With intelligent, critical, humour-drenched slam poetry on funky hip-hop beats. That's how George ‘I rap faster than lightning’ Watsky amassed name and fame with both college kids (as a uni student, he won first prize in the ‘Youth Speaks Grand Slam Poetry Champion’ in '06) and hardened hip-hop fans. After countless performances on the university circuit, and the thumbs up from ‘King of the slam poets’ Saul Williams, Watsky dropped a first self-titled album that easily entered the Top 10 of the iTunes hip-hop charts. Add to that his countless funny video’s and fast rap battles with millions of hits on YouTube and you get that this word-wizard is ready to play in the major league.

Nextbigsound.com (the site that translates the online buzz around artists into numbers) put Watsky at the top of the ‘Big Sound Of 2011’ chart in 2011, aside fine folk like Skrillex and Mac Miller. New album ‘Cardboard Castles’, accompanied by a real fold-it-yourself cardboard castle, will be out in March and the singles ‘Moral Of The Story’ and ‘Strong As An Oak’ are certainly already going strong on the internet. “Don't fall asleep yet. Contrary to popular belief, that's not where dreams get accomplished.” George (in AB with full band) has nothing more to add.

Creative musical jack-of-all-trades Jonathan Park, born as 박성만 in South-Korea, is (aside from college dropout, actor, and member of many a hip-hop collective) mainly known as Dumbfoundead, a rock-solid name in the American rap battle/freestyle scene. A busy bee (he has released heaps of material since his first EP ‘Super Barrio Bros.’ in ’05) and generous guy that 박성만, as his latest long-player ‘Old Boy Jon’ can be downloaded for free via http://music.dumbfoundead.com/. Always funny, ever clever and a fantastic performer, so he's the ideal man to give Watsky a run for his money. A rap battle contest between the two? Yes, please!