Fashawn & J. Cole

A quick second post here, cause I can't start this off with just one post. Since coming back to Ireland from California last month, I've checked out over 500 new songs (well to my library at least) I frequent music forums and what not always on the look for new shit. I came across two great hip-hop artists, Fashawn & J. Cole.

Fashawn is a hip-hop act from California. Unlike many rappers today, he doesn't speak of himself slanging coke and flipping bricks, but instead speaks from a third persons point of view on various situations he has seen growing up as a kid. He currently is working on a mixtape, on which he will rhyme over all the beats from Nas' classic Illmatic. His first cd, Boy Meets World is a great venture and a solid listen all the way through. This is my favorite song off the album When She Calls


Full album here
Tracklist:
1. Intro
2. Freedom
3. Hey Young World (feat. Aloe Blacc & Devoya)
4. Stars
5. Life as a Shorty (feat. J. Mitchell)
6. The Ecology
7. Our Way (feat. Evidence)
8. Why
9. Samsonite Man (feat. Blu)
10. Father
11. Sunny CA (feat. Co$$ & Mistah Fab)
12. Bo Jackson (feat. Exile)
13. Lupita
14. When She Calls
15. Boy Meets World
16. The Score (feat. Planet Asia) (bonus track)
17. Breathe (feat. Bravo) (bonus track)
18. The Outer City (bonus track)


This other artist, J. Cole was recently signed by Jay-Z. You know the first guy signed by Jay himself has to be good, so I really don't feel I need to go further. His debut album has yet to drop (expected late 2010) however his mixtape 'The Warm Up' has been in constant rotation on my playlist. Here is one of my favorites "Can I Live"


Full Album Here
Tracklist:
1. Intro (The Warm Up)
2. Welcome
3. Can I Live*
4. Grown Simba
5. Just To Get By
6. Lights Please
7. Dead Presidents II
8. I Get Up
9. World Is Empty
10. Dreams ft. Brandon Hines
11. Royal Flush
12. Dollar and a Dream II
13. Water Break (Interlude)
14. Heartache**
15. Get Away
16. Knock Knock
17. Ladies ft. Lee Fields and The Expressions
18. Til’ Infinity
19. The Badness ft. Omen
20. Hold It Down
21. Last Call



-Craz3r