By creating dreamy, atmospheric beats in his bedroom in New Jersey, producer
Clams Casino (real name Michael Volpe) has helped popularise a slower, syrupy,
more hypnotic style of hip-hop and crafted backing beats for a new generation of
rap stars. Inspired by listening to the likes of Mobb Deep, Cam'ron, The Prodigy
and Wu Tang Clan, he started experimenting with samplers when he was 14 and
later began sending his instrumentals to his favourite artists through MySpace.
He was still a college student studying Physical Therapy when Lil B took an
interest in his experimental style, ...