Romesh's next guest is rapper and actor Bashy after his latest album 'Being Poor Is Expensive' received an applaudable reaction from music fans.
After taking a 15-year break from releasing music, Hammersmith, London’s rapper and actor Bashy drops by the studio to talk to Romesh about his brand-new album ‘Being Poor Is Expensive’. Romesh plays some of his favourite tracks from the rap, reggae and lovers-rock inspired album as Bashy talks through the nature of inner-city life and using music as a vessel to tell authentic stories about the Black British experience. There’s also music from Monie Love, Outkast, Snoop Dogg and Killer Mike.
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Young MC
Bust A Move
- Delicious Vinyl.
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Ice Cube
You Know How We Do It
- Priority Records.
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Bastet
Think I'm In Love
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Monie Love
It's A Shame (My Sister)
- Chrysalis Records.
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SANITY
Black Eye (feat. Kofi Stone)
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OutKast
So Fresh, So Clean
- Arista/LaFace Records.
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Bashy
How Black Men Lose Their Smile
- Bish Bash Bosh Music.
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Bashy
Black Boys
- Bish Bash Bosh Music.
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Bashy
Sweet Boys Turned Sour
- Bish Bash Bosh Music.
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Kano
T-Shirt Weather In The Manor
- Parlophone UK.
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Kendrick Lamar
Swimming Pools (Drank)
- Aftermath.
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Snoop Dogg
Who Am I? (What's My Name?)
- Death Row.
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Killer Mike
Nobody Knows
- Loma Vista Recordings.
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JAY-Z
Can't Knock The Hustle (feat. Mary J. Blige)
- Roc-A-Fella.
Broadcasts
- Sat 9 Nov 202400:00BBC Radio 2
- Sat 24 May 202500:00BBC Radio 2

