Macklemore and Ryan Lewis recently dropped their debut album 'The Heist'. With a huge amount of hype surrounding it, they seemed to live up to expectations by releasing a soleeed effort. 'Thrift Shop' has to be my standout track but a lesser known cracker is 'White Walls'.
Have a go here:
One More for luck - "My oh My":
Their album is well worth a download and is available on iTunes.
I would have thought this guy would be huge in the UK already. Alas, he is not. Still, the future looks bright for the 22 year old rapper who's catchy hip hop is begging to be played on the radio. Upon listening to Logic, or young Sinatra, you can instantly tell he has a knack for lyrics and an ego almost a fifth of the size of Kanye West's. In reality, in interviews, he comes across intelligent, modest, hard-working, thoughtful and unique. Not one to be confused with the numerous rappers today who seem to get taken over by a lust for bling, bitches and the like, Logic says:
"You are not defined by the material you possess or the amount of money in your bank account, what defines you is how you attain them."
Brilliantly refreshing.
All three of his mixtapes are available for free and legal download. Get them whilst you can...
Toussaint Morrison is quite the character I'm told. He suffers from dissociative personality disorder which surprisingly seems to aid his music as he raps and sings under the guise of any of his alter-egos.
'Baby, I'm Bad Weather' was described to me initially as a "summery version of Atmosphere" - perhaps not the best critique of a 3 and a half minute song but I'm sure you get the idea.
Mix jazzy muted guitar with simple hand-claps and awesomely fluent rapping and boom goes the proverbial dynamite - you're onto a winner...
