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yes, that did happen. 100 different bay area slang terms in under three minute, and done in the utmost style. made me want to hear what else my man rafael casal had to offer.
so i did some digging, and it turns out, i’ve seen this guy around before. nah, not on the rap circuit or anything. he’s actually a spoken word poet, who was getting a whole lot of shine on def poetry jam as early as ‘04. and probably one of the few that i can follow all the way through their acts, plus he’s funny, and insanely intelligent. in fact, let’s slide you some of that footage real quick:
yeah, he did just rip that, didn’t he (and if you didn’t watch, go back. trust me. he killed it.). footage from a workshop he did in DC (i wish i knew the man was in town). i don’t know if he’s permanently switched to rhyming on beats, but if he can make more jams as crazy as this, i’ll be all ears (previous stuff by him is on his myspace). my bay area connect, kayla, passed this gem my way, and even though i’m not from cali, i will be there on saturday for two weeks, and will use this as my guide to conforming to that yay area lifestyle. yadadamean, bruh bruh!? if i were you, i’d get familiar with mr. casal via youtube clips, because he’s saying some crazy powerful stuff. a big fan, converted all over this one bay area joint. hope i can help convert the rest of you all.
DOWNLOAD: Rafel Casal – Bay Area Slang Top 100
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Why I love tha town. side note, dude is pretty vicious with the spoken word. One of my favorites is Black Ice…he kick that real shit.
Comment by Clif Soulo 08.19.09 @ 11:09 pm
yeaaah Casal had this dope poem I favorited on Youtube called First Week of a Breakup…illl…damn i used to watch def poetry all the time. wtf happened
Comment by BrutoBarros 08.20.09 @ 8:23 pm
That track is amazing. It could very easily have been wack but he did something with it.
BrutoBarros is right. Almost all my favorites on youtube are from def poetry… I miss it too
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