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Artists discuss the 13 records that shaped their lives
Memphis rap in the early to mid-90s was made in a vacuum where nothing sounds anything like it before or after. It’s this fucked up mixture of John Carpenter synth lines with most of the lyrics dealing with depression and suicide. This only came out as a tape I think and has the greatest cover ever made.
With the UK leg of their European tour drawing to a close with sets in Bristol tonight and on the Quietus' Desertfest stage tomorrow, Lee Buford of the none-bleaker American sludge duo picks out 13 all-time top records and pens us his own Baker's Dozen
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