On Crash

Crash is a young MC from Durham, NC. I've seen him live a few times--the first being a the Nightlight, where Crash and his DJ played from behind the record bins--on the opposite side of the room from the stage. He prowled back and fourth with his hat cocked on his head, on top of a couch that had been pushed out of the way. It was a rock show and the bands had taken up all of the room on the stage. Before he started, we all looked at each other with looks of, "He's so young." Afterwards, we walked out quiet, with our asses in our hands.

"Rock for the People" sounds like a mid-ninties hip-hop classic that just came to light--soft saxes bleating, rounded beats tumbling over themselves. The young man has a future.