Video: Fashawn Interview w/ The Mash Up
Fashawn speaks to TheMashUp about The Far Left project with The Alchemist and Evidence, his dream project, his experiences working with Exile, his seemingly unexpected influences, where he derived his name from, top five albums of 2009, tour stories (a shoutout to America’s favorite Korean, J Kim), skateboarding, the XXL cover and his upcoming projects:
- An ode to Illmatic (Mixtape)
- Dangerous Minds
- His second album: The Ecology (2011)
Previously: XXL’s 10 Freshman for ‘10 (Mixtape)
March 16th, 2010 at 3:55 pm
KzA Says:
March 16th, 2010 at 3:47 pm
jcole and wiz the only good attributes of the freshman class…
^you misused the word attributes
March 16th, 2010 at 3:55 pm
well, maybe not…now that I re-read
I take it back. Still could’ve made a better word selection…but I deem it correct.
B-
March 16th, 2010 at 3:55 pm
Fashawn looks like Tyrese with Gary Coleman’s disease
March 16th, 2010 at 3:57 pm
*SHITS*
March 16th, 2010 at 3:57 pm
Lord Forgive Me…but Fred The Godson couldnt fit in his last youtube video
March 16th, 2010 at 3:58 pm
eskay throwing Republican Fundraisers in Austin?
March 16th, 2010 at 3:58 pm
He got rhymes tho…unlike that Precious bitch…
March 16th, 2010 at 3:58 pm
Who is this Gotti character?
*sharpens shank made out of Jedi Mind Tricks CD*
March 16th, 2010 at 4:00 pm
Gotti = Boosie
March 16th, 2010 at 4:01 pm
SMH@ dudes who call themselves Gotti but aren’t Italian or in the Mafia or named Gotti.
Especially dudes who are black.
For that matter, SMH @ everybody who named themselves after a drug dealer or gangster
who is 100x tougher than they’ll ever be. Props to rappers who make up their own monikers and or use their real names.
March 16th, 2010 at 4:02 pm
london bloke = beezy
March 16th, 2010 at 4:02 pm
Why is this caucasian old lady givin me the thumbs up at the top of the screen…? What does she have to do with TaxAct?
March 16th, 2010 at 4:03 pm
Seriously, what’s the point of bol writing about hiphop?
March 16th, 2010 at 4:04 pm
Fash needs to get with some better producers. Neither Exile nor Alchemist really fit his style.
Fash x 6th Sense perhaps?
March 16th, 2010 at 4:04 pm
Who is this Gotti character?
*sharpens shank made out of Jedi Mind Tricks CD*
^
gotti = bol
March 16th, 2010 at 4:04 pm
the jig is up (n)
March 16th, 2010 at 4:07 pm
baby jesus = matthew mc conaughy
March 16th, 2010 at 4:07 pm
An ode to Illmatic (Mixtape)
^
these hispter rappers need to stop. the 90s already happened. please invent a new lane. if nas tried to break his way into the scene with some old rakim tributes he’d be dead. be original, niccas. learn from So Far Gone’s success. but nah these cats all wanna be the same hipster rapper. shit’s super sad
March 16th, 2010 at 4:07 pm
*daps beez*
March 16th, 2010 at 4:09 pm
you misspelled it nigga
March 16th, 2010 at 4:09 pm
Beezy Says:
March 16th, 2010 at 4:00 pm
Gotti = Boosie
——
there’s a good possibilty you are correct…
March 16th, 2010 at 4:10 pm
If you’re not Italian and not a mobster and you named yourself any derivative of Gotti, you lost on some level.
March 16th, 2010 at 4:10 pm
nah these cats all wanna be the same hipster rapper.
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It’s the Attack Of The Clones
March 16th, 2010 at 4:10 pm
Hiphoppes > regular population
March 16th, 2010 at 4:11 pm
If you’re not Italian and not a mobster and you named yourself any derivative of Gotti, you lost on some level.
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You pussy.
March 16th, 2010 at 4:12 pm
What’s wrong with a doing tribute to someone who inspired you? And Drake’s career is a tribute to Wayne and Kanye.
March 16th, 2010 at 4:14 pm
Fash needs to get with some better producers. Neither Exile
————
no way… Fashawn & Exile sound dope together…
even Spongebob & Patrick Star would sound ill over Exile beats…
Exile = GOAT white boy in hiphop history … he can rhyme dope too…
March 16th, 2010 at 4:15 pm
AmpGeez A.k.a. Smoke Greene
0 mins ago
If you’re not Italian and not a mobster and you named yourself any derivative of Gotti, you lost on some level.
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You pussy.
^
Combat Jack
Combat Jack is generally known amongst military personal as masturbating during wartime. It was the name of an episode of Generation Kill, in which we see various soldiers in the platoon “relieving” themselves in humvees or while sleeping.
Other slang terms- Rub one out, jack off
From Generation Kill–
Soldier- Where did you go?
Reporter Evan Wright- I dont know..i was trying to find a secluded place..
Soldier- Combat Jack??
Reporter Evan Wright- No…i was trying to take a shit and ended up by the front gate, then everyone started shooting.
*
“and that’s the guy ya’ll chose to name your company after? NEGRO PLEASE.”
March 16th, 2010 at 4:15 pm
hiphoppes = Mexican International House Of Pancakes
March 16th, 2010 at 4:15 pm
I should get at y’all… but I think its funny I hit a nerve.
I been doin this since most of you were typing on ur apple IIe playing teach n type… fuck outta here!
But y’all get the Jay-Z / Jim Jones treatment…
Men lie, women lie, bloggers / commenters lie, numbers don’t
Not one of y’all on my level…LMAO!
Kids today…
[*shakes head again*]
March 16th, 2010 at 4:16 pm
Exile = GOAT white boy in hiphop history
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I’d slap the shit outta you if I thought it would work.
But it wouldn’t.
So I won’t.
March 16th, 2010 at 4:16 pm
Gotti Says:
March 16th, 2010 at 4:15 pm
I should get at y’all… but I think its funny I hit a nerve.
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this sounds hella Boosie … always on that attempted online reverse psychology bullshit …
March 16th, 2010 at 4:17 pm
Fash does sound better over darker beats IMO. I think he works well over ALC and Madlib. Exile is cool too though.
March 16th, 2010 at 4:17 pm
# AmpGeez a.k.a. Smoke Greene Says:
March 16th, 2010 at 3:58 pm
Who is this Gotti character?
*sharpens shank made out of Jedi Mind Tricks CD*
^^^^^
Funny tho
March 16th, 2010 at 4:18 pm
From Fab’s perspective, young hip-hop heads tend to be unaware of Nas’ early 1990′s contributions. “Nas, Nas, like Nas is so ill,” Fab told interviewer Karen Civil . “I think this younger generation of hip-hop really don’t know, like, I got a dude who rolls with me, he’s like 21, 22, he don’t know any of the ill Nas, he don’t know Illmatic, you just don’t know that Nas that I grew up with. I wish Nas would just let these young boys know he’s that dude.”
March 16th, 2010 at 4:18 pm
or maybe its Amp playing Boosie games …
since he wanna slap niggas and defend attacks on Gotti and whatnot …
NEway
March 16th, 2010 at 4:18 pm
And Drake’s career is a tribute to Wayne and Kanye.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
im sayin tho….
March 16th, 2010 at 4:18 pm
yo for real though if you had an apple before 2006 you fuckin LOST. Personally I think you lose if you have an apple ever, but thats just me. Yes I admit I take a mini loss for my iPod
March 16th, 2010 at 4:18 pm
Hl
3 mins ago
What’s wrong with a doing tribute to someone who inspired you? And Drake’s career is a tribute to Wayne and Kanye.
^
tribute is one thing, but Rick Ross is the name taken by a CO? It’s not tribute, it’s biting for credibility.
March 16th, 2010 at 4:19 pm
how are Alchemists’ beats any darker than Exile’s beats?…
they both white …
March 16th, 2010 at 4:20 pm
Yo Gotti > “Gotti”
March 16th, 2010 at 4:20 pm
I been doin this since most of you were typing on ur apple IIe playing teach n type… fuck outta here!
^
doin what exactly tho?
March 16th, 2010 at 4:20 pm
Gotti Says:
March 16th, 2010 at 4:15 pm
I should get at y’all… but I think its funny I hit a nerve.
I been doin this since most of you were typing on ur apple IIe playing teach n type… fuck outta here!
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Who sent this faggot?
March 16th, 2010 at 4:20 pm
Gotti is so much cooler than the bloggers/commenters… as he comments on a blog.
March 16th, 2010 at 4:21 pm
Gabba Gabba > Gotti Gotti
March 16th, 2010 at 4:21 pm
I’m thinking about copping that iPhone 4g
March 16th, 2010 at 4:22 pm
How we go from talking about a tribute to one of the best albums ever to Rick Ross?
March 16th, 2010 at 4:23 pm
ODEMIC Says:
March 16th, 2010 at 4:20 pm
I been doin this since most of you were typing on ur apple IIe playing teach n type… fuck outta here!
^
doin what exactly tho?
^*DEAD* That’s what I was wondering…
March 16th, 2010 at 4:23 pm
Toney Douglas > Dwyane Wade
March 16th, 2010 at 4:23 pm
Mr. First Says:
March 16th, 2010 at 4:20 pm
Gotti is so much cooler than the bloggers/commenters… as he comments on a blog.
^
do you… fuck what’s cool.
March 16th, 2010 at 4:23 pm
tribute is one thing, but Rick Ross is the name taken by a CO? It’s not tribute, it’s biting for credibility.
^^^^^^^^^^^^
but thats what alot of your favorite rappers did:
Pablo Escobar (Nas)
Frank White (BIG)
John Gotti (Irv and this overly excited commentor above)
Scarface (scarface)
Capone (Al Capone)
i could go on and on and on……….
March 16th, 2010 at 4:24 pm
hl Says:
March 16th, 2010 at 4:22 pm
How we go from talking about a tribute to one of the best albums ever to Rick Ross?
——
blame DBlock and B-Ease… Ross is they peoples …
March 16th, 2010 at 4:24 pm
Hl
0 mins ago
How we go from talking about a tribute to one of the best albums ever to Rick Ross?
^
i see now
March 16th, 2010 at 4:24 pm
How we go from talking about a tribute to one of the best albums ever to Rick Ross?
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You do realize what blog this is?
March 16th, 2010 at 4:24 pm
hl Says:
March 16th, 2010 at 4:22 pm
How we go from talking about a tribute to one of the best albums ever to Rick Ross?
^
that’s easy… between the best album ever and Rick Ross there’s six hamburgers of separation.
March 16th, 2010 at 4:28 pm
Really though Nas still is and always has been better than Fab. Fuck he talking about?
March 16th, 2010 at 4:28 pm
Amp, your writing is pretty decent on your blog,
in all seriousness. But what’s up with the sporadic updates?
Also, what up with that “D-List: Guys, Music, Blogs” ad at the bottom of the page with the dude with his shirt off staring at his fingernails?