An innovative record producer and thought provoking lyricist, Vesuveo bring… Read Full Bio ↴An innovative record producer and thought provoking lyricist, Vesuveo brings an honesty, passion, and social consciousness rarely heard in today's hip-hop. His dynamic solo debut Shine pulses with 11 new songs that challenge the boundaries of hip hop while establishing Vesuveo as one of its rising stars. Chuck D of Public Enemy calls it, "A great record. Shine shines."

The first single "Algiers Point" features Evelyn Harris of Grammy-winning Black acapella group Sweet Honey In The Rock. Vesuveo wrote the song after reading an article in The Nation magazine entitled "Katrina's Hidden Race War" that exposed unsolved race-based crimes in the Algiers Point neighborhood of New Orleans after the floods, which have yet to bring a conviction.

A native New Yorker of Italian American heritage, Vesuveo rose up through the Los Angeles underground hip hop community and burst on the scene in the late 90s with his critically acclaimed groups Moonshine and The Anonymous whose Top 10 hit "Green and Gold" featuring Eminem remains an underground classic. His artist credits include collaborations with Cut Chemist, Mystic, Medusa, Northern State, Divine Styler, DJ Drez, and Dilated Peoples while he's shared the stage with Black Eyed Peas, KRS-One, Biz Markie, and Rock Steady Crew.

An IPA Beat Battle champion, today Vesuveo's music is the soundtrack to thousands of the most popular TV shows including America's Next Top Model, Pimp My Ride, The Real World, Cribs, and True Life to name a few.

Spark Nasty
Vesuveo Lyrics

I was born in the NY when I was yay high
Started kicking flows up in Hastings High
Got my hopes up high hoping to emulsify
I won't survive if I can't express the blues inside
No way baby doll ain't gon' do it
I'mma take ya back we can walk right through it
It's time to flip that style up I'mma get ya riled up
Kick a freestyle now watch the money pile up
Born with a poverty mentality
Like a thorn in my side scorned 'til I make it right baby

Hey! Spark Nasty! Hey! Show me something freaky
Hey! Spark Nasty! Hey! I'll show ya something funky
Hey! Spark Nasty! Hey! Show me something funky
Hey! Spark Nasty! Hey! I'll show ya something freaky
I'll show ya something funky

I came up from the underground
Had to learn my way around
Booed at my shows 'til I freaked my flows
Holes in the wall '95 staying alive
With that black beans and rice otherwise I'd die
Crucified by the pain dang it knocked me out the game
Trying to bang thangs but my frame's not sane
Felines make a bee-line out the door
"I ain't messing with that dude five inch goatee
He better get himself a job if he wanna get with me"
Ten years solo with no woman to hold
Took me down into the depths of a wounded soul
Had to sift through the baggage
And the maggots and the wreckage
All these discarded parts of me
All the way back to nursery
Mercy me hurting me if I don't stop this perjury
If I'mma make out this hell today
I'mma need me some tools I can use today singing

Hey! Spark Nasty! Hey! Show me something funky
Hey! Spark Nasty! Hey! I'll show ya something freaky
Hey! Spark Nasty! Hey! Show me something freaky
Hey! Spark Nasty! Hey! I'll show ya something funky
I'll show ya something freaky

It's show and tell got a story to tell
Sometimes it gets so hard homey I wanna bail
Ya find me on the street on the bus or the rail
Don't wanna burn my feet in the flames of hell
I got laid off can't pay the bills use a credit card
Just to keep a job it's incredibly hard
Was sleeping at my girl's house trying to take a load off
When someone took a crobar ripped the front door off
We're so desperate these days
I saw an ad in the paper today
Get your thong put your balls in play
And you can make five hundred a day I'm thinking, "Hey, not bad!"

Hey! Spark Nasty! Hey! Show me something freaky
Hey! Spark Nasty! Hey! I'll show ya something funky
Hey! Spark Nasty! Hey! Show me something funky
Hey! Spark Nasty! Hey! I'll show ya something freaky
I'll show ya something funky!
Hey! I'll show ya something freaky
Hey! I'll show ya something funky!
Hey! I'll show ya something freaky

Writer(s): Grover Zinn, Mark Guglielmo

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