Words by Tom Parker
Melbourne MC Arch the Rival has just released his debut album,
Inferior Interior – a ten-track journey that presents the artist’s penchant for boom bap and trap.
Arch the Rival grew up on ’90s hip hop – a time where boom bap (a subgenre which represents the relationship between kick drum and snare drum beats) was popularised by the likes of DJ Premier and Pete Rock.
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A versatile musical asset, boom bap continues to permeate contemporary music and is celebrated on
Inferior Interior
. Yet, there’s more to the record than one stylistic affinity – ‘Get Money’ is underpinned by a constant keyboard line, while bass guitar comes to the fore on ‘Real Bad Boy’ and a more steady tempo underwrites track five, ‘Women, Whiskey, Weed & Whatever’s Next’ – Arch the Rival’s first self-produced work.