Fashawn – Ode To Illmatic

“What I wanted to do with this was pay homage to the God, Nas Escobar, one of the greatest MCs of my generation, of our generation, and I want to pay homage to this album, Fash prefaces on the tape intro, Genesis just didn’t wanna bite it and rip it like it’s mine, I wanna pay homage, ’cause Illmatic was one of them kinda albums that really impacted my life in a big way so hopefully this does the same for you.” -XXL Staff

Fashawn and Exile - HHO

Fashawn featuring Blu – Samsonite Man

"Two members of the current XXL freshmen class, Fashawn and Blu unleash the video off the the former’s collaborative mixtape with Exile Boy Meets World. Director Punit Dhesi created an uplifting visual to document the life on their road to success. Check it out."

depois do "The College Dropout" (2004), este foi o segundo meteorito de um estreante no hip-hop americano no século XXI