Last year, rapper Curren$y dented the smoker’s stereotype by releasing two excellent albums, Pilot Talk and Pilot Talk 2, along with the Smokee Robinson mixtape. Clearly, he was influenced by his time with Lil Wayne because Curren$y’s back with a new mixtape, Return to the Winner’s Circle. Download a free copy of it here.
Tag Archives: Smokey Robinson
Various Artists, The T.A.M.I. Show (Shout Factory DVD)
May 1, 2010 – 12:39 am
My best friend in grade school had a hip older sister named Debbie. One Saturday afternoon, Debbie forked out 70 cents of her baby-sitting money so her brother and I could accompany her to the matinee premier of The T.A.M.I. (Teenage Awards Music International) Show in my hometown. What I saw on the screen at [...]
Cindy Scott, Let the Devil Take Tomorrow (Catahoula)
January 1, 2010 – 12:01 am
I’ve surprised many friends over the years by saying that Cindy Scott’s debut album from 2002, Major to Minor, is my favorite album by a local woman singer. This is problematic for some, since 1) Scott is not from here and 2) her back-up band on this album is from Houston. Scott’s second disc, the [...]
