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Cocoa Brovaz

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Cocoa Brovaz (aka Smiff-N-Wessun) fired onto the rap scene as guests on Black Moon’s popular 1993 album Enta Da Stage. Comprised of group members Tekomin “Tek” Williams and Darrrell “Steele” Yates, Cocoa Brovaz were a part of the popular Brooklyn rap collective Boot Camp Click. Originally recording as Smif-N-Wessun, their debut album Dah Shinin’ debuted at No. 5 on Billboard’s Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. The Smith & Wesson firearm company later sued the group for the use of the name and they rebranded themselves Cocoa Brovaz.

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7. "Bucktown," Smif-N-Wessun

Before Barclays Center landed, before beards, bikes and bands took over Williamsburg, Brooklyn was known as "Bucktown," and for a reason. Boot Camp Clik duo Smif-N-Wessun bring the nickname for the "home of the original gun clappers" to life over ...

Smif-N-Wessun, "Sound Bwoy Bureill"

Smif N Wessun, however, were the first to mine "Dust a Soundbwoy," sampling a different part of its Fuzzy's soundclash intro for their menacing classic "Sound Bwoy Bureill." The song also interpolated Buju Banton's "Boom Bye Bye," and features dan...

Smif-N-Wessun, "Super Brooklyn"

Brooklyn duo Smif-N-Wessun, aka the Cocoa Brovaz, sampled liberally from the music for iconic game Super Mario Bros. for this 1999 underground hit. They never released it officially due to sample clearance issues, but the buzz from the song led to...

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