BulletProof Chicken
by October 24, 2025Behind The Project: Bulletproof Chicken
When two underground heavyweights choose to lock in for an entire project rather than just a single track, expectations rise and with good reason. Bulletproof Chicken represents a full-length collaboration between CrimeApple and V Don that is as exacting in its craft as it is unapologetically raw in its aesthetic.
Genesis & Vision
For Hackensack, New Jersey lyricist CrimeApple, this project marks a pivotal moment in his prolific output a sharpened display of wordplay, bilingual storytelling, and street-scarred authenticity. Meanwhile, Harlem-bred producer V Don brings his signature sonic palette: dark, cinematic, and heavy on atmosphere, yet grounded in classic East Coast boom-bap.
The synergy between the two was built on a shared goal to create a body of work that embodies hip-hop at its purest form: unfiltered, uncompromising, and deeply resonant.
The Making
The process behind Bulletproof Chicken was deliberate and intentional. From the opening single “Scrape The Pot,” listeners are dropped into a drum-less piano sequence that sets the tone CrimeApple’s razor-sharp delivery cutting through the mix like a midnight confession.
Tracks like “Railroad Avenue” slide into a jazz-tinted groove, while “Victor Charlie” adds a mafioso bounce all driven by V Don’s textured drums, haunting samples, and immersive layering. Guest features from T.F., Bruiser Wolf, and Primo Profit expand the world without breaking the cohesion. Each record reinforces the next, creating a tight, cinematic experience from start to finish.
The project stands as a testament to faith in artistry, precision in execution, and conviction in craft. The lyrics are vivid, the production is dense yet clean, and the mood is cinematic without ever losing its grit.
It’s a record that captures the soul of modern underground hip-hop equal parts boom-bap, jazz, drumless texture, and chipmunk soul wrapped around CrimeApple’s sharp mafioso pen game and V Don’s unmatched sense of tone and space.
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