With the possible exception of promiscuous sex, nothing good happens overnight. While it may seem like Yelawolf’s gone from virtual unknown to Eminem protégé overnight, the man’s actually been at this hip-hop thing for years. In fact, most people (everyone too lazy to check Wikipedia) don’t know that this is Yela’s second time swimming in major label waters; his first deal with Columbia dissolved with only one retrospectively fascinating video, Kickin, to show for it. But this history does more than provide us with Yelawolf trivia answers, it helps us understand Yela’s trajectory leading up to the release of his debut album Radioactive, and helps explain why it’s so damn good. Read the rest of this entry →