All beats included exhibit a mixture of bullishness and subtlety, the most powerful contributions being all four productions for A$AP Rocky (‘Palace’, ‘Wassup’, ‘Bass’ and ‘Leaf’) and the two for Mac Miller (‘One Last Thing’ and ‘Angels’). It is true that there is less detail and variation packed in, a little more space when compared to some of the material from Instrumentals, but it does not become a “difficult second album” by any means.
Instrumentals 2 is much more in the vein of Instrumentals than his haunting Rainforest EP for Tri Angle, although there is a definite trace of this. His latest self-release, Instrumentals 2, seems to confirm this while there is no discernible difference in his production methods, nor in his style, there does appear to be some separation and new ideas coming through. This was the answer Clams Casino gave to FACT when asked if his newfound appreciation as a solo artist would cause his output to change noticeably. I might be a little more conscious of leaving room for artists to do their thing instead of piling a lot into one track now, and save that for the stuff I definitely want to be heard as instrumentals.” “I don’t think it will make a huge difference in the process.
