About // Contact

Dec

What Ever Happened To?

What Ever Happened To…Cool Breeze?

Cool Breeze feat Outkast and Goodie Mob - Watch for the Hook

With all of the praise and appreciation that’s given to the Dungeon Family, I consider the collective a sad case. Why? Well, for every platinum success (Outkast, Goodie Mob), there were platinum misses (Joi, Sleepy Brown, Killer Mike). And unfortunately, the “second generation” artists of DC, Scar and Janelle Monae, seem to be going down the same path.

Now, I don’t blame DF for this. They are the best ensemble of black musicians since the 70s. But unfortunately, major labels just don’t see this type of artistry in terms they can understand.

Which takes is to Cool Breeze, the man who invented the term “Dirty South”. The First Generation DF member and Atlanta MC came out strong with “Watch for the Hook,” with a video that played off of Reservoir Dogs perfectly, with assistance from Andre 3000 and Big Gipp. The vid made a splash on MTV2 and BET, but “Hook,” never took off on radio, and his first album East Point’s Greatest Hits was a dud commercially.

Its sad. Like most great rap albums, the public never caught on to the brilliance that was East Points Greatest Hits. You would be surprised that Outkast fans didn’t take notice of this album since it essentially packaged Outkast’s eccentricity for a “street audience.” I hate to use the term “clever wordplay” in an album review cause its a cliche, but Cool Breeze used words and rhymes just as efficiently as…lets say Luda. Please take a look at this album before you diss the South again.

As for Breeze, the rapper went silent after EPGH, but he’s making moves to resurrect his career. He provided a verse on the awful Bubba Sparxxx single, “Clairmont Lounge,” as well as some shitty Southern mixtapes. I see Cool Breeze dumbing down his rap career to compete with the Southern rap thats already on the airwaves. And we all know that’s a bad look.

Share and Enjoy:

Post Link

Click on the link to copy the text to your clipboard.

7 Comments

You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.

Kellen on December 11th, 2006 11:49 pm

“Hit man” and “Watch for the hook” were my ish.

dcfist on December 12th, 2006 9:48 am

he really hit it with cre-a-tine. thats some classic ish

noz on December 12th, 2006 6:55 pm

breeze put out a terrible compilation cd a few years back that i got for ten cents. he’s currently signed to bubba sparxxx’s new south label.

and i thought “claremont lounge” was pretty great.

Control-Z on December 16th, 2006 3:03 pm

Actually, Janelle Monáe, nor Scar is headed down that same path… JM’s actually putting out 4 albums in 2007. And Scar’s completing his album right now to be released in early 2007. So, don’t worry.

Stone on December 19th, 2006 5:11 pm

Sorry to dump on Clairemont Lounge, but I’m just not feelin’ it….

As for JM and Scar, let’s hope so. The point I’m trying to make is that it seems like every minor player in DF goes the same route….great albums, no promotion. Killer Mike should’ve released an album years ago. Sleepy Brown dropped a great album this year and NO one even knew.

Mult on December 21st, 2006 1:05 pm

I thought that EPGH was the best cd that no one knew about. couch sessions hit it right on the head with his discussion. i sure hope he doesn’t dumb it down, i hope he goes out and make a record just like EPGH, honestly that might be in my top 5 of favorite albums.

Anonymous on February 21st, 2007 2:36 pm

The Five Heartbeats

Advertisment

Connect

Subscribe via Email

Get all of our content straight into your inbox.

Subscribe by RSS

Click on the image to the right to subscribe to our main RSS feed.

Podcast

	Kidz In The Hall
	The Kidz talk about their favorite cities, Obama, Estelle, and beef with Asher Roth?

	RIR 025
	Adele, Cadence Weapon, Jay Electronica, Eyrakah Badu, Res, Mickey Factz

More >>

Features

	Interview: Raphael Saadiq
	The legendary artist chats about his new album, The Way I See It.
	Read More>>

	Photos: 11/4/08
	Photos from that glorious night at 14th and U on November 4th.
	Read More>>

	Interview: Adam Tensta
	An interview with Sweden\'s new hip-hop sensation.
	Read More>>

	UK Tings: Vula
	The 28 year old Basement Jaxx songstress drops a new EP and its HOT!
	Read More>>

	People Under the Stairs
	People Under the Stairs brings the sights and sounds of LA to life in their latest effort.
	Read More>>

More >>

Reviews

	Foreign Exchange - Leave it All Behind
	Leave it All Behind is more than an experiment.

	TV on the Radio - Dear Science
	Can this New York band be edgy and accessible at the same time?

	Concert: Gnarls Barkley
	It was a bad night. At least I got them to perform \"Crazy.\"

More >>