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Rapper's Best Friend 2: An Instrumental Series
Hip-Hop · 2012 · 14 tracks · 33m

Rapper's Best Friend 2: An Instrumental Series

The Alchemist

Noir-inflected boom bap. Dusty loops and cinematic samples stripped of vocals to reveal the gritty, soulful architecture of a production legend.

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It's like a 70s heist movie soundtrack found in a crate of dusty hip-hop records.

A tense, cinematic exploration of urban solitude through dusty loops and heavy rhythms.

Tracklist · 14 Tracks · 33m
01
Chemistry Wars
1:23
02
Ten Dollars
2:12
03
Perfection
2:00
04
Lullabye
2:31
05
Gangster Shit, Pt. 1
1:55
06
Gangster Shit, Pt. 2
2:18
07
The Microphone
2:13
08
Pain
2:27
09
Far Left
3:34
10
Death Wish
1:59
11
Wet Wipes
2:21
12
Whole Lotta Thug
2:25
13
Killing Me
3:28
14
The Meeting
2:26
Moments Worth Waiting For
The haunting, slowed-down vocal chop on Lullabye that feels like a distorted memory.
The transition between Gangster Shit Pt. 1 and Pt. 2 where the mood shifts from aggressive to hypnotic.
The way the drums on Far Left hit with a bone-dry, unquantized swing that anchors the psychedelic sample.
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