Sess per Haps

Boodah & The Bandit
-Brain On Drugs (Boodah Sess Mix)
-No Haps

1994 Tuff City Records

Perhaps as ubiquitous as anything in hip-hop is its love affair, or rather its obsession, with the green stuff. No, I'm not talking about money, I'm talking about weed. And in Brain On Drugs, we just might've had an anthem. The beats in both the original and the remix were mellow and nice, and the hook was the kind of thing that anyone, no matter how many pulls in, could've shouted along with at a show, party, or anywhere else. So why didn't it catch on, you ask? Well, I've got my theories, but I'll let you do your own detective work.

No Haps represents another classic hip-hop sub-genre: the braggadocio track. An entertaining if unfulfilling listen. I do like the loop, though. Good mixtape song.

And by the way, word is that Tuff City is emptying out its remaining back-catalog items. Unfortunately, I'm a little short on cash these days, so I'm afraid to look. Seems a little masochistic or something. For all of you, though, happy hunting.