Written by Erika Ramirez for Billboard.com
"Man… At 25, I lost my world and I got the world at the same time," Ab-Soul said, hours before stepping on stage at his first headlining New York show.Read the whole story over at Billboard.com.
"'The Book of Soul,'" I say, under my breath. "Yeah," he says, followed by a deep sigh.
You can't listen to "The Book of Soul," featured on Ab-Soul's second digital independent album, "Control System," and not meet the affliction the West Coast rapper carries. In one of his most personal songs, Ab-Soul, born Herbert Anthony Stevens IV, gives you two verses of heartbreak and resilience, touching on the loss of his best friend and love, Alori Joh.
Ironically, in the same year he lost a part of his heart, Ab-Soul found success. Top Dawg Entertainment -- the independent label which serves as a home to the Black Hippy rap collective consisting of Ab-Soul, Kendrick Lamar, ScHoolboy Q and Jay Rock -- signed a joint venture deal with Interscope Records and Aftermath Entertainment.
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