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The Ninja on this record
The groove locks at 130 with an efficiency that feels almost administrative: bassline rolling, hats crisp, and a vocal sample clipped to repeat every four bars. That D-minor key keeps the mood from turning sentimental; instead, there is a slight sourness, a tension that matches the stated energy of 9 without ever letting the arrangement boil over.
In a set, it sits where the crowd needs propulsion but not narrative. I would drop it after something weirder to reset the room, or before a record with more harmonic ambition to clear the palate. It moves bodies reliably, yet leaves little residue once the next track begins. There is a place for that, but it is a supporting role.