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The lead vocal is the standout part in this production for me. Not only is the performance effortlessly loose-limbed and authentic-sounding, helped by well-judged bouts of tuning waywardness (eg. during the drop-down at 3:01), but it also boasts a briliantly fluid and inventive lyric structure which makes a real feature out of creatively extending short phrases into longer ones....

There’s a characteristic indie jankiness about the mix tonality here, with a significant upper-midrange spectral emphasis that gets increasingly grating the more the track’s texture builds. But I don’t think there’s any single root cause – it’s more like an unhappy confluence of several different contributing factors. The first of these is the sustained upper-register rhythm-gui...

This production demonstrates one of the things I think hip-hop does best: taking a bunch of disparate sonic elements that many traditional music makers would disregard completely, or would never dream of using in combination, and fearlessly juxtaposing them into a unique tapestry that convinces almost by sheer force of character. Just the wayward tuning of the opening whistle, f...

There’s a fun little piece of production sleight of hand going on in this track. Notice how, towards the end of the prechorus the drums start to develop a roomier sound and the cymbals begin to open out in a classic “here comes the chorus!” build up. Have a listen: play_arrow | get_app Crucially, though, I’ve deliberately stopped that audio file right before the chorus downbeat....