Wednesday 1 January 2020

Throw Dem Bowsers

For Smif-N-Wessun to get one of their very best songs effectively shut down by sample clearance was standard practice, to get two was plain bad luck: first there was Nothing Move But The Money in 1995, and then Super Brooklyn in 2000 after their rebrand as the Cocoa Brovaz. In a perfect world Dru-Ha got the Super Mario Brothers samples cleared and Super Brooklyn went on to be the biggest Boot Camp Clik single since Leflaur Leflah Eshkoshka. G.O.A.T video-game sample song? Possibly. The only Boot Camp Clik song Peter Crouch could do The Robot to? Definitely.

"I'm a Brooklyn survivor
These streets is hotter than lava
Yo, that saliva burn you like fire"


Cocoa Brovaz - Super Brooklyn
(From Super Brooklyn 12" single; 2000/Game Over compilation; 2002)


6 comments:

Ben said...

Most people wouldn't agree but Cocoa Brovaz era Smif n Wessun is much better than people give it credit for.

Kelvin Mack10zie said...

Currently jamming the BCC track from Tony Touch's first compilation.

Andrew Barber said...

Super Brooklyn was certainly double platinum on Napster

Kelvin Mack10zie said...

Haha.

Anonymous said...

I prefer
https://youtu.be/q7KeXnHDmlc
https://youtu.be/TzTypWX-BzM
https://youtu.be/En6mvC3Lj0c

Kelvin Mack10zie said...

The fuck...?