Rapper's Delight: E-Dubble

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Still have residual stress left over from tax day? Maybe a little upbeat alternative hip hop is just what the doctor ordered. And who better to rep the genre than last month’s OurStage Alternative Hip Hop Channel winner. We’re talking about E-Dubble, of course, who’s also made his way to the Top 100 in the Best of Urban charts twice so far this year. That’s pretty impressive considering it’s only April. Equipped with a degree in Political Science and Economics, E-Dubble founded Black Paisley Records in Baltimore circa 2009. This is where the Philly-based rapper wrote, recorded and produced his debut album titled Hip Hop Is Good. He uses the album to explore the evolution of hip hop and the labels it’s put up with over the past few decades. Of course he inevitably reaches a simple and obvious conclusion: hip hop is good.

Going back a bit further, E-Dubble and friends founded Irish Toothache in 2003 as a way of sharing music and other projects with each other. The Web site gained popularity and actually helped them get their first gigs. And they weren’t just about hip hop back then; they dabbled in rock and country as well. To this day, E-Dubble works with his Irish Toothache friends as a hip hop group called Young English.

Below is the song that won the Alternative Hip Hop Channel in March; we’re positive it will put you in a good mood. We also posted a couple other E-Dubble tracks for you”just because we like them.