May 9th, 2011

Bay Area Banger

This is a cut from Young L’s sophomore mixtape DOMO-KUN.  Young L hit the scene a few years ago with The Pack, a post-hyphy rap crew who got some serious attention for their anthemic, hip-hop skateboard track “Vans.”  The group is still around today but less active, leaving Young L some time to explore the parameters of the polarizing and momentously weird “BASED” rap style. On “Loud Pockets,” Young L mixes huge 8-bit bass sound with a slacker flow, making a track simultaneously heavy and stark, laid-back but grindingly aggressive. Definitely bashy.  Throw it on in your “cinnamon limousine,” and shake your dreads out of that fitted!