Keys N Krates Playlist

"When I first heard this song I was baffled by the groove of it and the tempo — how the song feels. It’s one of those tracks where, no matter how many times you listen to it, you want to put it on repeat."

"Devin the Dude is one of those slept-on rappers from the ‘90s that I love. His whole vibe is weird, trippy hip-hop. If I was just having my boys over, that’s something I would put on."

"If there were a band from Mars, this is the kind of music they would make; that flute sound and drum groove — the way that song moves — when it comes on, it just creeps up on you."

"I just love the minimalistic side of that song — and how long it takes to even get into a groove. When you first hear it, you’re like, 'Where is this going? Where is this going?' It takes so long! It keeps you on your toes. And when he starts singing at the end, it just sounds like he’s going out of his mind."

"When I first heard that song — just that first sound that comes in, the bells and stuff — I was like 'Oh my god this is so music for me.' It’s so trippy. When you put it on you just go into another world."

"I remember coming to the studio and Greg [group mate Jr. Flo] was playing with some looped vocal track and I was like, 'What is this? This is crazy!' I knew that we had to work on that one, that vocal sample is so hooky. "

"This one immediately puts you in that world of Jamie xx and Jamie xx’s world is so left-field of everyone else's. From a producer standpoint, you can’t help but be a fan because he literally just made a song out of the word 'Gosh' — that really opened my mind, as a producer.

"This is one of the classic Outkast songs. It really embodies to me what Outkast could be. The way they rhyme on it, the beats, the vibes — it’s timeless, really."

"I remember seeing the music video and it leaving nightmares in my head — it was so weird. And that song, when it comes on, everyone reacts. Everyone is happy to that song."

"Curtis Mayfield had a message with all of his music, and it wasn’t pretty. It disturbed me. You’re like, 'What the f--- is this?!' It just hits you."