
Friday, July 8, 2011
Smoothe Da Huster/Trigger the Gambler - Broken Language
When I use to take the LIRR from Atlantic Ave in Brooklyn out to Long Island, I would have this cut playing on my iPod. And that's because when then the train would pull into and past the East New York Station, not to far away, a slight turn to the northeast was Brownsville, the stomping grounds of Smoothe da Huster and Trigger tha Gambler. They wrote offensively clever lyrics at a time (1995) when most people would feel uncomfortable with a black guy saying he was the neighborhood crack supplier and white girl gang banger. Unfortunately, sixteen years later, the world has forgotten these Brownsville wordsmiths and believes Lil' Wayne should be appointed the Poet Laureate.
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