I didn’t really know it was a special thing. Then when he heard it, he just flipped out. I didn't think it was anything too special. He was just doing freestyles on my beats, and I didn't really think too much about this one. That was at the time I was sending Lil B a bunch of stuff. I had all this other stuff of hers on my hard drive. Then I started to download more of her music to try to use it. “I tried, and I couldn't do anything with it. “One of my friends had sent me a different song of Imogen’s, and was like, ‘Hey, you should check this out, try to sample it,’” he tells Complex. It became Clams’ most iconic beat, and one that would cause a heap of legal confusion in the coming years.Ĭlams had been toying with the idea of sampling Imogen Heap for some time before Lil B convinced him “I’m God” was worth releasing. On “I’m God,” he takes Imogen Heap’s 2005 “Just For Now” and turns it into a swirling, circular, almost suffocating cacophony of beauty and distortion, with just enough room for Lil B’s infectious flow to shine atop it. Two years earlier, though, Clams had begun making waves with an equally gargantuan beat provided for Lil B. One of the best examples of this is “Palace,” the opener to A$AP Rocky’s $AP, which served as an introduction to a dominating force in New York.

He’s one of the originators of the cloud rap aesthetic, but his best beats aim for chest-caving enormity rather than ethereal calm. The New Jersey producer, born Michael Volpe, splices anthemic choirs with ambient rumblings, pummeling 808s with delicate melodies, and pop samples with trap arrangements. 'Worth It' was for Danny Brown, 'Leave With You' was for Lucki, 'Kali Yuga' was for Ghostmane, and 'Stem / Long Stem Remix' and 'Elastic Heart Remix' were remixes done for DJ Shadow and Sia.Clams Casino’s music functions on two levels: He makes beats with enough space for artists to comfortably rap over, while still retaining a melodicism that makes his instrumentals standalone gems. 'Surf,' 'Norf Norf,' and 'Summertime' were all originally for Vince Staples. Mixtape tracks 'Uncle' and 'Talk It' were originally produced for A$AP Ferg. The last edition of his instrumental mixtape series, Instrumental Tape 3, came out in 2013. He first announced the mixtape on Saturday, when he also shared the gauzy, spaced-out track 'Wavey.' 32 Levels, his debut album, was released last year. Instrumentals 4 features two previously unreleased tracks-'Say Your Prayers' and 'Wavey'-as well as a host of beats and remixes he's done over the last few years. New Jersey producer Clams Casino has shared the fourth iteration of his signature instrumental mixtape series.

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