Take the sampling ease of J-Dilla, the sharp articulations of Flying Lotus' bass and percussion, and the nostalgic glaze of authentic hip-hop with quirks à la Nosaj Thing, and you might have some small inkling of what to expect from Limerence, Young Montana?'s recent full-length off Alpha Pup. In our recent interview, Solar Bears tipped us off to Coventry producer Jon Pritchard's excellent, delirious experiment in sample-laced street bass, but maybe it would be better to hear it from the horse's mouth. In a 2010 interview with FADER, Young Montana? promised:
I think I’m probably more electronic but I still wouldn’t like to box myself in like that. I guess I probably do take an almost hip-hop-esque approach to sampling. There aren’t a lot of people really doing that shit anymore. But I ain’t just gonna sit there and churn out something from the ’90s all over again. My album’s gonna be a sonic adventure really, but I guess the most recurring part of the dream is an underlying hip-hop beat, in some smacked out form. The further removed from hip-hop it all becomes the better, I think the album will emphasis this more than I can articulate.
The promise, we can assure you, has been amply fulfilled. For a taste, listen to the album sampler posted on SoundCloud:
Young Montana? - 'Limerence' Album Sampler <<< OUT NOW by Young Montana?
As far as personal favorites go, it's tough. Like most of the work we write up, Limerence is best listened to in its complete form--it's built on a kind of seamlessness between tracks that really impressed us. But, if we had to pick our top two, Ray's vote goes with "Mynnd" and "Legwrap," where Alex throws down for "Sacre Cool" and "Hot Heathrr," which you can sample for yourself below:
Young Montana? // Mynnd by GammaRay
Young Montana? // Legwrap by GammaRay
Young Montana: Sacre Cool by ALPHA PUP
Young Montana? // Hot Heathrr by GammaRay
And, of course, don't miss Young Montana?'s remix of Solar Bears' "Dream Valley":
Solar Bears - Dream Valley (Young Montana? Rework) by Young Montana?
Keep up-to-date on his SoundCloud; follow him on Twitter.
-Ray & Alex
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