hip-hop-o-crit is a bizarre exploration of adulthood, self-expression, and identity, found through a close analysis of the low quality hip-hop songs Hadley wrote, recorded and created music videos for during the period of his life when he was frequently making unsuccessful attempts at suicide. With the distance of time, Hadley look back on the mistakes he made creatively, as well as personally, trying to grow from the bleak hopelessness of his "music".