Listen to Slam Skillet's New EP, 'Rachis'

I found Slam Skillet, also known as Sam Stevens, sitting pretty on a leather couch in Morningside Heights with Ableton Live open, ear buds in, head bopping back and forth to his newest beats. Though the Jersey-born-and-raised DJ only got into music production a couple of years ago, he's churned out a lot of solid tunes and has been involved in a variety of projects since, including producing with hometown friend snacs and a short stint in college in hip hop collective Bo$$ $tatu$ when he was a freshman.

In today's day, when anyone with a laptop can become a musician, everyone and their mother's coworker's good-for-nothing part-time-dealer nephew is calling themselves a "producer," but Slam is one of the few up-and-comers who deserves the title. An evolutionary biology major, Stevens professional aspirations bleed into his music— fittingly, the first track off his EP Rachis begins with birds chirping, inviting us right in to his head. In between taking classes and dreaming about animal morphology, Slam found time to create this five-track EP, and we want you to stream it, download it, and love it like it was your firstborn. It's really good.

Rachis EP cover art by Marcus Hunter.

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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/slamskillet
Twitter: @slam_skillet
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Shriya Samavai also had to google what "animal morphology" was, so don't feel bad. You can follow her on Twitter - @shriekeliene