DJ Sliink and DJ Jayhood share two Jersey club heaters

by: Mitchell Rose Jun 5, 2020

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New Jersey veteran producer and former OWSLA member DJ Sliink is back with two new sample-heavy tracks in one week. First, Sliink shares “This” featuring DJ Jayhood, which opens on Rihanna’s speech from the NAACP Image Awards in February 2020. As Rihanna’s call for allies to “pull up” ends, Sliink and Jayhood usher in a Jersey club interpolation of Childish Gambino’s “This is America” for a politically charged club heater.

DJ Sliink and DJ Jayhood’s second upload this week interpolated Drake’s “In My Feelings” into another high-energy Jersey club track. “Jersey” is available on Bandcamp for purchase. The funds from the song’s sales will be going to support Jannah on Grafton, an urban gardening organization in New Jersey. Buy the track here, or donate to Jannah on Grafton’s GoFundMe.

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