His legacy can be felt in the druggy, washed-out productions of SoundCloud rap producers like Ronny J-drums forward, bass up, atmospheres of druggy malaise smeared across the background like black paint and perpetuated by lo-fi samples. No longer beholden to the requirements of a major, he eschews features instead, Volpe gives us an unadulterated stream of his ambient hip-hop amalgam.īy now, the Clams formula is an essential part of 2010s rap canon.

The following year, he returned to his long-running Instrumental Mixtape series for a fourth edition, and now he’s released his second album, Moon Trip Radio. But the album came and went, and Clams Casino was no more a household name than before it was released.

Herring, it seemed like Volpe was ready to consolidate his own star power. After 2016’s major-label debut 32 Levels, featuring vocal turns from singers like Kelela and Future Islands’ Sam T.