Considering, as well, Volpe’s influence on Abel ‘The Weeknd’ Tesfaye – himself leading an R&B revolution – Clams is a man who’s gonna have a big say in how 2013 will sound.
Basically, Michael Volpe is co-ordinating a rap renaissance on three fronts: LA’s Lil B-fronted ‘Based’ revolution Orlando, Florida’s ‘cloud-rap’, spearheaded by Main Attrakionz and New York’s so-called ‘hipster-hop’, whose figurehead A$AP Rocky has Clams to thank for the epic ‘Palace’. Right now, Clams Casino is the shit-hottest producer in the world, the single point at which a clutch of America’s most cutting-edge trends converge.
