“An A-list cast of cameos means Clams Casino's debut works on many levels”
“Few producers have had as big an impact on hip-hop as Clams Casino. His early 2010 productions for Lil B and A$AP Rocky earned him instant fame as the figurehead of a sound that came to be dubbed ‘cloud rap’ – a woozy, hefty, synth-soaked re-imagining of classic hip-hop. A triptych of acclaimed instrumental mixtapes proved that his beats had enough depth to work without vocals, while production wo”
“Clams Casino, like a host of other high-profile rap and hip-hop producers (BOOTS and Kaytranada being recent cases in point), finds himself wanting to get out from behind the controls and into the limelight. Fair enough, really. Having helped pioneer yet another micro-genre in the form of ‘cloud rap’ (it’s rap but a bit more ethereal – think chillwave with rhymes, if you remember chillwave) with ”
“Famed cloud rap producer Clams Casino returns with a star-studded commercial debut.”
“The influential hip-hop producer's debut album, 32 Levels, has two distinct sides: a uniformly strong rap side and a pop side that’s not nearly as engaging or distinctive.”
