A late 2000s beat tape

Hello pod people, How’s it all going? Summer is almost here in the UK, as is another political circus and a World Cup. What a time. So … I’ve been thinking about the hip-hop instrumental and 2000s’ beat culture, in particular. The spark being Flying Lotus first album 1983 , which was released exactly two decades ago. That’s mad. I remember picking up the record on my first trip to NYC and thinking…