“You like that white people shit.” A statement I heard growing up all too often. Being black and into rock wasn’t the norm to the people around me, so I can just imagine what it was and still might be like for white kids who are into Hip-Hop. We would like to believe that music is universal, but no matter what, a white rapper is going to turn heads until the end of time, even if Eminem continues to be mainstay.
So yes, when I heard of Spose I was like, oh here we go…let’s see what this is all about. One listen and I knew I had to at least give The Audacity! a listen. The songs instantly reminded me of Asher Roth (is that guy even still around?) and not for the obvious reasons. I heard that same, say whatever comes to mind and sounds good to a beat, mentality in Spose’s lyrics. He drops some of the most random references and lines like “bumpin Fiona Apple,” Casey Anthony and Lady Antebellum. Those are three different tracks too, so every time the next song starts, you’re going to be doing a double take like, did he just say that?
It’s a young record that you would hear on MTVU. The songs are entertaining, but a drawback for me which might be because I’m a stickler for traditional structure, was the set-up of some of the songs. You might consider “Blow My Candle Out” and “Brain Not A Chain” as different and interesting, I just took it as kind of to use internet speak, wtf. So that could be what sets apart from other rappers out there, he’s not afraid to be a little out there. More power to him if people take his approach and run with it.
He claims in “Geewillikers” that his music is something “strippers can’t dance to” and he’s right. It’s not club Hip-Hop where the beat is dropped for a girl to wrap herself around a pole. It’s for a dorm room, Kappa Kappa’s next kegger on a random Wednesday. Like the above, the lines have their random occurrences, but Spose does have tales to tell, the one told most often in all music is very present in The Audacity!, the I’m going to make it story. Check out “2002” and “Million Dollar Bill” for those perseverance tracks.
The layout’s original, the lyrics are attention-grabbing and the man behind it proves that artistic expression comes in all sorts of packaging. The Audacity! is set to hit your ears April 17th and is for Hip-Hop fans who like it a their sound a little diverse and wave their red party cups in the air during Asher Roth or Childish Gambino.
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