Alfie James grabs your attention in less than three seconds on ‘The Liquor Store’. The beat is unmistakeable, the kind that has your head bopping back and forth and wondering how you haven’t come across it before. What follows is an exquisite production layering that combines an infectious and immersive bass line with a drum that kicks you into next gear. It feels filled, as if every element of the production has parts of it completed by bits and pieces of his slick jazz rap flow or the experimental instrumental choices interspersed all over.
Thoroughly unique and so simply smooth, Alfie James has a style that any hip-hop, particularly a UK one is bound to fall in love with. As far as the singles go, you probably won’t find one more enjoyable and slick as ‘Liquor Store’.