Producer Every is mostly known for his codeine-drenched production as one half of the rap group Jim Henson In The Vice Grip. When he teams up with J| | | | |M it's culled in the dark and dank basement recesses of trap, downtempo, and DJ Screw tapes. For “American Jukeball” Every cannonballed his cup of lean with two rails of white lady. What once was a post-emo, late 90's indie debut from American Football is now something far different and far less emo.
Remember when Andre3000 fast-spun Coltrane's “My Favorite Things” on The Love Below, and we all thought it was admirable and progressive, yet no one seemed to considered the possibilty it was amphetamine-inspired. The artwork for Every's “American Jukeball” mix, directly lifted from American Football's debut, will direct you toward such conclusions, but it's also got a similiar vibe to Andre's conceit, as jazzy and pristine samples are given a BPM injection. As Every flips the refrain “riding on that blanco”, juke hi-hats blip through the erratic samples. The jitters of speed are offset by J| | | | |M's intoxicants grocery list, further perpetuating the third eye vision influence, but at the heart of “American Jukeball” is a producer who's coming into his own after being the DJ Premier of his group. “American Jukeball” is not thrown together haphazardly during a late-night binge. Within the mix are thematic movements that guide the high into the inevitable comedown; back where it began for Every, staring into an empty cup of lean.
