Chicago-area beatsmith Maker’s three entries into Now-Again’s Music Library series showcase the verve with which this underground Chicago hip-hop producer undertook an exercise in boom-bap era aesthetics: he dug deep into the Now-Again catalog and found dusty drum breaks to underscore two bar loops. With his latest, Systematic Soul, we find that the producer grabbing from the best of both worlds, from the riches of the ever-expanding Now-Again catalog.
Tracklist:
1. Spider Web
2. Moaner
3. Diaspora
4. Piledrummer
5. Bulldog AKA The Bull Doc
6. Bum Hug Drum
7. Transplant Drums
8. Cloud City
9. XLoveX
10. Angel Hair
11. Eastern Nights
12. Break Face
13. Transplant
14. Take Me
15. Chants
16. Badge Drums
17. Cold Drums
18. Do The Right Thing
19. Highlander Drums
20. Dutch Drums
21. Came Back
22. Floating Castle
23. Dead Men
24. Limousine
25. Limousine Drums
26. In Heaven
27. March On
28. Same Gang
29. The Nothing
30. Mushroomate
31. Rumor
32. Freedrums
33. Shout
34. Shake It
35. The Walk
36. Smile Now
37. Traffic
38. Do The Right Drums
39. Can We Break
40. Folk Drums
41. Good Thing
42. Weather Vein
43. Stay High
44. Right On Time
45. Satin Waltz
46. Darwin Drum
Digital. 2020. NAML010