By Any Beats Necessary

Electronic · 2016 · 27 tracks · 1h 23m

By Any Beats Necessary

A cinematic road trip through the American psyche. Dusty boom-bap beats meet soulful blues guitars and mid-century film dialogue in a haze of analog warmth.

It's like a Quentin Tarantino movie soundtracked by a French hip-hop producer on a road trip through the desert.

A restless, soulful journey that feels like driving through a desert at sunset with a box of old vinyl.

By Any Beats Necessary · vs · Wax Tailor

Road Trip+4.0σ

Road Trip saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 27 Tracks · 1h 23m

01

Hit the Road (Intro)

0:36

01

I Had a Woman (instrumental)

2:41

02

For the Worst (instrumental)

3:51

02

I Had a Woman

2:40

03

Back on Wax (instrumental)

3:16

03

For the Worst

3:49

04

My Burn (instrumental)

3:40

04

Back on Wax

3:23

05

Ecstasy (instrumental)

3:02

05

My Burn

3:41

06

The Chase (instrumental)

3:11

06

Ecstasy

3:01

07

Clock Tick (instrumental)

3:29

07

The Chase

3:15

08

Clock Tick

3:29

08

The Road Is Ruff (instrumental)

3:45

09

Bleed Away (instrumental)

3:27

09

The Road Is Ruff

3:46

10

Diggin Saloon (instrumental)

2:43

10

Bleed Away

3:23

11

Buckwild (instrumental)

3:34

11

Diggin' Saloon

2:43

12

Buckwild

3:43

12

Worldwide (instrumental)

2:33

13

Worldwide

2:33

13

The Phonograph (instrumental)

2:02

14

The Phonograph

2:12

Moments Worth Waiting For

the transition from the ambient road noise of the intro into the soulful, grit-flecked groove of I Had a Woman

the way the cinematic dialogue samples on The Phonograph feel like a lost transmission from a 1940s radio

the heavy, blues-inflected guitar riff that anchors the rhythmic drive of For the Worst

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