adele and The Fray), combining with already chaotic instrumentals. Lyrically, it differs little from other regional variants of Drill, rappers frequently boasting of crimes they’ve committed, or plan to commit. Flow-wise, the genre stays consistent with its aggressively percussive production, including rapid-fire deliveries of lyrics that make it unique.
Right off the bat, SlimeGetEm wastes no time and opens his fourth and latest mixtape with an explosive instrumental on “Gore.” “Gore” sets the tone for the rest of the album, and immediately hooks the listener with an unhinged mesh of clangs, booms, bangs, thumps, and gunshots. To anyone who wouldn’t know what to expect of Free Car Music, this would give them a good idea. Throughout the album, Slime never takes his foot off the gas, constantly flowing over beats that are likely to blow out your speakers.
Piercing percussion coupled with blasting 808s are SlimeGetEm’s bread and butter, showcasing beats that are similar in form to other DMV Drill, but peculiar sounds and samples that set him apart from other rappers in the scene. Simply put, his production style is like if Chicago Drill had half the melodies and twice the drums. But Free Car Music, and Slime’s form, can’t just be confined to its precursors, however, as “GetEm” features beats that even the Chicago Drill greats would struggle to rap over.
While the hard-hitting mixtape does contain beats that sound more in line with the generic underground sounds of Nettspend and Osamason, Slime particularly shines on the rough rhythms that reflect his DMV origins. With the melodies drowning in percussion and each track’s increasingly frenetic style, the eclectic and complex instrumentals employed by SlimeGetEm are my favorite part of the album.
Lyric-wise, “GetEm” doesn’t do too much different from the rest of the DMV Drill scene, as Slime excellently delivers confrontational and swaggering lyrics from beginning to end. The up-and-coming DMV rapper doesn’t take a breather, either, and each song builds off of the already-intense momentum of the last. He only adds to this with his iconic yelled ad libs, “Bah Bah Bah” that serve as kicks in and of themselves. While his flow is certainly impressive and addicting to listen to, there is not much variance in his overall form throughout the album and other top Free Car Music rappers. In general, however, this hardly detracts from the quality of the album.
Compared to his other projects, there are some noticeable differences with “GetEm”, not only in style but also content. His other albums, specifically “GetEm Vorhees,” lean into a more ominous, horror-esque style that meshes well with the aggressive content of his raps. Additionally, “GetEm” doesn’t feature nearly as many references to his Islamic culture. Both of these two components, which aren’t visibly present on Slime’s latest album, lend a lot of character to his projects, so it’s a shame they aren’t utilized here. On “GetEm,” Slime’s far more developed unique style is a noticeable improvement from his earlier albums, specifically in his production.
“GetEm” is one of the first Free Car Music albums I’ve ever listened to, and it definitely left a good impression on me. Every component of the album is unfiltered, authentic, and flat-out raw, filled to the brim with party-ready bangers. Slime’s lyrics leave nothing up to the imagination on the subject of whether or not DMV Drill is to be messed with. In a word: It’s not. Overall, this album easily earns a 7.5/10 score from me.
