Death Over Simplicity sets his own tone with ‘Til There’s Nothing Left’
Robert Duguay
Correspondent
Without a solid beat, rap is just another kind of poetry. Samples from classic tracks often find a way of creeping in to establish a groove and when the syncopation is on point then it can deliver an incredible listening experience.
Beats are vital to hip-hop the way cheese is vital to macaroni or how gasoline is vital to a running automobile. You can’t have one without the other and Worcester hip-hop artist Death Over Simplicity, also known as D.O.S., has been making his own beats for the past few months. The latest edition of his output is the beat tape “Til There’s Nothing Left,” which came out Feb. 5.