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.
On radio
Music Played
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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
- Sat 15 Aug 202600:00BBC Radio 2
