Alone Together

Riggins was Dilla's friend and drummer before he was anything else, and you can hear that lineage all over this beat tape — off-kilter snares, chopped soul loops, nothing overstaying its welcome. Stones Throw put it out and it barely made noise outside the crate-digger circle, which is its own kind of shame. Nothing here runs longer than three minutes, and that's by design. Run the whole thing twice before you decide which beat is your favorite.

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