Growth Spurt features 16 crucial Central Valley beats from Stockton, California’s Defizit. Released on the Cold Busted label, the album by the self-described ‘beatmaker/producer/taco truck aficionado’ delivers vinyl-poppin’ assemblages of rare samples, smooth loops, and tough drum licks. More developed than a mere beats-album, Growth Spurt simmers and flows through its sixteen cuts, providing a heady jam for late night cruising or musing.
Among the highlights are the lounge-jazz-turned-space-funk cut “Feed Your Head”; “Not The One” with its moody string motifs mixed over hip hop drops and scratches; the dreamy acoustic boom-bap of “Get Busy”; and the intricately arranged samples in the pensive “Money, Greed & Lust”. Laid-back and fresh, Defizit’s Growth Spurt is the gift that keeps on giving.
| 1 | History Repeats |
| 2 | Feed Your Head |
| 3 | Tear Shit Up |
| 4 | Es Un Sufrir |
| 5 | Not The One |
| 6 | Forgive Me |
| 7 | Thanks For Everything |
| 8 | Get Busy |
| 9 | Inspired By Life |
| 10 | Musical Masterpiece |
| 11 | Nice & Mellow |
| 12 | Money, Greed, & Lust |
| 13 | Coincidence |
| 14 | Divided States Of America |
| 15 | Out With The Old |
| 16 | How Many Times |
