Suburban Fools, Breaking The Rules, Staying In School

Shout out to Dan and the Fat Lace team for posting this. Straight Up Blog Jackin.

Anyway, Asher Roth? Now I've been on this kid (no homo) for quite sometime. Not to be cliche with the "I've been listening to him since..." but I've known about this kid for a minute, 23rd of July to be precise. I like him, his wordplay is smart and I love the concepts. How can I not relate to a guy that grew up in the burbs, listened to rap music, went to college and loves getting smashed? Booze, Bitches and Black Star.

The first rap record he remembers hearing is Jigga's 'Hard Knock Life' for me it was either;

Run DMC's 'Christmas in Hollis'



Or... Cypress Hill's 'When The Shit Goes Down.'



But like Roth, I'm also interested in history and culture. I can totally converge and relate to Roth's time-traveling to a world of relentless rap, b-boy truism and just some straight up classic rap moments. After seeing this interview I have more respect for Roth. A lot of parallels can be noted in our taste and lifestyles; he's probably the first rapper I completely relate to personally. (NO MUTHA FUCKIN HOMO) More than just his music, I think as a person and an artist Roth is genuine, which is actually quite refreshing in the age of "Blog Rappers", Kanye West's and Fiddy vs. Ross style multi-media internet slews.

Roth has been in London this week, rolling with the man Semtex and hooking up with Chipmunk and Mr. Hudson. Kanye has also been in town for London Fashion Week and kindly passed through the studio to check on his British Boy Wonder. I'm surprised Sem hooked up Roth with Chippdy Chip, an unusual combination, I'm excited to hear what comes of that connect, two very different artists, but an interesting mix of clean UK Grime and College Rap. Watch out for Roth domination.

Kanye On Premo

For me Premo is the best producer, hands down. When I think of "Hip-Hop" A Premo beat automatically comes to mind. Favorite Premo beat anyone??

Mr. Hudson

I'm so pleased for Mr. H, he's rolling with the Good Music camp, been a champion of his and the Library's cause for quite some time, a humble, super talented guy. First came across him when he bigged up Itch FM in an interview several years ago and followed him ever since. He came to the Dizzee No.1 party at Bungalow 8 and the Camden show in the summer, and finally got to meet him after several myspace exchanges a few years ago. The Deal Real guys have worked extremely hard, and let's hope their relationship with Good Music and Kanye's team prospers. It seems Good Music and that whole collective have a real ear for what we are doing in the UK, John Legend and Estelle, Kanye and Hudson, its a beautiful thing.


BTW Consequence has THE best video blog in Hip Hop.

Fiddy Can Be Funny

I'm not a fan of 50 really, he's OK, 'Guess Who's Back' is a sick album, but a lot of the time, how he goes on, portrays himself and what not, isn't cool. This however is pretty jokes, I'm with 50 on this one, I'm not feeling the new Kanye record.