The Jones isn’t entirely comprised of retro fetishism, however – James wisely enlists local production duo Nez & Rio to assist with a trio of cuts, all of which add a necessary variety to the tape. James goes further back still on ‘No Go’, building from elements of Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five’s massively over-sampled ‘The Message’ and doing so with enough conviction and earnest record-nerd obsession to strike gold. Jones’ is basically Biggie and R Kelly’s ‘Fuck You Tonight’ with a sly dig at the autotune-laced club hits that currently haunt the Billboard Top 100, but it works. Not as unashamedly bizarre and drug-addled as Chance, James instead looks to the annals of rap history to scrape out his persona, and on The Jones blends a knowledge of golden age production with a cynical, knowing flow. A far cry from the whirring hi-hats and aggressive chants of the city’s drill scene, this is a crew trying to do things just a little differently, and Caleb James could be their most obvious next breakout. While you might not have heard of young Chicago newcomer Caleb James before, there’s a good chance that you’ve come across his Save Money crew cohort Chance since the drop of his massive Acid Rap earlier this year.
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