Curly Castro ft. Has-Lo - Coal

Curly Castro - Coal

Featuring: Has-Lo

Producer: Georgia Anne Muldrow

Album: FIDEL

Label: Man Bites Dog Records

For youth of color growing up in a majority white society, life presents a constant dilemma: emulate the dominant culture and lose the respect of your homies, or keep it real and damage your chances of success beyond the hood. On his debut DJBooth feature, making its world premiere on our pages, Philly rhymesayer Curly Castro dramatizes his struggle with these paradoxical demands, revisiting a childhood split along color lines over Georgia Anne Muldrow‘s slow-rolling, handclap-heavy production. NYC rapper/producer Has-Lo guests on the front, spitting about his own experiences as a grade-schooler torn between his “all-white classmates” and an “all-black home life.” This incisive cut is just one of many quality jams set for inclusion on free mixtape FIDEL, scheduled to drop February 19, via Man Bites Dog Records.

This song first appeared on the Independent Chart on February 11, 2013

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djblaze DJ Booth Crew Total Ratings: 7960	Rating: djblaze's Top Rated Songs This is OK...Not really a memorable track for me. Follow @djblaze_djbooth
	Posted on Feb 07, 2013

Digits86 DJ Booth Member Total Ratings: 26	Rating: Digits86's Top Rated Songs I'd say this one is 4-star solid. Maybe a 3.5, but I'll round up.
	Posted on Feb 07, 2013

Premrock DJ Booth Member Total Ratings: 9	Rating: Premrock's Top Rated Songs Truly incredible joint all the way around. FIDEL is gonna turn a lot of heads.
	Posted on Feb 07, 2013