BOOMBAPTIST レコード& CD

Review: BoomBaptist's critically acclaimed LP Boom Shakalaka finally lands on vinyl. It is a love letter to the basketball video game that was all the rage in arcades and on the earliest games consoles some thirty odd years ago now. It is a masterclass in trip hop beat making with nostalgic melodies, crunchy beats and samples packed with soul. The whole thing takes you back to that era in an instant but with some fresh modern production techniques. It comes on splattered vinyl for extra old school vibes.

Review: Rakim and Boombaptist join forces for this turbo-charged cut and paste job. The two short but sweet tracks on this little 7" are packed with eons of hip hop and b-boy history, all chopped up, spliced and diced into fragments that you will have plenty of fun pulling apart. First up is 'I'm Rick James Bitch'with planning bass, crisp boom bap drums and iconic vocal samples the on the flip is 'Jerry Mane' which is slightly less raw and a little more soulful and outward looking. Both are big tools for big reactions on the floor.