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3.6 ( 22 total votes )
Fashawn - Generation F
Artist: Fashawn
Producer: ATG
Album: Champagne and Styrofoam Cups
Label: One Records
Currently hard at work on the follow-up to 2009’s Boy Meets World—one of the most acclaimed rap debuts in recent memory—Fashawn is taking a moment to sip some bubbly, celebrate his successes to date, and ponder the road ahead on a pre-album mixtape and mini-movie. Generation F, the latest leak off the latter project, finds the Grizzly City repper returning to the autobiographical style that have earned him so many comparisons to a young Nasir Jones. Over producer ATG‘s vintage soul samples, Fash harks back to his formative years as a ‘hood youth with ambitions that dwarfed his humble environment. Recalling the friction between familial expectations and his attraction to the street life, he spits: “My momma tried to save me, but she couldn’t understand that I was groomin’ myself to be a man / Or maybe I was crazy, thinkin’ I was so fly that a n*gga would never land.” Lyrically on-point and eminently relatable, this nostalgic cut should only leaves heads more excited for what lies ahead for Fashawn—including his Champagne & Styrofoam Cups mixtape (tentatively due out in March of 2012) and his second full-length collaboration with Exile (The Ecology, due out sometime next year).
This song first appeared on the
Independent Chart
on December 5, 2011
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DJ Booth Crew  Total Ratings: 11882 |
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Glad you're focused, Fashawn. I can tell. Musically, you picked right back up where you last left off. Looking forward to plenty of new music from this talented emcee in 2012.
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| Posted on Dec 02, 2011 |
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This song is great. It's good to hear Fashawn come back with a strong single.
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| Posted on Dec 02, 2011 |
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I like the beat by ATG. This is nice and smooth ride music. Fashawn's flow is on-point. He's got some skill here. I agree... this is BANGER material.
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Man, I have to check out his debut now, this song is pure hip-hop, he's quite unique
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Solid song...love the track and Fashawn did a decent job lyrically
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| Posted on Dec 02, 2011 |
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I am looking forward to much much more.
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| Posted on Dec 02, 2011 |
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I love the song, Fashawn is always fire when i hear him spit. But djbooth didnt really take in mind in his his latest mixtape Higher Learnings 2.
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| Posted on Dec 03, 2011 |
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| Posted on Dec 06, 2011 |
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West coast stand up!
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| Posted on Dec 06, 2011 |
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Beat cool
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| Posted on Dec 07, 2011 |
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props to the producer on this one. the instrumentals are well rounded, the samples well EQ'd and placed. overall a really good beat.. although the lyrics and flow aren't up to par on this track.. same themes as his old stuff.. graduate already.. you've done the time and hard work. break out of that old mentality and give us something fresh.. BUT id say the vocals are well produced and sit well in the mix. just not feeling the content. you could do better
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| Posted on Dec 08, 2011 |
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| Posted on Dec 12, 2011 |
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gotta agree with DJ Z on this, fash is in his zone. dope.
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| Posted on Dec 30, 2011 |
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strong song from Fashawn The Produce ATG does a good job doing his thing, hope more good stuff comes from Fashawn in 2012.
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| Posted on Jan 05, 2012 |
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DJ Booth Member  Total Ratings: 128 |
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How does this only have a 3.5 rating? This is pure gold.
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| Posted on Jan 08, 2012 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 492 |
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Awwwwww yeahhhhh
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