From the shadows of the underground and the depths of lyrical incarceration comes Benitentiary, the hard-hitting collaborative album from Killer Ben and California’s cult-favorite production duo DirtyDiggs. This is grimy elegance, bars over scars, a straight-no-chaser testament to survival, street wisdom, and self-confrontation.

DirtyDiggs laces the entire project with cinematic soul loops, vintage textures, and razor-sharp drum work—setting the perfect stage for Killer Ben’s raw introspection and stone-cold delivery. This is rap for the heads, the crates, and the corners. Every bar is a page out of a diary written in solitary, every beat a bullet from behind the wall.

The project features a stacked lineup of underground royalty:
• Planet Asia, a West Coast general, returns to spar alongside his Gold Chain comrade.
• Tristate adds haunting melodic layers that echo like prayers in a cellblock.
• The Alchemist drops by with that dusted-off brilliance, flipping soul into smoke.
• Roc Marciano blesses the project with his signature slick talk and noir raps.
• Oh No injects psychedelic bounce and lyrical left hooks straight from the Oxnard underworld.

Benitentiary isn’t just an album—it’s a state of mind. A confession. A concept piece rooted in reality, molded by pain, and delivered with elite craftsmanship. It’s music for those who know what it means to lose time and still come back sharper.