NYC JAZZ BOOM BAP

Written By Steven

SHANKS dropped NYC JAZZ BOOM BAP, a 30-minute instrumental beat tape built on dusty samples, warm jazz chords and classic boom bap drums pulled straight from the New York tradition.

Every beat here is made the old way: crates first, chops second. Cracked vinyl loops, muted Rhodes keys, upright bass walking under the kick, horn stabs buried just far enough back in the mix to feel like a memory. The drums sit where they should — swung, unquantized, snares snapping through the tape hiss like a Marley Marl record left out in the rain.

NYC JAZZ BOOM BAP is a full listen, not a playlist filler. The tape moves like a late-night walk through the boroughs: smoky and slow in places and always anchored by that 90s New York drum weight. It's a record for headphones on the train, for the studio, for the desk at 2AM.

Tracklist

  1. Tiger Paw

  2. Golden Nugget

  3. Gatherer's Gold

  4. Candlelight

  5. Naga Viper

  6. Charleston Hot

  7. Cherry Bomb

  8. Carolina Reaper

  9. Lemon Drop

  10. White Wax

  11. 7 Pot Primo

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