|
 Brooklyn
has a long standing tradition for greatness, whether it was
the Brooklyn Dodgers, Mike Tyson, a Spike Lee joint or the
legacy of Christopher Wallace.
Brooklyn has always produced a certain magic. Just when the
magic seems to have passed away, retired, or gotten jerked
by Don King, enters Franklin Rossman aka. Shakespeare, and
all the 24-year old wants is for the world to "feel" him.
"When writing a song, I try to find ideas that everyone
experiences at some level", answers Shake when asked about
his creative process. "Everybody experiences death, love,
hate, and betrayal", he adds. Not only is Shakespeare
willing to relate to his audience, he is also willing to
show them a vulnerability within himself that most rappers
would never own up to.
On his lead single, "Hater", Shakespeare admits to being a
player hater, showing distaste for everything from trucker
caps, to "rappers with a clothing line".
On the Moss produced track Shake challenges the notion that
all rappers must fit into a cookie-cutter, fitted-cap mold,
while using a melodic flow with more substance than Boston
George; which is why Complex Magazine chose to run the verse
in its inaugural "Dial-A-Freestyle" section
In Rotation / On Demand and most definitely Sucker Free
The Incomparable Shakespeare's 1st EP, Heavy Rotation, is up for
download. You can download it from
www.sharebee.com/3c9665ad (as a zipped file) or
www.shakeink.podomatic.com (as a podcast)
Also you can view Shakespeare's MTV "Sucker Free" Freestyle here
www.youtube.com/shakeink
And last but certainly not least check out The new mixtape/podcast
"The Instant Classic" now available Download or listen to it
at
www.shakeink.podomatic.com
|
|
