Young Nudy & Pi'erre Bourne - Sli'merre review

The Guardian 80

(Paradise East)
With his crisp drum programming and weird and woozy synth lines, producer Bourne proves the ideal foil for Atlanta rapper Nudy

At only 26, Pi’erre Bourne is already one of the most distinctive producers in modern rap. By making his drum programming extremely crisp and system-friendly, he gives himself the space to get weird with everything else, using seasick synths, water-damaged samples and instruments that sound like they’re filtering in on a light breeze from another session entirely. He has since distanced himself from 6ix9ine, but the ethereal, jaundiced beat he used for the disgraced rapper’s track Gummo was the perfect foil to the shouted lyrics; his extensive work with Playboi Carti is exceptional; and this year he made On God, the best track on Kanye West’s Jesus Is King, its tapestry of synth lines evoking a mind wrestling with earth and heaven at once.