Following last year’s Beaming EP with Vancouver wordsmith Moka Only, producer Rad Brown has set his sights on the legendary Detroit flows of Guilty Simpson with the 5-track project, Higher Level.
Known for his impactful working relationship with the late J Dilla, Guilty is world-famous for his ghetto-repping tuffness. Rad Brown has swooped in with a fresh soundscape recipe, all emotive minor chords and atmospheric, layered joints.
That emotional connection in the production isn’t random, reflects Rad.
“I started building these beats around samples that have left their imprint on my life in one way or another. The most prominent sample in War Outside is from the 1982 Rankin & Bass animated film, The Last Unicorn.