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...