‘32 Levels’, then, his first “proper” album, is a chance to rise above his legion of clones and cement his place in hip-hop’s hall of fame. Inevitably, Clams’ success has led to copycatting, and he hasn’t regarded the imitation as flattering: “It sucks,” he stated recently. A triptych of acclaimed instrumental mixtapes proved that his beats had enough depth to work without vocals, while production work for the likes of The Weeknd, FKA Twigs, Danny Brown and Lana Del Rey sent his stock rising ever higher. 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. Few producers have had as big an impact on hip-hop as Clams Casino.
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