Simo Cell racks up heavvvvvvy lines of Memphis rap and new jack swing into trip hop, R&B and purple boogie on his TTT mixtape.
Symptomatic of the hotbed of rap and related styles abundant in the french capital right now, Simo Cell’s selections run it raw as f*ck for 85 minutes of squashed and smoked-out pressure. It’s a satisfaction-guaranteed pick for anyone with a nose in this trough of tough and tangy downbeat styles, cueing up stacks of proper deep south tackle, all pinging 808s and double-time chat, on the first side, before winding yr neck/waist between haunted alterations of Janet’s new jack swang, Leila’s ohrwurming R&B trip-hop and Tirzah’s supine bedroom blooz on the 2nd side, which also dials up more up-to-date strains of (t)rap and gooey soul.