
With each member boasting a different style, from Murphy Lee’s schoolboy charm to Ali’s more dexterous rhyming habits, the track feels like a proper introduction to the Lunatics’ dynamic. Nowhere was that more evident than on the project’s opening track “STL,” an anthem that found the group snapping over some Jay E production. Though Nelly, Ali, Kyjuan, Murphy Lee, and City Spud’s crew were heavily present on Country Grammar, their debut album took their already established chemistry and explored it even further. While it doesn’t appear that the pair are close to finding any common ground, all this talk of the Lunatics has been enough to spark a wave of nostalgia for their 2001 album Free City, a project that came hot on the heels of Nelly’s enduring classic Country Grammar. In case you missed it, Nelly and Ali have been engaging in a public dispute, one that seems to center around the history of the group’s brief but impactful history.


Anyone who remembers the early millennium rap game will likely take no pleasure in the fractured dynamic that seems to be plaguing the St.
