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║ RIP DATE: 2023-04-28 ║ TOTAL TRACKS: 16 PLAYTIME: 01:02:05 ║
║ STREET DATE: 2020-00-00 ║ ║
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╠══════════════════════════╣ RLS TYPE: Normal release ║
║ BITRATE: 268kbit av ║ GENRE: Hip-Hop ║
║ CBR/VBR?: VBR ║ LABEL: Woodworks Records - EMPIRE ║
║ SIZE: 125.09 megs ║ RIPPER: - CALI RAP 2023 - ║
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║ ARTIST LOCATION-> Inglewood, California <-ARTIST LOCATION ║
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D Smoke is a veteran musician and songwriter, having produced for artists
like Jaheim and Joe in his early twenties, in the late 2000s. This comes
as no surprise when considering his musical heritage. His mother toured
with Stevie Wonder and his uncle with Prince. He collaborates often with
them and his brothers, Davion and SiR of Top Dawg Entertainment. However,
D Smoke uses "Black Habits" to introduce himself to his newfound audience
after winning NetflixÆs "Rhythm + Flow", a reality TV show where Cardi B,
Chance the Rapper, and T.I. hold a competition to find the next breakout
hip-hop star. Released only four months after his EP "Inglewood High",
named after the high school he attended and later returned to to teach
Spanish, "Black Habits" begins on a morning in his childhood with his
mother and brothers and branches out to his influences: environmental,
familial, and ancestral. Primarily recorded in his bedroom in Inglewood,
California, D Smoke utilizes sounds from the neighborhood to compose
a classic rap album complete with interludes and storylines. He expresses
boisterous bravado on tracks like "Bullies" and "Gaspar Yanga," featuring
Snoop Dogg. Other tracks, like "Sunkissed Child," featuring Jill Scott,
and "Like My Daddy," are reflections on unconditional love and the nuance
of addiction. D Smoke sat down with Apple Music to break down a few of his
favorite records from the album.
Morning Prayer/Bullies
"Bullies" was produced by D.K. The Punisher when he was my roommate. I
think of "Bullies" and "Morning Prayer" as an extension of the same
pieceù"Morning Prayer" explains "Bullies." It was me following
instructions: not letting nobody push over us or mess with my brothers or
talk about pops locked up. The first bullies were in the house. Me,
Davion,and SiR, Sir Darryl, we're all super close in age, one year apart,
each of us. We have a brother that's 10 years older than me. It was
training. Bullies exist, and people become who they are because of them.
But after all is said and done, if you make being a bully your life's
business, you're whack.
Gaspar Yanga
"My mentor and one of my managers, DJ Shanxx, said, before the song ever
came about, he was like, "You got to do a song on there about Gaspar
Yanga."Gaspar Yanga is a Mexican general of African descent who defended
his town against the Spanish invasion, and until this day, this town in
Mexico near Veracruz has a strong population of Afro-Mexicanos,
Afro-Latinos. It's me kind of invoking that. I'm unapologetically black
and I'm doing my Spanish shit. And embracing that and putting that forth
in the song with that kind of aggression, and the duality of English and
Spanish. I wrote the hook, but then I was like, "You know what? I really
think Snoop will be dope on this," because it recreated the moment that
the world saw between me and Snoop. We'd make it authentic for the city,
because that was a real West Coast moment."
Real Body
"Real Body" is one of those songs I did when I was working on "Inglewood
High", but I knew I needed a feature because of the subject matter. It's
not my place as a man to determine what a woman's body is supposed to be.
The verse explains that, but the song title alone can allow for people to
be like, "What you trying to say?" I wanted to just appreciate different
body types. So I wrote my first verse and the hook, and then it sat for a
minute. Then, I connected with Ari [Lennox]. I didn't advise her on
anything. I believe that's how it's supposed to be when you ask somebody
to get on your song. You've got to let them do what they do, because
that's what you want. You want them."
Fly
"Fly" is produced by Mars from 1500. It came after "Rhythm + Flow" was
filmed. Me and Mars had been meaning to get in the studio for a long time.
I came up with the hook, and I actually wrote my verses in the booth. It's
mainly a reflection. It was recorded after I finished the show and knew I
won. ItÆs gospel-music-length. I was going to leave it at that, but Davion
had been in the other room writing. I was like, 'Bro, look, we did the
collaboration thing. This is my song. This is about a moment I had.' He
was like, "Just listen to what I got, all right?" So then he sang it for
me. I was like, "Damn, that's hard. All right, go record it. Shù." It just
speaks to how much these are shared moments. That he was there when it
happened. They feel a little bit of what I feel."
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1. Morning Prayer 1:27
2. Bullies 4:14
3. No Commas 2:56
4. Gaspar Yanga Ft. Snoop Dogg 2:15
5. Top Of The Morning 3:34
6. Sunkissed Child Ft. Jill Scott & Iguocho 4:21
7. Black Habits I Ft. Jackie GouchΦ 4:27
8. Fly Ft. Davion Farris 5:14
9. Seasons Pass 4:00
10. Fallin' 3:37
11. Lights On Ft. SiR 3:39
12. Real Body Ft. Ari Lennox 3:07
13. Free 5:02
14. Like My Daddy 4:58
15. Closer To God Ft. SiR 4:29
16. Black Habits II 4:45
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