15 years ago, Curren$y dropped his new mixtape Smokee Robinson the morning of the Super Bowl. His hometown squad the New Orleans Saints won the Super Bowl that day with Drew Brees taking down Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts. Every Super Bowl Sunday I listen to this mixtape… Crazy that it dropped 15 years ago… This was the mixtape that gave us the classic track “Life Under the Scope” and it’s worth your time today… Especially with the Super Bowl being held in New Orleans this year.
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A story about a recent walk with my baby in his stroller and the songs that came up on my Shopify shuffle while we cruised around. I no longer have hours each day to listen to rap music so I must maximize the time I have. In a one hour stroll I came across some hip hop heaters from Action Bronson, A$AP Rocky, ScHoolboy Q, and Danny Brown so I wanted to touch on each in this story.
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I always respect artists who have a great work ethic and pump out quality material. Not many artists can do this over a long stretch of time because priorities change in life and some lose that inspiration that once drove them to be so creative in the first place. Some also get their first check in the rap game and then start chasing paper instead of staying in the lane that originally made them blow up in the first place. I can’t say I blame them either. I was lucky to grow up with the things I needed but some of these guys were raised with nothing so the second they have a chance to change that for themselves and their families they are going for it. This can compromise your artistic integrity so there are a few in the game who say no to the quick buck and continue making music on their terms. Curren$y to me is that guy.
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