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“braincloud 2120″ by Cat Soup

To call a Cat Soup project a “beat tape” is to do it a disservice. The Team Sesh guys hardly even produce for rappers like that anymore, and when they do, it’s only cause they’re making money hand over first selling leases to their ravenous fans. Rather, the main draw with these guys is themselves and their own solo music. It’s a lot of poppin’ rappers that aren’t putting nearly enough effort into their songs to warrant wasting a finely crafted instrumental such as those on “braincloud 2120″. These guys are better off standing on their own as creatives, so that’s exactly what they do.

“disruption” by ghost/\/ghoul & Cat Soup

With five projects in the last two months, ghost/\/ghoul’s been on a creative  tear like we haven’t seen from a Team Sesh artist in a minute. The crew’s known to drop at that kind of rate as a collective, but for just one member to put out that much music in such a short amount of time is practically unheard. “disruption” with Cat Soup is my personal favorite out of the handful, but there’s something for everybody who can respect a quality Team Sesh instrumental album. 

“aerum” by Cat Soup

There was a time when instrumentals made up like 90% of the uploads on Soundcloud, but in 2017, it seems that rappers have flooded the game. The one crew that seems to be keeping the producer-as-lead-artist spirit alive though, is Team Sesh. Several members of the group have been dropping little 5 track EPs here and there for years, but as the format has become less prevalent, Cat Soup in particular has doubled down. At 31 tracks, “aerum” may be his most extensive release to date. Whereas other beat-makers insist on having vocalists atop their music, Cat Soup continues to bless us with massive amounts of music, unburdened with the words of aspiring Soundcloud rappers.

I'm doing vocals of course and Logan is of course doing the beats.