10 Year Anniversary of RL Grime’s Halloween Mixtapes

Every year, without fail, the father of trap throws down a mix of grimey trap, hard-hitting bass, hip-hop classics and spooky ambient elements for an hour of proper Halloween energy. It is so exciting to be celebrating 10 years of RL Grime’s highly esteemed annual Halloween mixtapes this year! Here’s a highlight of some of my personal favorite moments throughout the years. The legend RL Stine properly introduces every single mixtape, and as he says, these hair-raising, bone-chilling sonic journeys are oozing with sinister sounds, spooktacular delights and haunting rhythms. Listeners beware, you choose the scare!

Back in 2012 RL Grime released the Halloween Mixtape that started it all. Between the creepy kids singing the intro nursery rhyme 1, 2 Buckle My Shoe transitioning into a grimey bass takeover, dropping Kendrick Lamar classics and all of his own original bangers, it seemed impossible to top. A highlight from this mixtape is when he transitioned from 50 Cent’s “Many Men (Death Wish)” in his fan favorite track “Pockets.” Without disappointment, RL Grime continued to release mixtapes every year that not only topped the energy from before, but always stayed true to his grit and mission here: to deliver sinister bass music for Halloween spook-tivities…

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