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Smif-N-Wessun on Politically Incorrect Circa 2007

Charley Brown — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 00:17:39 +0000

General Steele featuring Young Coke, VBS Verbal, and Louie Skaggs – Hometown

Charley Brown — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 14:35:57 +0000

TEK’s PNC, General Steele releases the video for Hometown off his Welcome To Bucktown Soundtrack. Young Coke, VBS Verbal, and Louie Skaggs are all featured on the General Steele track. Check the video, then go out and purchase Welcome To Bucktown and support TEK’s Smif-N-Wessun PNC.

TEK Crack Distributors Radio Interview

Charley Brown — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:17:00 +0000

TEK stops by Crack Distributors Radio for an interview with Shine Travis. TEK speaks on his upcoming solo album, 24K Smoke, as well as the new Smif-N-Wessun album, produced entirely by Pete Rock.

Rest In Paradise Roc Raida (1972 – 2009)

Charley Brown — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 21:41:58 +0000

On behalf of both myself, TEK, and Steele, we want to say Rest in Paradise Roc Raida. You will be forever missed and remembered for your greatness. In loving memory of Grandmaster Roc Raida, I’ve posted up a track he did with Smif-N-Wessun.

Boot Camp Clik x M.O.P. x Termanology – What Legends Are Made Of

Charley Brown — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 23:33:51 +0000

DJ Buck’s “What Legends Are Made Of” Show will feature live performances from Smif-N-Wessun, Heltah Skeltah, Black Moon, M.O.P., and Termanology! Sunday, September 20th at Toad’s Place in New Haven, CT (200 York Street). The doors open at 8 PM, so get there early. Tickets are $30 at the door, or $25 in advance. You can purchase them here

Smif-N-Wessun To Perform At Buckshot and KRS-One Album Release Party

SmokeeLah — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 02:19:05 +0000

Smif-N-Wessun is on the bill to perform at Buckshot and KRS-One’s Survival Skills album release party. Here’s the details:

KRS-ONE & BUCKSHOT are releasing their SURVIVAL SKILLS album on September 15th with confirmed features from Mary J Blige, Talib Kweli, Sean Price, K’NAAN, Naledge of Kidz In The Hall, Smif N Wessun, Rock of Heltah Skeltah, Immortal Technique & Geo, of Blue Scholars.

The two MCs have come together to produce a collaborative effort that is truly magnificent. SOBs is hosting the album release show for the record and tickets are sure to move fast. Get yours now.

You can buy your tickets here.

Smif-N-Wessun Perform Sound Bwoy Bureill in Crown Heights BK

Charley Brown — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:19:44 +0000

Smif-N-Wessun perform Sound Bwoy Bureill live with Jahdan Blakkamoore live in Crown Heights Brooklyn! Jahdan Blakkamoore has a new album coming out, and make sure you download TEK’s I Did It My Way (G-Mix Collection) while its still free! 24K Smoke the album coming soon! Props to WeLiveThis.

Smif-N-Wessun Interview: Hellucinations In Heaven

Charley Brown — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 20:44:37 +0000

Smif-N-Wessun (TEK and General Steele) sat down for an interview recently with Mindbender at Kevin Nottingham. Check the interview below.

Mindbender – What up, fam!

Steele – What up, its General Steele next to…

Tek – Smoky La Tek. We in there, let’s go.

Mindbender – In 2010, what do you want to do to hip hop?

Steele – Ooh! We want to smack hip hop with a fifth album in 2010 from Smif n Wessun. It’s gonna be a commemoration of greatness. We’re hooking up with the homie Pete Rock for production. He’s adding on to the legacy that we are a part of, as far as the Bucktown side of things, and we’re just trying to keep up that classic name, that classic, legendary music. 2010, expect some of that. Probably gonna see another Boot Camp album, cause we’re working on that as well. You’re probably gonna see some hella mixtapes from Steele and Tek, and a couple solo projects. You gotta stay tuned. Duck Down.com and also check my company BucktownUSA.com. We movin’, baby.

Tek – It’s coming. We’re just trying to put our hands in every aspect of that, behind the cameras, behind the boards, with the engineers, the design of the album covers and everything. We’re just taking it by storm.

Mindbender – I been around since the early 90’s, and I love to see it grow. Most importantly, I love to see that Duck Down still exists…

Steele – It feels good. It does feel good. We started with this family, and it’s still together. Love never lets love die, feel me? Like when we’re coming to T Dot. When we first came to T Dot we got mega love. Monumental love. It just continues to grow.

Tek – Straight open arms.

Steele – So we just do our part and make sure the love is reciprocated. But yeah, Duck Down is on my back, baby! I got the tat! We striped up right now.

Mindbender – I’m glad, cause its important, and it would be great to see another collab album. But what would make it different from any of the other ones?

Tek – Truthfully, I think… the fans. I can honestly say they stopped fuckin’ with us for a minute, and then we put some shit out… and we got them back. We went and grabbed our people that was in the fields wondering what direction we was gonna go. And we put that out that they wanted, along with Smif n Wessun, along with Sean P, along with Heltah Skeltah’s third album, and the new Black Moon and 9th Wonder, and they came back faithfully. We even gained a little bit more. That’s what’s gonna make a difference. They are with us now, and we are steadily gonna be picking them up as we’re going.

Steele – You know hip hop put us on, so we gotta be grateful. That’s it. That’s how we do our thing.

Mindbender – Word up. So, how do you approach your new beats now differently than before? You got 15 new Pete Rock beats just sitting there. What do you do now?

Tek – I go off the vibe thing. I have a natural high, I don’t smoke no more anyways. Once he blazes up, I’m easy still catching the contact high and it’s not hard for me to get into a zone, get into my lane and do what I do, feed off my PNC, feed off my dude, feed off Pete Rock. Each beat has its own words that need to go with it that are there to make the vocals stand out, and each track has its own feeling. And I think we’re still learning that as artists to see which joints, which lyrics sync up with which music, and I think that’s how artist learn and grow and make great timeless music.

Steele – We LIKE to do this shit. When we get that beat, what does it tell us? We definitely do not want to overshadow none of the tracks. We want to make the marriage proper. We are actually in the streets so we got a lot of stories to tell. Yeah, we either gonna give you something you can meditate on or we are gonna give you a tale about what happened around the corner the other day.

To read the rest of the interview, check it out at KevinNottingham.com.

TEK – I Did It My Way (The G-Mix Collection) Full Mixtape

Charley Brown — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 12:39:56 +0000

TEK’s album, 24Kt Smoke is finished and awaiting its confirmed release date. To get you prepared for its release, here is I Did It My Way, a collection of G-Mixes and collaborations from TEK. The Smif-N-Wessun veteran included 23 G-Mixes and collaborations on I Did It My Way, including Rep My City featuring Triple C’s, Dopeman G-Mix featuring Pusha T, Kool G. Rap, and XV, The Streets Is Gettin’ Hot G-Mix featuring the likes of Stat Quo, Rapper Big Pooh, Ali Vegas, 40 Cal, Mic Geronimo, and others, and Let’s Get It On 2009 featuring Freeway and Jakk Frost. I Did It My Way also features tracks with original production from Kleph Dollaz and Cookin’ Soul. You can see the tracklist and download the mixtape below.

The 24Kt Smoke album is most likely looking at a late 2009 release, and features guest appearances from Sheek Louch, Havoc of Mobb Deep, Freeway, Jakk Frost, and General Steele of Smif-N-Wessun). Production duties were handled by Statik Selektah, Cookin’ Soul, Drawzilla, Don Notz, Music Mystro, J. Scrilla, S-Type, and GSuz187. Expect the release date to be confirmed and the first single to drop in the coming weeks. Also in the works is the next Smif-N-Wessun album, which will be produced entirely by Pete Rock.

Oh yeah, and as a bonus, check the rare throwback freestyle from Smif-N-Wessun and Eminem on the Sway and Tech Wake Up Show back in 1999!

TEK – I Did It My Way (The G-Mix Collection) Mixtape Tracklist

01 // Juicy (Produced by Cookin’ Soul)
02 // Tic Toc featuring Richie Sosa
03 // Heart and Soul featuring Red Cafe
04 // R.N. Imposter
05 // Crazy World
06 // Rep My City featuring Triple C’s
07 // Let The Beat Build
08 // Rockin’ That Thang
09 // ATL Shawty
10 // Live Ya Life
11 // Rotate
12 // I’m Good featuring CLIPSE
13 // Heartless
14 // Dopeman featuring Pusha T, XV, and Kool G. Rap (Produced by Cookin’ Soul)
15 // Paid In Full (Produced by Kleph Dollaz)
16 // How Bout That featuring Mook Diamondz
17 // Let’s Get It On 2009 featuring Freeway and Jakk Frost
18 // I’ll Be In The Sky
19 // Best I Ever Had
20 // Ego
21 // Thru The Phone
22 // I Know You Want Me
23 // Streets Is Gettin’ Hot featuring Stat Quo, Ali Vegas, Mic Geronimo, Rapper Big Pooh, Doo Wop, Icadon, Chirie Vegas, 40 Cal, and Beenie Man (Produced by Cookin’ Soul)

Download: TEK – I Did It My Way (G-Mix Collection) Full Mixtape

Download: Smif-N-Wessun and Eminem – Wake Up Show Freestyle (Circa 1999)

Smif-N-Wessun – Footage Of Live Performance In Atlanta

Charley Brown — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 18:22:26 +0000

Smif-N-Wessun performed live in Atlanta on August 8, 2009 for the Mutulu Shakur Benefit Concert. Here’s live footage from the performance.