artistspotlight:christianrich

a while back, my best friend Daniel put me on to Christian Rich… and by put me on, he basically told me about them and, like most artists he tells me about, inodded and smiled and kinda just went about my business. then he showed me their first video, “Famous Girl”. you wanna talk about geeked? this video was just about everything i love about good music videos: conceptually amazing, good storyline, intriguing, it got me engaged… and add on top of that, the music? not all of Christian Rich’s music is like this, though… check out the second video, “Stacks” which features an awesome Lil Wayne sample. if you get a chance, check out their mixtape, “I Found My Favorite Beats and Rhymed To Them While Watching Coming to America: The Decay Mixtape”. EPIC TITLE, first of all, but amazing music as well. my favorite tracks thus far are “A Dollar Dream”, “White Girls”, “Stacks” (even though the album only provides a snippet rather than the full song”, “Dooom!” and “Monday Tuesday Girl”, but no track on the album has disappointed me. while they seem to part of the growing trend of 2+ artists going under what seems like a singular act (see: Gnarls Barkley, Pretty Ricky, Travis Porter, etc), theirs at least seems to make sense, as seen in this passage i swiped from Wikipedia:

Christian Rich is a Chicago-based artist and producer duo consisting of Kehinde "Rich" Hassan and Taiwo "Christian" Hassan. They are twin brothers born February 5, 1982 in Chicago, Illinois to Nigerian Immigrants. With the release of two mixtapes and countless features, Christian Rich gained major exposure with the release of their video for single "Famous Girl" in 2009. Christian Rich are also the newest members of The Neptunes camp and have worked with Diddy, Clinton Sparks, Big Sean, Armand Van Helden, The Clipse, The Neptunes, Peter Bjorn and John, to name a few.

On top of all of this amazingness, they’re actually really cool people. you can check them out at http://twtter.com/christianrich, where they actually interact with fans, a quality i always appreciate in an artist. Trust me, they’re the types to keep an eye on.

peace.