Last week it was pretty awesome when Rek pointed out that rapper Smoothe da Hustler was on MySpace pushing property listings these days in addition to lyrics. Of course Smoothe is best known for the classic ‘95 single “Broken Language” with his brother Trigger tha Gambler.
Then I got an email from former Oh Word staffer David Donald pointing out that Will High is also flaunting a potential second career with this damn clever verse mocking the situation in the comments at Rek’s post. You may remember Will High as the internet avenger whose 2003 Vordul Mega jaw-breaking incident stopped Cannibal Ox cold.
Rek, you need to showcase when a reader gives you a gift like this! You didn’t even acknowledge Will’s brilliant display.
“Broker Language” is fire. All rights reserved to Will High (please don’t hurt me):
The nicest flow-er. The licensed broker
The price of ice on Fulton knower.
The “Here’s my verse up in The Source” show-er
Open house sale throw-er
The apartment linker.
The out-the-box compartment thinker
The “see my trusted friend in the mortgage department” winker.
The rough rhyme singer. The tough time bringer.
The once sold dubs and dimes sub-prime slinger.
The assure a doubting Thomas-er.
“Fort Greene is an up-and-coming neighborhood” promiser.
The down payment figure out. The Brownsville nigga clout.
The “This building got a doorman to help keep me and Trigga out.”
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If the rap gods love us, Smoothe will knock out Will High. And then rescue Vordul from the streets and hook him up with an apartment.
Pure unadulterated FIRE!!! The rap gods hate you. Smoothe wont do anything to Will High except pass him his crown..I mean, pass him a pound..
Wow. Now I wish I had actually kept going and wrote at least a whole verse. Maybe even a song.
While I do admittedly find the whole broker thing a bit amusing and there are a couple of lines in there that rib Smoothe a bit, I’m a fan of “Broken Language” and belong to a relatively small subset of people who are active on the Internet who actually remember Smoothe and this era (I’m actually around his age and I vividly remember the ‘83-’84 era, as well).
I have no idea who this Hashim guy is, but if the rap gods of your fancy truly gave a shit, then Soulja Boy would have been hit by a truck and a whole genre of shuck and jive minstrel-hop would not have become prominent. Your culture has been subverted by the musical preferences and desires of 20 year-old White sorority girls. Oh and skinny jeans? You’re welcome.
Maybe in 5 or 10 years, Vordul will do an MC Shan and pull his lips off of that pipe (and the penises of other men), and make a glorious, triumphant comeback like Eddie King in The Five Heartbeats, but the stat gods tell me this is less than likely.
this fool is hilarious
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