After first hearing this song, which was one of the better iTunes' weekly free downloads, I thought "shit, this guy is so clever with his use of the well known NASA line to describe the poverty, crime and bleak future for the youth in which is probably his home town of Houston".... fuckin' genius. But no, turns out he is an Aussie rapper on a cool indie rock label 'Ivy League'. He was born in California and moved to Australia at the age of 18. But like we also do here in NZ, the Aussies claimed him as their own quite quickly, and fair enough. "Houston" came from his debut album 'Day One' which was released last year. Going by this album, Snob Scrilla has some indie rock credentials as well. One of the great discoveries, courtesy of iTunes. His message is still powerful, regardless of where he is from.... so it's still a work of 'Genius'.
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