Spinabenz, Yungeen Ace…, Who I Smoke | Track Review 🎵

Spinabenz, Yungeen Ace & FastMoney Goon, assisted by Whoppa Wit Da Choppa and an unlikely sample, are cold as ice on must-hear “Who I Smoke.”

Maybe, just maybe 🎵 “A Thousand Miles” isn’t the whitest song ever.  The 🎙 Vanessa Carlton classic plays a key role in the RAP song 🎵 “Who I Smoke”. Carlton associated with rap? Wow, now that’s something indeed! Carlton is sample on the song at hand, credited to 🎙 Spinabenz, 🎙 Yungeen Ace, and 🎙 FastMoney Goon featuring 🎙 Whoopa Wit Da Choppa.  The end result is definitely captivating on this “A Thousand Miles (Remix)” of sorts.

So, the guys just let Vanessa Carlton do her thing on the intro (while the listener’s asking themselves, WTF), before Spinabenz draws first blood on the first verse.  The sample remains prominent, but actually fits perfectly in the hip-hop setting.  The rapper certainly isn’t kind in the least, dissing his dead rivals – OUCH! “Twelve paramedics couldn’t save your fuckin’ life, boy / Rod K dead and he never comin’ back.” Whoopa Wit Da Choppa takes the reins on the second verse, sounding equally violent and referencing Carlton cleverly: “You could walk a thousand miles and I still don’t wanna see you.”  Woo! It doesn’t stop there. Yungeen Ace drops a chorus that’s absolutely cold as hell:

“Who I smoke (Who?) Bibby
Who I smoke (Who?) Teki
Who I smoke (Who?) Lil Nine
And now I wonder...”

While he’s being cold to dead rivals, samples of Carlton – masterfully integrated by 🎛 Drilltime Zani – provide this odd but alluring contrast.  Ace goes on to rap the third verse, keeping things hard AF.  FastMoney Goon segues on the fourth verse, spitting, “I tote the rocket when I travel, I’m pistol packin’ the heat pack / I was lurkin’ on his page and I caught him lackin’ in Houston.” My, my, my!

Final Thoughts 💭

Wow – just wow! Positively speaking, there’s a lot to like about “Who I Smoke.”  Using the Vanessa Carlton sample is genius.  The production overall is great.  The rhymes by all four rappers are tough and unapologetic – brutally honest.  That’s positive in the sense of the aggressiveness and energy though the fact they are speaking of the dead in that manner, rivals or not is troublesome – cold AF.  But, as a record, “Who I Smoke” is a must-hear. 

🎙 Spinabenz, Yungeen Ace & FastMoney Goon • 🎵 “Who I Smoke” • 🏷 Cinematic Music Group / ATK / A-Team • 🗓 4.16.21

[📷: Cinematic Music Group / ATK / A-Team]