Killing Field Records
Lincoln, Nebraska
Killing Field Records is an independent hip-hop label in Lincoln, Nebraska, and hardcore rap and dark trap are the center of its catalog. This page covers the records that carry that sound: the Book of Colors trilogy by Jinx, the album by enemyX, with a place to start on each.
Hardcore rap, on this label, means the writing comes first and nothing gets cleaned up to make it easier. Dark trap is the production side: trap drums and heavy low end under cold, grim beats.
The characters on these records are characters. The feelings under them are real. We have a short name for that rule: truth first.
Every record below was engineered by Bryan "Cryptic-X" Jenkins, and every one is on Apple Music, YouTube, Spotify, TIDAL and Amazon Music.
The first album in the Book of Colors trilogy, and the first release on Killing Field Records. Jinx wrote most of it between 2015 and 2017. It is personal from the first song to the last.
Where to start: Play it front to back. For the hardest two, start with Landau and Mother Mary.
Album page · Lyrics · Jinx
The second album in the trilogy. Where Black is numb, Sanguine is volatile: sharper, louder and confrontational.
Where to start: Start with Sollomon and let it run to the closer, War.
Album page · Lyrics · Jinx
The third and last album in the trilogy. Written in 2016 and 2017, held back until 2022. It sits between the cold of Black and the edge of Sanguine.
Where to start: Start with the opener, Anthony, produced by Cryptic-X, then Blast and Ride.
Album page · Lyrics · Jinx
Jinx and Cryptic-X as enemyX. A concept album built like a crime file, following a serial-killing pair. Guests include Conway the Machine, Kid Corduroy, STOOKY, Surreal the MC, Komatose and Sugar Cones.
Where to start: Start with Blood Magic, the last single before the album. It is probably Cryptic-X's favorite song on it.
Album page · Lyrics · enemyX
Before the enemyX album, the duo put out Hot as Fuck, Remedy and Lucky in 2022, and Reditus Regum, with theyAreGhost, in 2023. The album's own singles were enemyX, ツィクニ (Tsikuni), John 13:7 and Blood Magic.
Jinx released Nobody's Fault in 2022 and Four Fore in 2023. Return to Sender is the first single from his posthumous album, Shit Ain't What It Seems.
BLXXDSHOT's debut single IDGAF, with Populus of Sugar Cones on the feature, came out March 28, 2025, on an H3 Music beat.
Every release page has the streaming links. KFRP Radio, our station, plays the Book of Colors trilogy in order every night at 11 PM. Full lyrics for Black, Sanguine, Gold and the enemyX album are on the lyrics pages, and the music videos are on the videos page.
The rest of the label sounds different. Sugar Cones make experimental hip-hop, and the solo records from Cryptic-X are instrumental. Both are in the discography. For the wider scene, our Nebraska rappers guide covers twenty-four artists from Lincoln and Omaha.