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There are times when Blackalicious’ Gift of Gab just wants to be Tim Parker, and forget, even if only momentarily, about his rap career. His constant touring leads to an “awkward balance,” he says, between “a normal life” spent enjoying the company of his friends and family and his life as a world-renowned MC. One of the consequences of Gab’s always being on the road is that he’s had “less time to just kick it with...
...approach. This announcement seems to dovetail well with many other recent traditional-minded releases by artists such as Aesop Rock, Sage Francis (via his Non-Prophets collaboration with Joe Beats), Soul Position (RJD2 and Blueprint) and Boston’s own Akrobatik, many of which have emphasized the classic rap duo sound (one MC rapping over melodic beats provided by one DJ) over more dramatic experimentation...
...very excited about working with Seattle underground producers Vitamin B and Jake One, and getting a chance to be more of a “director” of the sound. But he claims that he and Xcel are still going strong. Even given the deep respect for traditional rap music that is currently being displayed, Gab claims that he and his labelmates are always looking towards future projects that “go beyond the borders...
Most important thing you’ve learned at Harvard so far: That my West Coast rap style makes the East Coast girls quiver...
...Harvard on the weekends,” he says. “I’m working at a grocery store, and a girl comes in, and I see her with her boyfriend, who’s extra big and extra thugged out. I’m trying to rap to her while her boyfriend’s there, and at the end she gives me her number and I try to leave with her and go to the party. The boyfriend of course comes after me because it’s his girlfriend and everything, so I have...