Following in the footsteps of Pharrel and more recently Lupe Fiasco, The Pack are a sly hyphy crew that incorporate their passion for rollin’ on planks into their music. This single and surprise mainstream banger, ‘Vans’, see the Californian dudes in the hood spitting the praise of those, ever popular, waffle-soled shoes. Represent homeboy.
No tomfoolery here, the beat hits you straight up like a double shot of absinthe after brunch. A smooth, pulsing baseline that infiltrates those little muscles in the back of your neck, and like gentle peer pressure, makes it nod back and forth whether you like it or not. Lay that alongside solid rhymes with subtle, unique flow and you’ve got yourself a winner – luckily it’s released on download on December 4th.
It’s nice to see influence grabbed from the Beastie Boys present too, with what sounds like Stephen Hawking giving his best chipmunk impression in between each lyricist’s verse. Which, seriously, is catchier than a baseball glove. These dreds know what they’re doing and they do it hotter than the weather in CA.
Big heads up in Vans must be stoked on an advertisement like this, I may even go buy a fresh pair of old schools myself. ‘Vans’ is featured on The Pack’s upcoming EP “Skateboards 2 Scrapers“, which should be ready wrapped for crimbo time. Add it to your list kids!
The Pack have hooked up with Zoo York on this single. If you would like to win a package containing a deck, trousers and zipped jacket. Click here to enter.
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It’s fucking freezing here in London as this is typed, as cold as a morgue. DJ’s Zac Slack and James Sherry are hibernating at HQ operating on new radio shows to keep warm whilst you are tucked up in your home or work with the heating blasts.