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Plan B
Plan B

'Who Needs Actions When You Got Words'


When we first encountered Plan B AKA Ben Drew, we were a bit scared. He sang like an angel, but swore like the devil and rapped about things no one dared speak about. But we also realised he was the future of British urban music and a very good thing indeed.
With the release of his astonishing debut album 'Who Needs Actions When You Got Words', Slashmusic is proud to present an exclusive live track, recorded just for us in a Camden boozer...


But first, here's a few words of explanation from the man himself:

"There's a big difference between Plan B and Ben Drew. Plan B is an alter ego, in fact he's many alter egos. Plan B is like a switch in my brain where I become someone more than myself. Ben Drew is just a normal guy with a good heart. I'm not a really bad person, but Plan B can be a bad person. Plan B is like Tyler Durden in 'Fight Club'; it's like a number of split personalities. That's the difference between the two of us.

A lot of my songs are through the eyes of other people. People don't really know me, and that's why they take the music the wrong way sometimes. People ask me if I think that the way I rap influences kids to go and get a knife and stab someone. That's missing the whole point of what I do. I talk about something that is already there, I raise an issue that most people like to ignore. I think that by raising that issue, people have to talk about it. Stopping me from talking about it wouldn't make the situation go away. But some people can't tell when I'm being me and when I'm not. Apart from my friends and family, no one really knows the real Ben Drew."

Now please enjoy an exclusive acoustic performance (ex-smokers look away now)...



He's a bit good really, isn't he?
Find out more at www.time4planb.co.uk


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