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Retarded Alligator Beats
Hip-Hop · 2015 · 16 tracks · 20m

Retarded Alligator Beats

The Alchemist

Sixteen bite-sized instrumental vignettes of gritty, sample-heavy hip-hop. A murky collection of loops that feel like a lost noir soundtrack found in a basement.

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It's like a 20-minute fever dream through the world's grittiest record store.

A murky, psychedelic descent into urban isolation and analog grit.

Retarded Alligator Beats · vs · The Alchemist
Instrumental Only+1.0σ

The vocals lean notably further into instrumental only than the rest of the catalogue.

Tracklist · 16 Tracks · 20m
01
Summer Maddness
0:56
02
Muscular Infant
1:43
03
Steve McQueen Jacket
0:29
04
Bloodhounds
1:39
05
Voodoo
2:53
06
Drug Break
1:12
07
Retarded Alligator
1:11
08
Seven Minutes
0:51
09
Jane Meets Chrissy
0:58
10
Kirk Fuckin Douglas
1:24
11
Flipping Like Napoleon
1:34
12
Holy Tabernacle
0:57
13
Knife Confrontation
1:10
14
Gigantic Claim
0:25
15
A Million Cigarettes
1:27
16
Still Ill
1:20
Moments Worth Waiting For
The abrupt, jarring transition into the heavy psych-rock guitar loop on Voodoo
The way the drums on Retarded Alligator feel slightly behind the beat, creating a stumbling momentum
The eerie, pitch-shifted vocal sample that floats over the skeletal percussion of Knife Confrontation
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