PLAN B

not far behind dizzee on my list of non-american (ie britishhh) mc's is plan b (myspace). the best, -- and the most common way to describe him -- is as a thinking mans eminem... (a) he's white (b) he raps as different characters, or he tells a lot of story raps, and (c) he's often offensive. but the reason i like him, and the reason i never respected em, is that he seems to have an underlying social message (lol).

i wish i had the time or energy to dig through a bunch of plan b interviews, but the general impression i've always got is that he says what he says as hyperbole, to poke out how ridiculous x-behavior is. i also like him because i read he began his career as a justin-timberlake-with-guitar type, but when that wasn't working he was like "fuk that its time for plan b" which i guess was just b being b?? anyway so i liked his name.

plan b - cast a light (jose gonzalez) (zshare)
i mentioned this a few posts ago, in the folk grab bag jawn... jose's chorus works pretty well and its a clever enough concept. he has a mixtape of rock songs called paint it blacker, which is prolly a worn-out idea but he's british so i pretend he's the first to do it.

plan b - wild horses (rolling stones) (zshare)
same tape as the first song, here with the stones. its a nice break from southern rap to put this on, kinda chill but w/o a lot of the indierap pretension. i'm not sure how big he is in england.

plan b - no good (zshare)
one of my favorite cuts from his album, i love the beat, and the guitar works well enough with it. this is a real sick one, he had a mixtape where he put the beat over kidz too. not his best lyrical work though (matter fact none of these showcase his best... check out his albummm on itunes)