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Smoke DZA - The Early Days of George
Artist: Smoke DZA
Producer: Hi-Tek
Album: THC (The Hustler Catalog)
Label: High Times Records/Cinematic Music Group
As cliché as it may sound, stoner rap seems to be burning hotter than ever, and now with Smoke DZA making his presence known, more and more people are catching a contact high. With a heartfelt beat produced by none other than the always soulful Hi-Tek, Smoke gives a preview of what his upcoming album, THC (The Hustler Catalog), is going to sound like on new single The Early Days of George, a cut that tells the tale of different Georges overcoming obstacles in their lives, ranging from George Washington to George Jefferson. Laid out by a smoothly-sampled beat, which sounds awfully similar to Tek’s Black and Gold swipe from a record with Reflection Eternal brethren Talib Kweli, Smoke speaks on the obstacles he’s overcome, and just how much higher he plans to take his career. The song doesn’t make it quite to the three minute mark, and might be a better look if the right emcee was recruited for a feature, but Smoke’s bars are dope, and it’s a nice break from all the weed talk. Even stoners get serious sometimes.
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DJ Booth Crew  Total Ratings: 11633 |
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Sometimes artists get too creative and run with a backstory or theme for years (or albums), before they realize its time to move on. Case in point - Eminem has gone astray from those silly/scary skits that were impactful on several of his early releases. The same could be said of DZA, who has really wrapped himself around this "George Kush" character (and its offshoot topics), but lucky for us its lots of fun and not at all tiresome.
Oh, and when you have Hi-Tek produce on your next project, you're definitely doing something right. 
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| Posted on Jan 07, 2011 |
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The flow is dope on here, and Smoke DZA does everything to make me keep this song playing. But I can;t help but be disappointed with Hi-Tek on the boards with this one. Kept waiting for the bass to kick in and since it didn't, I found myslef getting distracted and annoyed. DZA kills it tho.
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| Posted on Jan 07, 2011 |
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Can't agree with the homey above - I thought Tek's work here was, while not classic, pretty damn good. Anything more and it might have overwhelmed DZA's more laid back flow. This is much, much more than just stoner rap.
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| Posted on Jan 07, 2011 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 1077 |
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I'm wit Nathan, this production was nicely suited to fit DZA's flow. The production was dope and the come-up theme was pretty cool.
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| Posted on Jan 07, 2011 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 1805 |
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The production from Hi-Tek is a very nice listen. And Smoke DZA did really solid on his verses. I love his flow in this. Its so smooth and makes this an enjoyable listen.
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| Posted on Jan 07, 2011 |
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DJ Booth Member  Total Ratings: 399 |
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not bad
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| Posted on Jan 08, 2011 |
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Nice!
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| Posted on Jan 08, 2011 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 2065 |
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This is really decent for a few plays, nothing more.
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| Posted on Jan 11, 2011 |
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