Some of the mixtape explores a more traditional hip hop sound. An electronic mixtape, it features illbient, glitchbeat, and chillwave styles. Instrumentals consists of Clams Casino's reconstructions of backing tracks he originally produced for rappers such as Lil B and Soulja Boy. In July 2011, Instrumentals was reissued by Type Records as a physical release. It features instrumentals of tracks that he produced for various rappers, including some bonus songs.
It was self-released as a free digital download on March 7, 2011. Instrumentals is the debut mixtape of American record producer Clams Casino.
