It’s safe to say most kids love peanut butter and jelly. I did not. Globby, purple and red preserves never appealed to me, which is why—in one of those inspired parenthood moves—mom always added honey to transform my simple bread and spread sandwiches into a “PB&H.” I still make them when I’m feeling homesick.
For me, Clams Casino and DOOM go together like peanut butter and honey. I’ve been enamored with the molasses @ClammyClams aesthetic since Lil B’s “Motivation” rang out of my tinny Macbook speakers what feels like forever ago, but was actually just 2011.
Clams’ production sounds something like heavy smoke slow-dancing on a secluded body of water. It’s foggy, thick, almost incantational. His warped echoes and melting bass hardly mirror the pastiche, crate-digging production of DOOM-collaborator Madlib or even DOOM himself, but this pairing succeeds specifically because of it.
With Clams at the helm, DOOM’s dulcet baritone fades into the beat like a fresco, laying down fertile ground for the cult MC’s blood-rusted-knife of a lyrical mind:
How you know octagon?
Or much less tetragrammaton?
To get the good stuff
You need to get out to the Amazon
With any luck, you might
Could score locally
Shhh, keep it on the hush
When you’re speaking on it vocally
Then you got to be on the in
A known member
I think I still own a little something
Since November, whatever
For anyone not familiar with DOOM, that pursuit of knowledge is better left for forums like Wikipedia and BitTorrent. I will say he’s been more hit-and-miss than legendary as of late. Maybe CLAMSVILLAINY is the answer to jump-starting DOOM’s stoned, sarcophagus’d creativity. Maybe I’ll listen to it when I’m feeling homesick…
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Clams Casino - Bookfiend (feat. DOOM)
![2012 may have ended on a down-note, but the past four months have been a deluge of traveling, partying, working… And compiling this mix* to optimize your early-summer evenings.
And so, The Mixtape, Vol. II would like to thank Mardi Gras, Detroit, Spring Breakers, old friends, new tattoos, Montreal, new jobs, RiFF RaFF, Camo Christ, Orlando, paraphernalia, new friends, Austin, Pavel Datsyuk, White Castle, Transformers, boat shoes and Oberon for inspiring all the sounds you hear above.
* Best enjoyed whilst inebriated.
Tracklist:
01. Hucci - Swerve02. Rustie - Slasherr 03. Riff Raff - Goin’ Hamilton04. Salva - Drop That B 05. Gucci Mane - Frowny Face (Emynd Remix) 06. Hudson Mohawke - Cbat 07. Bwana - Baby Let Me Finish 08. Drake - Started from the Bottom 09. ETC!ETC! & Brillz - New Jack Swoop 10. A$AP Rocky - Pretty Flacko 11. Mister Lies - Hounded 12. Kendrick Lamar - Bitch, Don’t Kill My Vibe (Remix) [feat. Jay-Z] 13. Cashmere Cat - Aurora 14. Daft Punk - Get Lucky (feat. Pharrell Williams) 15. Drake - Over (dJ eSenTRiK Remix) 16. Shlohmo - Bo Peep (Do U Right) [feat. Jeremih] 17. Walter Ego - Baby Benz 18. Jacques Greene - Another Girl 19. Shlohmo - Later
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![Some old tunes, some new tunes, all good tunes, most Mondays…
Who fucking loves New York? / Who is the biggest fan? / Who is a fiery cheerleader / Caught in some un-New York foreign land?
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Toro y Moi - Say ThatUnknown Mortal Orchestra - So Good at Being in TroubleLocal Natives - CeilingsKanye West - Mercy (Salva & RL Grime Remix)Tapes ‘n Tapes - OmahaRyan Power - I Don’t Want to DieCasa del Mirto - Deep in Your Mind (Welcome Back Sailors Remix)Chip tha Ripper - Feel Good (Gold Panda Unofficial Version)Dominic Lord - Pierce (Remix) [feat. Pusha T & Grimes]Joy Orbison - BRKLN CLLN (Michna’s Brooklyn Bridge Remix)Culture Reject - Inside the CinemaXXYYXX - Set It Off](http://25.media.tumblr.com/dacd625bac3c75f4fd350daafc5d885d/tumblr_mgzvdoQAYp1rc260ao1_500.jpg)
