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)

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6 comments:

  1. Ben1 January 2020 at 13:38

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

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  2. Kelvin Mack10zie1 January 2020 at 13:53

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

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  3. Andrew Barber2 January 2020 at 04:56

    Super Brooklyn was certainly double platinum on Napster

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  4. Kelvin Mack10zie2 January 2020 at 09:33

    Haha.

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  5. Anonymous3 January 2020 at 21:43

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

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  6. Kelvin Mack10zie3 January 2020 at 22:40

    The fuck...?

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