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Tacklebox: The Mixtape
Hip-Hop · 2010 · 15 tracks · 41m

Tacklebox: The Mixtape

The Cool Kids

Skeletal 808s and deadpan flows define this mixtape. A masterclass in minimalist hip-hop that feels like a humid summer night in a concrete city.

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It's the ultimate 'windows down, bass up' mixtape for when you're feeling yourself.

A laid-back, ultra-confident swagger that feels like a warm breeze through a car window.

Tacklebox: The Mixtape · vs · The Cool Kids
Summer+1.2σ

Summer saturates this record notably more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 15 Tracks · 41m
01
Fishing Lessons
3:26
02
Flying Kytes
3:36
03
Freak City
2:14
04
So Neat
2:47
05
Going Camping
2:44
06
Volume II
1:42
07
Birthdays
2:17
08
Great Outdoors
2:42
09
Strawberry Girl
2:57
10
Systems
3:03
11
Good Afternoon
3:16
12
Parking Lot
2:58
13
Summer Nights
3:16
14
Los Angeles Leakers (outro)
0:41
15
Gettin' Flicked
3:45
Moments Worth Waiting For
the way the bass drops into a hollow, cavernous groove on track 1 setting the minimalist tone
the subtle cowbell and dry clap patterns that drive the rhythmic pocket of track 11
the effortless hand-off between Chuck Inglish and Sir Michael Rocks over a skeletal drum loop on track 13
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