Along with each track comes the artist who ended up using the beat–Lil B, Main Attrakionz, ASAP Rocky, and even Soulja Boy. He recently re-released his Instrumentals Mixtape, this time remastered at 320 kbps. But right now Clams Casino stands out as a ready subject for investigation. Of course, behind these tracks are a lot of gifted producers.
Even more mainstream acts like Drake are flocking towards the sounds of Houston and Memphis. Oakland duo Main Attrakionz is spitting what Danny Brown describes as absolute trap-hop, but they’re doing it almost clandestinely, over cloudy, artsy beats. The Harlem product Rocky asks “How trill is this?” over the Clams-produced intro track on LiveLoveASAP.
With the buzz firestorm that accompanied ASAP Rocky’s LiveLoveASAP mixtape–prominently featuring the production of New Jersey-based Clams Casino–came a not-so-subtle instrumental statement: drugged-up, slowed down, dreamy beats are becoming ever more prominent in hip-hop and the need to identify with traditional regional stylings is perhaps dead. These are interesting times for fans of hip-hop and R&B. Download: Clams Casino, Instrumentals Mixtape
