SAMIYAM Pizza Party KEY SELLING POINTS • Collaborated and produced for the likes of Earl Sweatshirt, Action Bronson, Pharaohe Monch, Evidence and The Alchemist • The first signee and release on the Flying Lotus label Brainfeeder (Rap Beats Vol. 1) • “His beats are languid, inspired by the classic sound of New York in the 90s: often sample-heavy, sometimes electronic, and always full of grit.” - The Fader • “At his best, Samiyam stitches together analog-synth patchworks that lope like G-funk with Thelonious timing.” - Pitchfork DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Samiyam Advancing the unfolding legacy of instrumental hip-hop at Stones Throw TITLE: Pizza Party is Samiyam’s Pizza Party: 24 minutes of off-kilter mobster music mixed CATALOG: L-STH2392 with a warm soul sound that is unmistakably L.A. producer and beatmaker LABEL: Stones Throw Samiyam. Praised by his collaborators Action Bronson, Earl Sweatshirt, GENRE: Hip-Hop/Instrumental BARCODE: 659457239213 The Alchemist, and Flying Lotus, Sam’s independent beat tape ventures FORMAT: LP and instrumental albums are revered by rappers, respected by producers. HOME MARKET: Los Angeles RELEASE: 01/19/2018 Pizza Party is free of samples from the characteristically dusty vinyl LIST PRICE: $17.98 / CH grooves and warped tapes of past recordings. Instead, we have originally- CASE QTY: 50 played synthesizer and FX in unison with the off-the-grid drum patterns TRACKLISTING (Click Tracks In Blue To Preview Audio) and aesthetic sonic swagger that Samiyam owns. The last track, “What Can I Do,” features co-production with Jonwayne. 1. Slime 2. Saturday Morning Samiyam grew up Sam Baker in Michigan. He was among a network 3. Swamp People of post-Donuts producers focusing on instrumental hip-hop beat as the 4. Jerky finished work, who found themselves migrating west and huddling in 5. The Boat Can Leave Now the scene around Low End Theory in east Los Angeles. That’s where 6. Pizza Party Flying Lotus met Sam and released Rap Beats Vol. 1 as the debut on 7. Little Cookies Brainfeeder in 2008. 8. Dog Sweater 9. Sour Candy Three other albums followed – Sam Baker’s Album (Brainfeeder, 2011), 10. Seattle Wish You Were Here (Leaving, 2013), and Animals Have Feelings 11. Rough (Stones Throw, 2016) – along with production work for Earl Sweatshirt, 12. What Can I Do feat. Jonwayne Captain Murphy, and Pharoahe Monch. PROUDLY DISTRIBUTED BY FAT BEATS DISTRIBUTION | 8920 ETON AVE. CANOGA PARK, CA 91304 | DISTRIBUTION.FATBEATS.COM.