Smoothe Da Hustler is one of Brooklyn New York's outstanding lyrical talents. With his introduction "Once Upon A Time In America", he followed in the tradition of dropping a solid debut album which set the bar higher for mic skills and a stronger presence of street representation across the board. The aggressive, jaw dropping delivery and gutter sounds of "Broken Language" was almost too strong of a force to contain in the mid 90's, it was a joy to hear the song dominate both underground and mainstream airwaves and resonate back into the culture with the true essence of hip hop.

In this video, Smoothe performs "Broken Language" with Trigger and DV Alias Khrist in the midst of the song's huge buzz. This is truly one of those songs you need to hear live at least once, the powerful delivery and creative punchlines are designed for the street corner cipher where you hear an MC use his rhymes and voice like a weapon.



After the performance blended into the official video of Broken Language, Smoothe sits backstage with Ralph McDanields of Video Music Box for an interview to promote hisi debut album. I haven't seen many interviews of the kid on TV or online ever, so be sure to check it out near the end, the beautiful Monie Love is sitting there with him too.

Broken Language is classic work of art in back-to-back rhyming, a landmark of hip hop lyricism to be admired and referenced for years to come.