AUS-International connections are becoming more and more common, but the Nuff Said crew have always led the pack, from Prowla and Jase’s production of 7L & Esoteric’s Protocol to their releases by artists from the US (Karma), South Africa (Tumi) and the UK (The Planets). Shawn Lov’s 2004 album The Blackout of 1977 may have been the first full album by a US rapper released on an Australian label, and now Shawn and Nuffsaid are prepping the follow up, Waiting For A Ghost, which features several beats and a verse from Prowla, as well as shots from Pace Won (Outsidaz) and Lin Que (Isis from X Clan). A small mixed teaser is streaming on Nuffsaid’s Myspace. Even better is a full length mixtape retrospective of Shawn’s work from the past ten years, available for download at the same place. Those interested in no-nonsense lyrical ability should grab this immediately.
Don’t let it be said that Shawn is inaccessible to his fans, either. On his MySpace, he invites XBox Live players to get down with him in some Gears of War or Contra.
