The future of HIP HOP - 2009 Edition

1) Kid Cudi:

- Originates from Cleveland, Ohio
- First hit 'Day N' Night'
- Kanye noticed him and had him guest on the '808's and Heartbreak' track 'Welcome to Heartbreak'.
- 'A Kid Named Cudi' mixtape blew up shortly after online
- Debut album 'Man on the moon' will be launched in the summer on Kanye's GOOD music label




2) Drake:

- Originates from Toronto, Ontario
- Drake stared as the crippled Jimmy Brooks on the new generation of Canada's cult classic Degrassi
- Drake's friend got Lil Wayne to listen to his mixtape. Wayne loved the first two songs so much he didn't even listen to the rest and had Drake fly out to Houston to start working.
- Nicknamed 'Drizzy'
- First mixtape 'So Far Gone' tore up the internet
- Download the 'So Far Gone' mixtape





3) Wale:

- Originates from Washington, D.C.
- Found by Mark Ronson and was signed to his label Ronson's Allido Records
- First mixtape called 'A Mixtape About Nothing'
- Album dropping in 2009 called' Attention: Deficit'




4) Charles Hamilton:

- Originates from Cleveland, Ohio
- self taught multi-instrumentalist
- Debut album 'The Pink Lave Lamp' drops in 2009 on Interscope
- Don't come across a dope flow like this every day...



Had to drop 2 videos...feeling him...




5) B.o.B.:

- Originates from Atlanta, Georgia
- If you like Outkast you will probably enjoy this
- Download 'My Name Is B.o.B. Mixtape'
- Download 'The Future Mixtape'


B.O.B "ILL BE IN THE SKY" OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO DIRECTED BY GABRIEL HART from GABE HART on Vimeo.



6) Asher Roth:

- Hails from the burbs in Morrisville, Pennsylvania
- Debut album 'Asleep in the Bread Aisle' will be released April 20, 2009
- Hit it big with the single 'I Love College'
- Sounds just like Eminem...except true to himself, and not gangsta
- Roth posted some of his verses on his Myspace page and sent a Friend Request to Scooter Braun, an Atlanta-based promoter and former VP of Marketing for Jermaine Dupri's So So Def. One week after speaking to Braun, Roth flew down to Atlanta and was immediately signed by Braun, who subsequently became his manager
- Braun organized a meeting between Roth and Jay-Z, where Roth was asked to rap for the Def Jam executive on the spot...and killed it.




7) Blu:

- Originates from San Pedro, California
- Been around for a while and is doing more and more collabo's with Dj's and artists
- He has been expected to blow up for the last couple years
- Like a young Common




8) The Cool Kids:

- Originate from Chicago, Illinois and Detroit, Michigan
- Made up of two dudes, who met through MySpace trading beats
- Totally Indie, and have released the majority of their music through their MySpace
- On the NBA 2K9 soundtrack




Those are the 8 artists I'll be tracking in 2009...I will get my indie rock list done soon. Thought that would have been the first one I'd tackle...but with the sun out today I was driving with my sunroof open listening to Kid Cudi and decided to put down MY picks for 2009.

Anyone have anything you think I missed?

I'll leave you with a classic jam...