A while back I wrote about one of the most enjoyable mixtapes I’ve had the pleasure of catching so far this year, Himanshu’s Nehru Jackets. Whilst the Das Racist emcee did a top job on lyrical funnies, the undeniable attraction for me was producer Mike Finito’s thorough beats.
Thankfully, we now have said beats in a new instrumental playlist which could be considered a prelude to making “your favorite “gritty NYC” producers sound like Cabbage Patch dolls born at Costco in a few months..” Many times too, it’s reminiscent of my childhood home where the sound of Bomb Squad cassettes and Bollywood VHS rentals intersected regularly.
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