Azealia Banks 1991 E.P

When I first heard Azealia Banks spit a bar on the Nike 1Love: Harlem campaign back in 2010 I didn't think in a million years her career would pan out in such it has thus far.

I knew she'd eventually get her just dues as you can deny talent, regardless of who holds it. Her flow, delivery and lyrical ability for such a tender chicken wing is pretty impressive imo. 
But still I didn't expect everything to pop off like this. Nor did I expect her music to sound like it does right about now either. 
Some of the production isn't my favorite, but I still mess with and so should you.  

Today sees the little miss drop a e.p titled "1991" under her label Universal. There are only 4 tracks, so I can only assume this is just a tester to see how people react. 

All tracks are below and are available on Itunes (here) all four for £1.99
You can't go wrong.

 

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Azealia Banks and the charge of the women MCs

Nice little interview with Azealia Banks, over on The Guardian
check it out (here)
Also shouts out to the girl for landing 3rd place on BBC's Sound Of 2012, check that out (here).

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Azealia Banks i-D Interview

My home girl Zainab Jama aka writer extraordinary, recently sat down for a quick interview with raps new baby girl Azealia Banks. Its a brief interview but its still worth a read.

When did it become a passion? When i got rejected by XL. That made me feel like, “How you gonna tell me no?”. It made me compete with myself more, for a while I let rejection crush me. Then I was like “no, this is about me not about them, I need to get back to my plan.”

Check out the full interview over at i-D online by just (click)

XL f*cked up on that one in my opinion.

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Azealia Banks - Hoxton Bar and Kitchen

Azealia Banks at the Hoxton Bar and Kitchen this past Sunday night was quite easily one of the best rap shows I've been to in a looooooong time.
The energy levels was on 100 from the lil lady, her stage presence alone was more than a lot and every song or cover was just on point.
That show put a lot of grown industry rappers to shame.
Still can't believe shes only 20, nor can I still believe I left happy with only 20 minutes of her on stage. Sh*t was BANANAS.

The audience was definitely not your normal hip hop crowd. On another note there wasn't a scenter in site!

Me and the young woman herself.

I almost had to check a few folks in the building when her joke went down. Don't be put off by the blurry focus on this one, its a must watch.

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