Fashawn - Life's a Bitch (ft. Talib Kweli)

Fashawn - Life's a Bitch (ft. Talib Kweli)

Illmatic is among my favorite albums for a host of reasons, the first being that after listening to it, I can never be upset at whatever was grieving me before I hit play. That being so high on my list, I've been waiting for a new rapper to embrace Nas' masterpiece and interpolate it into his own repertoire. It took 16 years, and the commercialization and digitizing of hip-hop for it to happen, but someone finally jumped on the bandwagon. That said, I slept on Fashawn up until this very moment. Was always aware that he could rap, but for whatever reason, didn't give the man the time of day. Now that he's working on a new mixtape entitled 'Ode to Illmatic,' I am literally all ears. Check out the 2010 XXL Freshman (though he's been out for years) talking about his new project and the re-interpolation of one of my favorite songs...

Freestyle Friday (3/19)

Hey people!! It's a beautiful Friday afternoon (most of you probably aren't even gonna see this, but whatever) and that means we have freestyles for your listening pleasure. Last week I didn't post up any, simply because there were really wack ciphers going around. That's not the case. This week we have a written freestyle by Fashawn, who's quickly becoming a favorite of mine, after I kind of slept on him. He's talking about his personal problems and a bunch of other subject matter (rather than his SWAG, like 95% of hip-hop), so you know it's a good listen. The second one is from an oldie, but goodie. Nickelus F visited the homie Tony Touch and blessed his Toca Tuesday radio show with a freestyle in preparation for his new mixtape, 'Season Premier'. The last video isn't even a freestyle, but a recording of Big Daddy Kane explaining the etymology of the word 'freestyle'. A lot of heads (including myself) were using the term too freely, so he had to set the record straight. Enjoy your Friday, people, and keep it locked to Dear Whoever!!!!

Freestyle Friday (2/19)

What's good people? It's Friday, which means freestyles!! Today, it's the XXL edition of Freestyle Friday because of all the cyphers coming out from this year's Freshman 10. Honestly, we know most of these cats already, but I suppose it's time for them to step into the limelight. Check out verses from J. Cole, Wiz Khalifa, Nipsey Hussle, Fashawn and Pill...