Bonus Points - Off TopicSpotify Apple Music Busted Beats St. Louis producer Bonus Points scores high with Off Topic, an outstanding four song EP for the Cold Busted label. With previous appearances on Chillhop Records, Sundae Sauuce, Horizon, and others, Bonus Points delivers a dazzling take on boom bap beats and future funk. Bonus Points is a graphic designer by day and, in turn, his musical compositions reflect attention to color, form, and detail. These beats are visual.

and DJ T-Rock is a scratch-master responsible for battle records on the likes of Bomb Hip-Hop Records

" where ringing melodies cascade over booming drum fills like summer rain on a tin roof

Emapea - Ruffneck Madness  02:21

Shinji - For Some Reason (3:10)

Esbe - Fulfill / The Dream (6:56)

invigorating drum patterns

‘Dream’ is another tranquil song with a happy hi hat

Oilix - Surrealist (4:28)

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and vocal snippets all invoking a joy and freedom

this collection flows like a half-remembered dream through landscapes familiar and strange

and the undeniable funk that glimmers under starlight—evoking the sensation of grooving in weightlessness