Oakland producer sndtrak strikes back. True to its name, FLIPS V2: FLIP-TUCK (only available on Bandcamp for now) features well-known tracks from the 70s and 80s, dissected, blended, flipped, and rearranged into fat and juicy hip hop instrumental beats. It’s all hits—”Everybody Loves the Sunshine” by Roy Ayers, “I Can’t Stand the Rain” by Ann Peebles, “Computer Love” by Zapp, “Give It to Me Baby” by Rick James, “Take Your Time (Do It Right)” by the S.O.S. Band, “Remind Me” by Patrice Rushen—and that’s part of what makes it irresistible. But it’s also the brazenness of taking obvious tracks and actually having the creativity to make them new again.
My personal favorite has to be the flip of the “Castle Theme” from the NES classic Super Mario Bros. Maybe I just played those early video games at the right time in my childhood brain development, but something about 8-bit and 16-bit music sounds so absolutely sweet and luscious; sndtrak takes the original and turns it into a verifiable slap, making you wonder if Princess Peach even wanted to be rescued from Bowser.
