"I may just drop something since it's 12.12.12 and I have my last final of the semester today," Thelonious Martin contemplated on Twitter earlier today. Luckily for anybody who has even a shred of appreciation for rich, soulful hip-hop, he obliged.
Twelve, as the title explicitly suggests, is a selection of a dozen instrumentals from the young Chicago producer's vault—and each one is as good as the next. Whether you're gauging the basslines, assessing the crispness of the drums or nitpicking the sample chops, you'll have a giant fucking headache on your hands trying to falter the kid's craft. It's no wonder Curren$y, Action Bronson and Hodgy Beats have all dipped in Martin's honeypot of hot production this past year alone.