"It;s all over your face

Tell me how does it taste?

Thanx to be beloved friend's I am starting to listen to some pretty strange music now days. I was just introduced tp Cazwell. This song is all "all over your face."

In this era of cookie-cutter pop stars, Cazwell is one of a kind, his own special creation. That much is obvious once you survey some names this New York-based rapper, songwriter and entertainer cites as influences: Biggie Smalls, Deee-Lite, The Beastie Boys, Cyndi Lauper. Like those groundbreakers, Cazwell puts the Icon in Iconoclast. His propulsive beats and tongue-twisting rhymes are carving out a new musical style, while his streetwise fashion sense and eye-popping videos serve up visual panache to match. Cazwell's art isn't about lifestyle with a lower case L, the type you purchase off-the-rack after reading a magazine article, but a Style of Life, one which celebrates everyday existence, from his first waking moments to the hazy, shady episodes that unfold in the wee small hours.

Cazwell grew up in Worcester (pronounced "Wusta"), Massachusetts, an industrial city with few outlets for an artistically-inspired adolescent. Growing up, Caz hooked up with a butch dyke who went by the handle Crasta Yo, and the two began concocting rhymes together. "We would write about the silliest things when we started: Cheeseburgers and our Converse sneakers." They cut their teeth in basement parties full of skaters and punk rockers, and tapes began to circulate. They called themselves first Wordsworth, then Morplay. In 1999, the duo moved to New York, and started lining up gigs. Morplay released an album, Thesaurus Metamorphosis, with the help of renown DJ and trend-spotter Larry Tee. The two ended up splitting up on good terms and Cazwell began his solo career.

One other aspect sets Cazwell apart from many of his peers: His sexuality - and his fresh mindset about it. "I want to make gay people cool again. Yeah, we have Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, but not all gay men want to makeover your house. Growing up gay, you have to think outside the box your whole life. I want to show what the gay mind can do for hip-hop, for electronic music, and how interesting that take can be." And although there is a smutty, playful side to some of his raps, who Cazwell sleeps with never upstages who he is as an artist. "To just talk about gay stuff seems so surface level.