Posted: 15th March 2006 by Robbie in Baggage Handlers
“It’s been a long time, I shouldn’t have left you, without a weed carrier post to step to…” you get the idea.
Busta Rhymes (aka “the lyrical nutritionist”) began his career holding weed for Public Enemy, back when they were “totally kick ass”. This was no mean feat, as Flavor Flav required at least four or five weed (and coke) carriers at any one time just in order to function. This led to the formation of Leaders of the New School with Charlie Brown and the other two guys who no one remembers (Dinco D and Milo). Luckily, these guys actually had some talent, and before long they left the nest. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: 9th March 2006 by Robbie in Carriers In The News
Due to the many recent news incidents involving weed carriers, it seemed like a good time to bring this shit back. Some of the old crew will be back on board, plus Bol and Combat Jack will be joining the squad.
I’ll be redesigning the layout over the next few days, but expect some new content this weekend.
Posted: 12th August 2005 by Robbie in Baggage Handlers
The first time I heard of Irv Gotti was his production credit for Mic Geronimo’s “Shit’s Real” single, back when he still held his DJ Irv handle. Soon afterwards, Mic G dropped his album on Blunt/TVT, and his labelmates were a group called Cash Money Click, a three-man crew of little talent featuring a kid called Ja Rule, Chris Black and 01, who had a single which had the same as beat as Show & AG’s “Next LeveL (Remix)”, although nowhere near as good. At this stage, you could consider CMC as Mic Geronimo’s weed carriers, since he had a few minor hits at the time, and featured a shitty song called “Time To Build” with DMX, Jay-Z and Ja. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: 5th August 2005 by Hashim in Carriers In The News
The new issue of Vibe, with Jamie Foxx on the cover gives props to hip-hop blogs and specifically name drops this here site, A Salute to Weed Carriers.
I, and my weed carrying brethren appreciate the mention, though this doesn’t change the fact that Vibe carries weed for both XXL and Complex Magazine.
Posted: 1st August 2005 by Hashim in Carriers In The News
The Guardian has an article about weed carriers. The writer is sloppy, and I doubt some of the facts, but I thought this was funny:
“Mad, bad rapper Xzibit has a designated weed buddy whose job is to smoke “the chronic” with him during interviews, so he might have hilarious exchanges about being “high as a motherfucker”.
Crazy.
At the bottom of the article there’s a list of rappers and what their carriers do.
Posted: 4th July 2005 by Robbie in Baggage Handlers
From their days as the Poetical Prophets all the way up to now, the two little duns from the Q-U have not only released an impressive catalogue ofanti-social street anthems, but have built up a sizable collection of associates to stash the ‘dro for ‘em. Havoc paid dues in the early nineties by holding weed for both Tragedy and Blaq Poet (during his PHD days), but a little-known fact is that Prodigy debuted as the rent-a-rapper on for teen-jack swingers High-Five on “Too Young”, a song from the Boyz N The Hood soundtrack. Hav also rolled whoolas for Large Professor while he observed how to finesse beat-making equipment during the recording of Juvenile Hell, which he put to good use when he unleashed his highly-influential, brooding sound on The Infamous. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: 22nd June 2005 by Hashim in Carriers In The News
HBO’s Entourage is the first tv show to salute weed carriers. The show is about a young movie star who moves from New York to Hollywood and takes with him his brother and two friends- his weed carriers.
The show is cool because it portrays the carriers as positive anchors for the actor guy. I’m hoping for a plot line this season where they literally carry his weed and take the heat of a drug bust for him.
Posted: 18th June 2005 by Robbie in Baggage Handlers
While I was thumbing through an old rap magazine, I found this ad for an album called Next Up – Rap’s New Generation, but a more fitting title may have been Stash This – Weed Carriers Rap. The track listing reads like a who’s who of some of rap’s most well-known weed holders. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: 6th June 2005 by Robbie in Baggage Handlers
Masta Killa
This guy had to wait over ten years to get his solo out, which indicates that when RZA asked him to carry his stash he was like “Nah, I don’t play that weed carrier shit son!”, immediately relegating his project to the back-burner. You’ve gotta respect that gully attitude though. Even though he’s had to cool his heels for what must have fekt like an enternity, he stuck to his guns and refused to carry another man’s weed. Not many rappers without a solo release to their name can say that. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: 22nd May 2005 by Robbie in Baggage Handlers
I don’t know shit about U-God other than the fact that he’s responsible for the worst Wu-Tang song ever (“Black Shampoo”) and used to get locked-up a lot, which explains why his skills were a little rusty on Raekwon’s debut. He also yelled at Meth in The Show, which was one of the few highlights in a pretty shitty movie. Read the rest of this entry »