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U.S.A. (stands for "Under Satan's Authority") is the only studio album by American horrorcore trio Flatlinerz.[2] It was released on September 6, 1994 via Def Jam Recordings. Recording sessions took place at Chung King Studios, Next Level Studios, and Greene St. Recording in New York. Production was handled by Tempest, Rockwilder, Crush, DR Period and Kool Tee, with Kenny Lee and Russell Simmons serving as executive producers. It features guest appearances from Gravemen, Kool Tee, Mayhem, Omen, Rockwilder and the Headless Horsemen.

U.S.A.
Studio album by Flatlinerz
Released	September 6, 1994 (1994-09-06)
Recorded	1993—1994
Studio	Chung King Studios (New York, NY) Next Level Studios (New York, NY) Greene St. Recording (New York, NY)
Genre	Horrorcore
Length	56:16
Label	Def Jam
Producer	Kenny Lee (exec.) Russell Simmons (exec.) Crush DR Period Kool Tee Rockwilder Tempest
Flatlinerz chronology
U.S.A. (1994) Definitive Creepy Collection (2014)
Singles from U.S.A.
"Rivaz of Red" Released: July 12, 1994 "Satanic Verses" Released: August 23, 1994 "Live Evil" Released: 1994

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

The album peaked at number 65 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and number 24 on the Top Heatseekers and found controversy for its satanic themes. Also, the three music videos the group shot for the album, "Live Evil", "Satanic Verses" and "Rivaz of Red", were barely played because of things such as frontman Redrum rhyming while hanging from a noose and Gravedigger rhyming from a crucifix. The album only sold 36,000 copies and the group, along with the Headless Horsemen and Omen, was dropped from Def Jam. Three singles were released, but only "Live Evil" made it to the charts, making it to #35 on the Hot Rap Singles.

In 2009, Fangoria named it as an iconic horrorcore album.[3]

Track listing

Sample credits

• Track 4 contains elements from "Crossover" by EPMD and "Party Groove (Instrumental)" by Showbiz and A.G.
• Track 5 samples the song "Seven Days, Seven Nights" by Sue Ann Carwell
• Track 7 contains a sample from "Step in the Arena" by Gang Starr
• Track 14 embodies portions of "Tonight's da Night" by Redman and "I'm Gonna Take Your Love" by Brother to Brother

Personnel

• Jamel "Redrum" Simmons – main artist, vocals, sleeve notes
• Darnell "Gravedigger" Cunningham – main artist, vocals, sleeve notes
• Juan "Tempest" Clarke – main artist, vocals, producer, sleeve notes
• Tadone "Kool Tee" Hill – featured artist, producer
• Devon "Omen" Purkiss – featured artist
• Gravemen – featured artist
• Mayhem – featured artist
• Dana "Rockwilder" Stinson – featured artist, producer
• J. Leroy of the Headless Horsemen – featured artist
• M. Gardner of the Headless Horsemen – featured artist
• Nora T. – backing vocals
• Anthony "Trace Bass" Brown – bass
• Richard "Rich" Keller – bass, electric guitar, recording, mixing
• Darryl "DR Period" Pittman – keyboards, percussion, programming, producer, arranger
• Thomas "Crush" McQueen – producer
• Divine Campbell – co-producer, arranger
• Kenny Lee – executive producer
• Russell Simmons – executive producer
• Danny Clinch – photography
• John Blackford – illustration
• The Drawing Board – design

Charts

Chart (1994)	Peak position
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)	65
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)	24

Singles

Year	Song	Chart positions
		US Rap
1994	Live Evil	35
	Satanic Verses	—
	Rivaz of Red	—

References

External links

• Flatlinerz – USA at Discogs (list of releases)

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