The money stasher, gun blastin’ razor slasher-
Sometimes in Hip-Hop, something great flies by like Halley’s Comet but instead of just missing Earth, it makes an impact. It crashes, changes the delicate balance of our environment but eventually breaks down and disappears. In 1996, I heard something that I would never forget by the name of “Broken Language”. Smoothe Da Huster hailed from Brownsville Brooklyn and hit the ground running with a new style and a strong crew.
I have no doubt if he had continued with the momentum he had at the peak of his popularity, Smoothe would have continued to make some of the best music coming out of Brooklyn. Da Hustler with his younger brother Trigger The Gambler, DV Alias Christ and the rest of the “Next Level Click” embodied Brooklyn somewhere between the Boot Camp Click and Biggie, and were arguably neck and neck (and at each other’s throats at the time) with M.O.P.
Nothing is new under God’s sun but sometimes you can take just enough from the greats and combine the ingredients in a way that has never been heard before. He had the confidence of legendary BK king (Asiatic Nobodies Equal), Big Daddy Kane, the street narratives of G Rap but the balls to experiment lyrically like a Redman with the vocal clarity of KRS-One and the loyalty to his crew like the early Wu-Tang era.
Homage has been paid to the classic “Broken Language” by a few artists but none hold a candle to Ill Bill’s “Cult Leader” off the Non Phixion album “The Future is Now”. Peep the first few bars below:
“The cult leader, the war-monger, armed with four high-powered
firearm barometers; I visited Andromeda
The human cloner, the donate to my fam organ donor
The morbid odor of corpses lowered, the coroner
The cult leader, result needer, the skull and bones bleeder
The chrome heater, the soul eater, the tome reader
The cloak and dagger magnum packer;
convert star systems to active vacuum
The illest shit since Manson had goons…”
Smoothe Da Hustler made a tremendous impact on me as a fan and has earned a place an the Hip-Hop history books.
Go find Smoothe Da Hustler’s “Once Upon a Time in America” and Trigga’s The Gambler’s unreleased Def Jam debut “Life’s a 50/50 Gamble”.
Real recognize real. Download joints below and the Broken Language lyrics are posted for your reading pleasure… learn em, you’ll be quizzed.
Broken Language
Broken Language Pt 2
Bonus: Danger Pt 2 (street mix) – Blahzay Blahzay f. Smoothe Da Hustler, Trigger Da Gambler & Darkman
Your welcome.
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Smoothe Da Hustla f/ Trigga Tha Gambler
Broken Language
[Trigga]
Uh, base your eyes on the guy
No kind of worries if I die
So pussy guy try
Dangerfield steppin my way
Bodies get cremated on a Friday the do or die way
Your death threater, sender, head spinner
Rap beginner, light dimmer
3-knockout count winner
Your gun reacher, bustin shot teacher
Your funeral service church preacher
Your black hearse coffin seeker
The body polluter, the gat shooter
The Brownsville wild Brooklyn trooper
The cock d mountain mover
The face basher, the mista brain smasher
The ax waxer, the drug money stasher…
[smoothe]
The money stasher, gun blastin razor slasher
The human asthma breathe taker
Body dump waster
The Glock cocker, block locker the rock chopper,
The shot popper, the jock cock blocker
The face splitter, human disgrace getter
The lady shitter, phone joneser
Sneak over fuck your babysitter
The chronic smokin, gun totin hearse initiator
The crack supplier, the human drug generator
The honey gamer, the chicken tricker
The slick the long dick pussy sticker
The ready to bust that ass kicker
The track maneuverer, the box barrier
The off of the dome rapper
The c-74 ox carrier….
[trigga]
The gun seller, the chest sweller
The stick up smack bank teller
The money-back dweller
The stitch provider, the guess rider
The clip inserter, bullet shooter experter
The man next to murder…
[smoothe]
The ho bitch disser, the cunt man, the I don’t want clan
The stunt hitter in 34 days in a month man
The front man, the Brooklyn representer
The beat down center, the two brothers
The hottest niggas out this fuckin winter
[trigga]
The girl cheaters, the beef ass beaters
The street sweep keeper, the body to concrete meeter
The blood skeeter
The weed smoker, the liver choker
The spot stop broker, the rugged picture poser
The card scrambler,
Royal flush same suit brouke the gambler
Nasty amateur damaged ya,
Snatch masta without the camera
[smoothe]
Camera, the beer guzzler
The slug to your mug tuzzeler
The drug juggeler, the crazy thug hustler
The Lexus wanter
The chain-ring and bracelet flaunterer
The chamber smoker
The mansion havin sauna soaker
The corner stander, the style crammer
Take over spot block commander
The Glock on cock handler
The razor spitter
The fast dough casper getter
The transmitter, North Carolina vagina hitter…
[trigga]
The ass kicker, internal heart dark sticker
The red scope body hitter
Here to hang wit digga and a buddha niggas
The trigga happy, father gun call it papi
My gun blow out waves patterns to keep your hair nappy
The to the death thinker, M.O.P. bell ringer
How about some hardcore fan singer
The jam swinger…
[smoothe]
The Nautica wearer, the Karl Kani man
The missed to get jigged, the fly man
Notorious ready to die man
The knower killer, the expert slinger
The white girl gang banger
The Virgin Mary fucker, the Jesus hanger
The vital kicker, the drug dealer and title stripper
The idol flipper
The cross breaker and bible ripper….
[trigga]
The black history driver
The racial thinker
The 9 to 9 to 5 offer the jaw sinker
The hell fighter, the revelation writer
The Egyptian spirit inviter
The black body bag tire
The money stasher, the ( ) crapper
The a-k-a club basher
My brother gotta record racker
(Back and forth)
The battle spinner
The grand prizewinner
The life and death beginner
The 95 interstate highway to heaven sender
The cocaine cooker, the hook up on your hooker hooker the 35 cents short on my 2 for 5′s over looker
The rap burner, the Ike the Tina Turner ass whippin learner, the hit man, the money earner
The tologist without the derma me and my little brother
The cock me back, bust me off nigga undercover
The glock to your head pursuer
The Big Daddy Kane, Little Daddy Shane over doers
Boston is a great place to shoot a movie. For that matter, New England’s a great place to shoot a movie. However most of the films that have been shot here, feature the local stereotypes of Irish mobsters, kidnappers, pedophiles, and other unpleasant things. We’re very proud of those films, and sometimes of the struggles and hardships that inspire them. But other than those and some romantic comedies here and there, the subject matter of the films that come to shoot here, are somewhat limited. Last summer, Surrogates came to shoot in the Boston area. The film was adapted from the graphic novel by Robert Venditti and is the biggest sci-fi/action film that has shot in this area… Ever. I was lucky enough to work on it, helping to cast some parts and then continuing on to do extras casting. The film stars Bruce Willis, Rosamund Pike, Ving Rhames, and many others, including some of our local actors. The trailer looks great and it’ll be awesome to go to see a sci-fi film that was shot here, featuring our streets and people. Thanks to Jonathan Mostow, Carolyn Pickman and Meagan Lewis. Keep an eye out for Surrogates, releasing 2009.
