S-Type: “I never hear people playing or talking about this one anymore. I still play this one out in my sets.” 05.

Along with Timbaland, they helped me appreciate good pop music, but their work with Clipse is some of the best rap music of all time. S-Type: “The Neptunes are genius producers/songwriters, making both sweet melody-driven pop and minimal street bangers. This beat is particularly dope because of the half-time switch up at the end, which, Dilla said in an interview, was an homage to Timbaland.” 04. S-Type: “I feel like Dilla’s electronic era isn’t as celebrated as his soulful side. I tried to pick a range of different styles and opted for some less obvious ones – some that people may have forgotten.” 01.

“The vocals on these songs are great – some are absolute classics – but I’ve picked some instrumental versions that are just as strong, to play out or just listen on headphones,” S-Type explains, “These aren’t necessarily my favourite beats of all time, as I would’ve struggled to do a top 100, let alone 10. Listening to his choices should give you an insight into some of the sonic obsessions that manifest themselves in his own crashing, melodic beats. ‘SV8’ sees S-Type continue to open his world out to collaborators, with Lunice, Yung Gud, and Inkke all making appearances on its three tracks.īefore its release, S-Type has picked out a selection of his favourite rap and R&B instrumentals. Not wanting to drop momentum, he’s lined up a new EP for release with longtime home LuckyMe. Besides dropping his ‘Rosario’ EP – a record that somehow managed to be even bigger than his alreay-pretty-huge ‘Billboard’ EP before it – the Edinburgh-hailing rap producer also worked with Hudson Mohawke and Nick Hook on the ludicrous, gargantuan Rap Monument project and soundtracked Astrid Andersen’s collection at the London Menswear A/W 2015 last month.

The best rap instrumentals