"We make thousands of assumptions every day, and that’s a good thing. For example, if I see a bear looking at me and licking his lips I can assume he’s wants to eat me and get the hell out. Or, alternately, if Lil B and Souljja Boy drop a new track called Swag Money Click Ellen DeGeneres Swag I can assume it’s terrible and save my ears three minutes of pain. Assumptions help us navigate a dangerous and busy world, quickly separating what might kill us from what won’t, what’s worth our time from what’s not. On the whole our assumptions are pretty accurate, but their fatal flaw is that every so often we miss out on the exception because all we can see is the rule. Like Curren$y. I assumed Curren$y was “just” another weed rapper. I was wrong.
Although Curren$y’s just now broken into the mainstream, or at least the rap mainstream, he’s a well travelled industry vet. Originally signed to Master P’s No Limit Records and made part of the 504 Boys, Curren$y relocated New Orleans’ label allegiances and signed with Cash Money before departing the house that Birdman built for more independent waters. Since then he’s released a steady stream of indie albums and mixtapes - including Covert Coup, the project that forced me to admit he was a legit emcee - before finally dropping his major label debut, the impressive Weekend at Burnie’s; because if there’s anything stoners love as much as weed it’s puns and ‘80s movies." Read More
