Fashawn “Boy Meets World” album update
Fashawn’s new album Boy Meets World dropped today; needless to say, the internet has been flooded with material pertaining to the record lately. First off we have a the track “Samsonite Man” which features California native Blu; notice the beat on this track, Exile is a beast on the boards, and he produced the entirety of Boy Meets World. “Samsonite Man” is one of the finest tracks I’ve had the pleasure of hearing this year. [via 2 Dope Boyz]
Fashawn “Samsonite Man” (mp3)
In lieu of Fashawn’s 21st birthday—yes he’s only 21, and his birthday was yesterday—Fresno Beehive has put together a compilation mixtape that features tracks from Fash’s first seven mixtapes. I’ve given it a listen and it’s definitely worth the free download; those of you that haven’t heard Fashawn need to get acquainted with his music. [again, via 2 Dope Boyz]
Fashawn 21 To Grow On (His Best So Far) (zip)
We also have a video of Exile talking about the Boy Meets World album. As I mentioned before, he produced the entire album, and his production style is nuts. Anyone who has heard the Blu & Exile album Below The Heavens knows exactly what I mean. In the video he talks about why he wanted to produce Fashawn’s album in full, and he also talks about why he likes to work with artists on full length albums. [see a trend developing here? via 2 Dope Boyz]
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Judging by “Samsonite Man” dude is borderline boring. Sounds like a thousand indie rappers.
Would you know talent if it tripped over your foot Jon Jon?
Yeah Jon – what do you know about music?!
you can be really talented and really boring at the same time. for example, “a thousand indie rappers.” jonjon is right on that one.
i like the song though; it’s pretty.
and maybe this should be a longer post, but it’s hard to get excited about this kind of indie rap stuff these days. i mean, it’s great music, but we’ve heard it before. does that make it bad? of course not. maybe my standards are unrealistically high, and i should just appreciate a nice song when i hear it.
but i guess i’m just differentiating between songs i like and songs that make me truly excited for a new artist, or songs that blow me away, or songs that do something new. with this one, i like it, but i’m not going to sprint out the door to buy it.
Maybe I should have added another mp3. or two?
nah, but probably THREE more would’ve done it Timmy! haha
i know i’m the outsider here, and i’ll probably let lambasted for this, but i can’t remember the last time that i heard a “hip-hop” in general song that wasn’t a retread of a thousand ideas i’ve already heard before. isn’t lyrical talent enough to earn some praise? and if isn’t fresh enough, what in hip-hop is?…
*please treat me as being as clueless as i seem. i truly am a fish out of water, looking for insight about what’s worthy of carrying the hip-hop torch in the new decade.
That’s basically the ideology that I was going for Ryan. Fashawn has a lot of talent on the microphone; sure, he’s not Nas, but he does possess great skill for someone who’s only 21.
yo Alteez Fashawn is motherfuckin boring. ha what would I know? haha
ps. I wanted to like dude, his track simply gets no “rewind status”, dude it’s not your song it’s Fashawns’ don’t take shit personal son.
If I may ask Jon Jon, who does get rewind status as far as emcees are concerned?
MC motherfucking Hawking!
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