Al Dirty is not your typical Brooklyn rapper. Although the influence of other Brooklyn greats are sometimes apparent in his music, this 5 foot 9 white kid is anything but the next Jay-Z or Biggie Smalls. Don't let it fool you though, because Dirty's best strength may be that he sounds uniquely different from just about every other rap artist in the industry. He separates himself from the commercial or underground rapper stereotype and covers an impressive amount of ground in his music, from catchy club bangers to grimy backpacker joints. Emerging from the clutter, Al Dirty brings something fresh and new to the table for all types of music fans. Growing up in the ethnically diverse section of Brooklyn known as Park Slope, Dirty, then called Alexander tha Great, quickly gained a reputation as a promising young emcee and formed a group called the Dirty Duce, with a neighborhood counterpart, the Illzburry Doughboy. They independently released ...