[7 August 2007]

UK acoustic guitar singer/cinematic rapper Ben Drew (aka Plan B) traces the planting of the seed for what you hear on his debut record Who Needs Actions When You Got Words to the desire to be real about the world he grew up in and plainly tell it like it is, no matter how blunt, violent, or graphic. A transatlantic phone conversation with Plan B confirmed the fact that he’s not just trying to shock, offend, or cause large amounts of disturbing reactions just for the hell of it. When you peer deeper, what you see is a developing talent for deftly transmitting pain and anger experienced into the same kind of life-saving hip hop he first heard and that eventually inspired his desire to speak to the generation of UK youth that is coming of age behind him.
Listen to tracks and see full interview here