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A few weeks ago, my man SweetP put me up on a kid named Ace Lover, an Hispanic rapper out of NYC. The track he passed along was a four minute shoutout to every weed spot in the five boroughs and, in the parlance of my pothead peoples, the song was straight kush to my ears. Though I don't smoke, I am an admitted junkie for all songs dealing with the subject; a large portion of my formative years were spent listening to Cypress Hill albums and the Chronic, so perhaps there's some nostalgic reason for this (that may even explain why I've purchased at least two of Canibus' albums). So after hearing the song, aptly titled Weed Spots, I went in search of more information on Ace Lover.
As it turned out the song had been released a few years ago, so I tracked down the producer behind the track (and owner of Ace's label Marcion Records), Phil Rust. Phil has since branched out from hip hop, releasing an electronica album, Gugelimond, in 2005. Phil was kind enough to let us put up a couple of tracks from Ace Lover:
Ace Lover - Weed Spots
Ace Lover - Area Code 1-212
From what I've been able to turn up through google, he's now going by the name "Ace Gutter." As you might have deduced from the change in name, Ace's rhymes have evolved into something a little more "street" than what you'll be hearing in the tracks above. That's disappointing, as hip hop seems to be lacking in lyrically proficient potheads these days, while studio gangsters are a dime a dozen. And yet after listening to the songs from his days as a "Lover," this kid has so much potential as an MC that it's hard for me to imagine that he won't eventually find some level of commercial success, regardless of what persona he ends up adopting.
You can download a few more of Ace Lover's tracks for free over at his label's website, musicfamily.com. Big shout out to Ace Lover's producer Phil Rust for hooking up the tracks.
11/25/2007 07:00:01 PM posted by Fresh