Instrumental / Boom Bap is hip-hop after someone finally had the mercy to unplug the microphone. The drums still punch like a door in a bad neighborhood, the bass still walks in heavy shoes, and the sample still smells of dust, vinyl and cheap miracles. Only now there’s no heroic fellow explaining his greatness for three minutes over a beat that was already doing the job. Good flow is rare. Good voice is rare. Good lyrics is rarer. Instrumental Hip-Hop gives you the bones, the blood, the swagger: the whole animal without the karaoke injury.