He seemed to be the type of artist that I simply wouldn't enjoy. I took pride in loving and understanding Hip Hop at a time when it meant something, before there were entire songs dedicated to jewelry or the like. This cat was young, fresh faced, clean cut ... does he sing? Yea I went there lol. However a couple of years after I dismissed this artist, without even taking the time to listen to his music, he was buzzin all over the net. I couldn't get online without seeing the name "ESSO" and although I was proud of the Harlem native for making a name for himself, I still refused to take a serious listen to his work. It wasn't until he was well into the process of making E-Day (his third installment of his mixtape trilogy) that I went to his Myspace page and was overwhelmed by what I heard. Simply put ESSO is a breath of fresh air ... he's a street wise, college educated, baseball player/model who can freestyle his face off, pour his heart out on a track and out perform some of your favorite mainstream artists. I downloaded everything I could possibly download with his name on it and I haven't been disappointed yet (trust me I was looking for the flaws lol) in fact his catalog consists of some of my favorite songs PERIOD! Lucky for you great readers you don't have to simply take my humble word for it. ESSO's music is free to download and his blog is witty and entertaining, go check him out for yourselves.Go to ESSO's Blog and ESSO's music you won't be disappointed
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