Summary: What’s the opposite of sampling when constructing a great loop? Kassa Overall has some ideas. On his recent album Go Get Ice Cream and Listen to Jazz , the Seattle-born, New York-based artist often lays the groundwork for a great song by capturing a stellar collaborative improvisation, steering the flow from behind the drum kit. Then he digitally modifies those organic performances to create precise hip-hop compositions that feature his own ethereal lyricism.
