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Radio 2,09 Nov 2024,57 mins

Available for 132 days

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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Tracklist

  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    Bust A Move
    Bust A Move
    Young MC
  3. 2.
    You Know How We Do It
    You Know How We Do It
    Ice Cube
  4. 3.
    Think I'm In Love
    Think I'm In Love
    Bastet