To
say that Ill Clinton creates percussion based beats is to say that Michael
Jordan plays basketball, Andre Agassi plays tennis, Wayne Gretzky plays hockey,
Babe Ruth plays baseball… do I need to go on with the sports comparisons
here? The instrumental hip hop vibe of
this cassette brings out what I love most about cassettes, which comes from my
youth and listening to them, but also has a modern twist.
Such
classics as PM Dawn and even the saxophone of Wrecks-N-Effects (both of whom I
have/had on cassette when originally released) flow into something that at times
can be dreamy synth, which is definitely closer to what you’d hear now. For the natural progression that was
inevitable between experimental and hip hop, which has become primarily
wordless hip hop, I have heard quite a few of what I like to now refer to as
beats-makers, but of them all I will hands down say that Ill Clinton is the
best.
All
of the times I’ve reviewed all of those other cassettes but didn’t know how to
classify them exactly or who to compare them with precisely, this is why: because
I hadn’t heard Ill Clinton yet. So let
this serve as your guide through the world of Wordless Beats-Makers, as it
doesn’t get any better than this, though no one should ever stop trying.
At
times, the keys flow down in triumph on this cassette if only to demonstrate
the victory that is within the lines between not being able to compare
something and setting the bar. It is
the little things like the cymbals on the fours and the Psycho-like ringing
that put Ill Clinton in the head of his class.
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