This track is all punchy percussion, triumphant android trumpets, clicking cog rolls and backwards melodic jibberish. The bass drums that drop early on are so big they should be nominated for listing in the world wonders registry. It’s the type of beat-driven genre splicing you’d expect from labs on the West Coast but comes from New York-based RL Grime (an alias of Clockwork, a well known peak time kinda guy). The track was part of his recent free EP, Clipz, which is mostly comprised of hip hop and R&B influenced jump offs. This particular record is probably the only serious club banger on there, the rest of which are more nuanced in emotional range. (Image by Graham Phisher.)
RL Grime – “Hold It
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