Both old school and fresh in its beatscape, The Numb Project take you down an immersive and groovy trip-hop sedative experience on “Busted”. The beat from this Portland based project is sumptuosly smooth, with the breakdown around the one minute twenty second mark being a particular highlight. It’s such a relaxing and lackadaisical soundscape, the kind of free flowing yet smooth bop that has you feeling sedated and elevated all at once. Both lo-fi and classical sounding at the same time, the stripped down nature of the track coupled with the slow moving rhythm makes for the ideal track for a Kota The Friend type rapper to hop on to.
Ebbing and flowing with subtlety and crispness, “Busted” is showing a new wave and side to lo-fi hip-hop stylists.