GEEK CHIC UNIQUE: AH-ZEE-LEE-YAH

On a lighter note from yesterday ( sorry about the rant!) the gal on my mind today has been Azealia Banks! Ever since seeing her in NME a few months ago and then finally hearing her elusive debut track 212 on Radio 1 in September, with over 40 changes having to be made to allow it on air,1 I have been a bit obsessed! I guess its kinda weird if you think about it, a 14 year old scholarship girl listening to a 20 year old potty mouth rapper from Harlem swearing at every given point and making vivid sexual references. But this girl can actually rap, sing, act and makes fucking good music which is pretty much unheard of nowadays thanks to Cheryl Cole and her followers of pop rejects. And the fact that she is continuously swearing, saying "imma ruin you cunt" doesn't make me want to stop listening to her, in fact it makes me want to listen to her more.

snapshot from the '212' video when Azealia is saying "what the fuck are you into huh" in this guys face ahahhaa

Soo today it was announced that Miss Banks had come third place in the BBC Sound of 2012 poll. I was kind of surprised that she didn't come first she is the freshest new talent we've had for a while anyway BBC's too mainstream for her hahaa lol, anyway I predict Spector to come first. They are completely different to Azealia's grime city vibe they have more of a 60s rock and roll Venice Beach theme with a husky indie twist, after all they are Dalston's superstars. Still she deserves this title and definitely deserved the no1 spot on NME's Cool List. C'mon she is the epitome of cool, rapping every single motherfucking swear word you could think of to mad backing of electronic beats, ( actually using some without permission ooohh) , while prancing around with a smile that your grandma would love.

middle of the page, middle finger
thats how she rolls

This girl's going places... well she already has but ya know even more so. Azealia Banks went to LaGuardia High School in Manhattan, I know all I can think about is people jumping on tables in lunch and dancing exactly like Fame, and apparently according to an interview with the BBC it was exactly like that. After wanting to pursue an acting career she suddenly dropped out of school to take up her real passion: music. She got signed up by XL who then dropped her, hahahaa shame on you suckerss, and then recorded 212 which was the start of her rise to fame.

Now she's recording a new album with producer Paul Epworth who worked with Florence Welch, another South East London girl like me. Can't wait to see Azealia on the NME Tour in February and see if her 'tude really lives up to all the hype.

LIQUORICE: HER NEW TUNEEEE