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Grassroots
Electronic · 1996 · 5 tracks

Grassroots

Tricky

Gritty, sample-heavy trip-hop that feels like a fever dream in a concrete basement. Murky textures and whispered vocals define this mid-90s urban snapshot.

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It's like a paranoid secret whispered directly into your ear over a broken drum machine.

A tense, claustrophobic urban fever dream that feels both intimate and threatening.

Grassroots · vs · Tricky
Lo Fi+1.7σ

The production is pushed notably harder into lo fi than this artist usually allows.

Tracklist · 5 Tracks
01
Heaven, Youth Hell
3:42
02
Tricky Kid
5:35
03
Devil’s Helper
4:30
04
Live W/ Yo Self
3:37
05
Grass Roots
3:49
Moments Worth Waiting For
The jarring contrast between the skeletal beat and the abrasive guitar stabs on Tricky Kid
The way the title track dissolves into a murky soup of distorted samples and heavy breathing
The unsettling intimacy of the vocals on Heaven, Youth Hell where the mic feels inches from his lips
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