upandcoming:LIFEINTHEFRASSLANE

i’ve been trying to give new music a chance since i’ve been sorta stuck listening to the same artists over and over. it’s kinda what i’ll do: i’ll revert to the comfort of some Stevie Wonder or Nirvana or Jimi Hendrix or Kanye or Lupe or Jay-Z or anything else tried and true that i consider to be my stand-bys. the problem with that is that i miss out on a lot of good new music. well, besides having DJs (Daniel) and producers/artists (Gerald) for friends, Twitter has become a good place to learn about music. i find myself stumbling across artists or discovering them through other people (i.e., finally learning about Sean Price through a YouTube link that producer Emile posted). this time, though, an artist sort of fell in my lap. ROCKSTAR R€MIX requested me back when my profile was private, and i originally thought it was just for the clothing line (pretty dope, btw). but then i found his music.

i'll admit, over the years, i've become a music snob. after "The College Dropout" and "Food and Liquor", i began to consider myself of the more "lyrical rap" type and i, admittedly, became a snob. but i'm starting to learn what listening to his group's mixtape "Fly or Die" finally drove home: i'm still a Harlem kid... allow me to qualify this. yeah, i love lyrical rap, conscious lyrics, stories... but sometimes you just gotta talk about what you wanna attain as a person, not just as humanity.

so, thank you RSNY and ROCKSTAR R€MIX for reminding me that restricting my range musically will only keep me from artists that are worth listening to.

here's the single off of ROCKSTAR R€MIX's upcoming album, LIFE IN THE FRA$$LANE. you can follow him on Twitter, he's true cool peoples, or just visit the RSNY website. enjoy.

peace.