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. Defizit - History Repeats (1:45)
2. Defizit - Feed Your Head (2:21)
3. Defizit - Tear Shit Up (2:07)
4. Defizit - Es Un Sufrir (2:14)
5. Defizit - Not The One (2:47)
6. Defizit - Forgive Me (2:32)
7. Defizit - Thanks For Everything (1:52)
8. Defizit - Get Busy (2:34)
9. Defizit - Inspired By Life (2:27)
10. Defizit - Musical Masterpiece (1:51)
11. Defizit - Nice & Mellow (2:42)
12. Defizit - Money, Greed, & Lust (3:10)
13. Defizit - Coincidence (2:29)
14. Defizit - Divided States Of America (2:42)
15. Defizit - Out With The Old (2:29)
16. Defizit - How Many Times (2:22)