XV- Lift The Game

Last year you had Drake, Asher Roth, Charles Hamilton as your freshmen class of 09. This year comes XV. Most people couldn't tell you who XV is or where hes from but all that will soon change. Yet he doesn't have the popularity as Drake had or the large suburban followers as Asher did, XV brings his own new culture. His persona of a square gives him a sorta respectable cool. Hes making video game heads popular while supplying us with passionate rhymes. On his latest track "Lift The Game" he spill his words onto a canvas that Lil Wayne and Eminem excelled on. He does a great job on the track reminding people that talent can be found anywhere. The whole track he reminds his city that hes still here for them with lines like "Im a lift the game up and bring it back to where i fucking live". His message is obvious, "they tell me move to new york like is so fatal/keep your plane ticket/ i bough tow cables/ I'm so able to prove them wrong motherfucker/ cause the kid from small ville is gonna show them all motherfucker" By his music XV portrays exclusion. It seems like he was never in the inner circles and he expresses a lot of these feeling through his music. Keep an eye out on this guy, he will continue to deliver and his following will only get bigger. You can download mixtapes, songs and learn more about XV at www.thekidwiththegreenbackpack.com

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