Wednesday, December 12, 2012

albums of 2012 - 35. Clams Casino - Instrumentals 2


35. CLAMS CASINO – INSTRUMENTALS 2

Hip-hop is probably the genre that I get most fascinated and bored by. I love it when rappers spit beats. Killer Mike is close to topping this list. I like aggression. I like production. I like intuition. I don’t like single-minded albums. A whole album about cruising around L.A. bores me in the same way an indie album just about drinking lager would.

However, something is happening in the creativity process now. Producers are doing well. People are collaborating. Things are meshing, evolving. Clams Casino dropped his amazing first installment in this instrumental mixtape series last year and this one nicely curves in from there. That one nicely fascinated, and this one conveniently freezes in some distant production, taking in some Burial influences.  And of course, not to mention, the legendary J. Dilla. I’m well up for a load more. I trust he’ll continue to sort it out.

BEST PLAYED: When wanting some great production.


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