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
