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Sleeper x Thelem x Mesck 'Ghettonomics' EP (Crucial Records)
Robust, hybrid sounds from a trio of producers on Crucial Records, each of whom take it in turns to amp up the bass across four new tracks. Opener ‘Strawberry Cough’, the only collaboration between all three, is hard-as-nails grime fodder, although engineered with a subtle dubstep lean, while Sleeper and Thelem offer up booming, Mad Decent-style trap beats on ’Squeeze Off’. Title track ‘Ghettonomics’, punctuated by muffled phone conversations and classic rap samples that all feel a bit unnecessary, does hammer home, albeit with an ageing sense of swagger, while final track ‘Fukka’ sees Sleeper and Mesck heat up the sub bass on ‘Fukka’.
6/10
