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Smoothe Da Hustler: Brooklyn Representer

Miles Marshall Lewis, The Source, April 1996

 

THE UNDERGROUND gem 'Broken Language' was no doubt the illest single to come from a hip-hop neophyte in a long time. Smoothe da Hustler rocked the spot with his younger brother. Trigga, spilling forth rhymes while a MPC-60 drum machine spit out fat, crunchy beats reminiscent of old school Def Jam.

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