Spark Master Tape ‎– The #SWOUP Serengeti (2013) (FLAC + 320 kbps)

Spark Master Tape’s second and most recent project, The #SWOUP Serengeti, has more than one thing going for it. Over the course of 16 tracks, The #SWOUP Serengeti caroms from one great beat to the next: there is the game show “think music” and melancholic atmospherics of “Half of Nepal;” the bone-rattling, propulsive bass of “Piñata;” the jazzy summertime lilt of “Mutual Fund;” the drunken big-top lurch of “Coke & Coco Pops;” and a progression of smoky private eye saxophone licks, 8-bit bleeps, and cinematic strings on the multi-part title track. The mixtape often features surprising sonic turns and shifting structures, flows nicely from track to track, and has a frenzied, unhinged air due to the sounds of gunshots, sirens, air horns, and madhouse laughter peppered throughout. It all results in a weird, soupy morass that still hangs together as a whole. Simply put: The #SWOUP Serengeti is, along with Chance the Rapper’s Acid Rap, one of the best and most consistently produced mixtapes of the year.

1 Charity 1:26
2 Half Of Nepak 3:06
3 Murder Monsoon Featuring – Kai Sky Walker 3:05
4 Piñata 2:17
5 Charlies Episode 3:21
6 Mutual Fund 3:23
7 All I Know 4:13
8 Soup Cartridge Assembly 0:52
9 Hanson Brothers 1:55
10 Leave My Crib Featuring – Dat Nigga Nug 4:08
11 Tina Tuna 1:39
12 Coke & Coco Pops 3:46
13 The #SWOUP Serengeti 3:53
14 Castles & Towers 3:25
15 Spokken Moonshine 3:13
16 Studio Time 1:05

FLAC / MP3 320