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pses into the hoods of Arkansas or a lot of people, the first glim In mous documentary “Bangin’ infa now the d came when HBO aire es to the urban stat 49 the of rest the sed Little Rock,” which expo it, it’s been try. But let Tecero Muldrew tell underbelly of Razorback coun like that from the jump.
es that are world down here. You got plac “It’s really like a whole other ains. expl he ,” time e sam the at er beautiful but they’re still gutt to ent is quite possibly what lead Being a product of this environm l struggle, which has taken him to utifu bea ’s, Muldrew, a.k.a. Dirty Blac to make a position as one of the favorites the proverbial “next to blow” e coming scen Hop Hip l ona nati dent in the out of the AK. that shine is “The reason Arkansas ain’t got . Everybody here n dow y unit no t because ain’ they and on get to one wanna be the first ’re trying ain’t even got deals yet but they and step on to stop the next man’s blessing . says he each other,” iously the Not an elected official but obv poised to be is Blac e, tativ esen repr e’s stat his region with the first to give that shine to ind, which term Mas m albu the release of his uary of 2008 is slated to be released in Febr an album on Keep It Pushin Records. With he calls h whic d soun e atur sign full of his the multi“rangin’” (rappin’ and sangin’), self to bring faceted artist is positioning him ng that he ethi som e, gam the to ness a new t now. righ ds nee ely erat desp ic feels mus clarifies. “It ain’t like T-Pain do it,” he something for ng ami scre n bee e hav s “Fan a whole ging brin I’m y. corn not new that’s y’all of rest the for e styl different kind of ‘em to jock. Evto mimic. Something new for The way I spit, erywhere I go, they accept it. something it’s , sing I way the r, my swagge totally new.” l sales of Not worried about the potentia it, “they puts he as use, beca ind Masterm is more Blac Dirty ”, way gon’ bootleg it any a project concerned with putting together the formulaic that is a refreshing break from to. used me beco e hav y man tunes that It’s new music. “This album is not like others. m and one albu an get you how w kno You ? This ain’t rest the of all like ds song soun they’ve got like feel to ple that. I want peo hear this. their money’s worth when they n done in a bee ’t hasn It bar. the ing rais I’m // it.” do to ut abo I’m while, but Words by Anthony Roberts
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