On something of an instrumental hip hop kick, it makes good programming music. This one got some good buzz, and I've liked Mablib's stuff in the past.
This is more entertaining than usual as instrumental hip hop goes. It changes samples and gears often, firing off dozens of songs in 1:30 - 2:00 bursts. The tone is dark, but energetic, with a lot of funk mixed in, along with some more modern sounding fat squonkiness that I like.
Maybe I'm getting more familiar with this stuff, or maybe this treads more well-worn territory than usual, but I recognized an awful lot of samples off here, a bit from Endtroducing, a bit from the Rjd2 album, the ubiquitous Planet Rock hook, some snippets from MF Doom songs, etc, etc. That actually worked in its favor here, since it gave it that kind of memory resonance, that kind of timeless slab of tone quality that the best instrument hip hop seems to find. That said, this falls into a funny middle ground for me, not focused enough on flow, atmospherics and tonal narrative to make exceptional background music, and too often not interesting enough for chin-scratching listening. Still good enough for 3.5/5
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