Urthboy has announced his much anticipated fourth album will be titled Smokey's Haunt and is set for release on October 12. The bold first single, Naïve Bravado featuring Daniel Merriweather, has seen some heavy support at radio and was named iTunes Single Of The Week—raking in over 30,000 downloads in under a week, and quickly spiking to #1 most added (all indie) track at radio.
Before his celebratory evening, Esco visited Hot 97 and got digital with Flex. He spoke on the concept of his album cover, Kelis' reaction and his recent VH1 Behind The Music episode.
There are rappers, and then there are rappers. Keith Elam, aka Guru, one half of Gang Starr, solo artist and innovator in his own right, was born today in 1961. He was one of those dudes,a real rapper. Representing BK via Boston, it was his voice that did it The way he rhymed, the flow, the attitude without being an asshole on the mic made him one of my favorite rappers.
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