In Hip Hop today the major thing that is missing is lyrical content and ability. Well have no more fear because the latest rising stars from the South are hear the save the day. Shawn J and Smoke formerly known as Boondox and Kalage and collectively known as Field Mob are returning to the masses with their third release Light Poles and Pine Trees. They are also the newest members of Ludacris’ continuously growing Disturbing The Peace label.
Shawn and Smoke are finally getting the recognition that they deserve after their last two releases were improperly promoted and they were subsequently dropped from their label MCA. MCA also held the legal rights to their monikers Boondox and Kallage which they refused to let the artists leave the label with.
Despite all the ups and downs Field Mob kept their heads up, stayed on their grizzly and landed a deal with long time friend Ludacris. Field Mob’s Smoke (who is now incarcerated on a probation violation) took time to talk to HHDX about the past, present and future of Field Mob and why they are so driven to become known as the greatest rap group since Outkast.
Now before you try to analyze Field Mob’s goal to in-depth, just remember that these two guys released 2 two lyrically acclaimed albums. 613:Ashy To Classy and From Tha Roota to the Toota . Both projects were filled with lyrical notes that one would never expect from two cats from Albany Georgia, that’s right not Atlanta but Albany. Albany, Georgia is also the birth place of the legendary Ray Charles.
So to give you an idea of how Field Mob plans to accomplish their mission of becoming the greatest rap group since Outkast, I will preference some of the Questions and Answers with some of Field Mob’s most intense lyrics from some of their older tracks. I do this so that you can all become acquainted with the group that in my opinion is going to be the next hottest thing on the planet- Musically and Lyrically
I get sick if I ain’t home in the South you can hear it in my voice/
but I get on the track and ride like a Rolls Royce/
and lean in it/
spit 16 supreme splendid/
tipsy off tanqueray with tangerines in it/
K.A.N. by Field Mob
HHDX: Smoke where’s your other half at today?
SMOKE: Man we was out last night and Shawn just drank too much we were doin’ shots of Petron and drinking Crystal all night so he ain’t feeling good today. But he’ll be alright
Its Hell/
Living off of thugs money things ain’t swell/
Don’t believe me go and ask my boys in jail/
When we grind keep a not for the cops/
Cause ain’t no sunshine for boys and blocks/
It’s Hell by Field Mob
HHDX: How did Field Mob’s deal with Ludacris and DTP come about?
SMOKE: Well we knew Luda since he was Chris Luva Luva at the radio station in Atlanta and he was always a fan of our music and stuff so we naturally felt like we needed to be together. So we kept it cool with Shaka Zulu whenever we would see him and when Luda came at us about signing with DTP it was cool so we did it. We had like 60 or 70 songs ready. When we got the call we ain’t know what we were gonna do. We aint even know if we had a deal. We ain’t ask Luda to go to Geffen Records for us but he did. He’s gonna benefit from our deal but it’s gonna make us all stronger.
HHDX :So after the failed deal with MCA records what’s the marketing for the new album and what’s different about this deal that mat allow you guys to reach the level of success you feel you deserve?
SMOKE: Well Luda and Shaka have so much in store for us man. The agenda is to let the world know that Field Mob is with Luda now. We got the first single and video off our new album Light Poles and Pine Trees. The first single is out called Friday Nights, and then we are also going to be on the lead single for the new Ludacris Presents Disturbing The Peace album. That single and video is called Georgia On My Mind” and features Us, Luda and Jamie Foxx. What’s different is the fact that we just want people to know that we with Luda and that they love our work ethic and we ready to work.
I’m from the home of racist rednecks and Confederate flags/
Klu Klux playin’ nemesis and politicians in drag/
Cotton pickin’ slave trading and nigga lynchin’/
Lead to more oppression than crooked cops trigger pitchin’/
Don’t Want No Problems by Field Mob
HHDX: So tell us about your home town Albany Georgia and what it’s like there?
SMOKE: Well the first thing I wanna say is that in the movie Ray they didn’t tell you that Ray was from Albany Georgia. We ain’t a known city in Georgia It’s so southern it’s as southern as you can get.
HHDX: What other ventures is Field Mob trying to get in to?
SMOKE: Well we had an offer for a sitcom and some other things and as time goes on we gonna get into more shit. People say we some cool ass niggas so we just trying to work. But right now I just wanna rap because of the love that I have for it. I got so much passion for it in me that (it’s) what I wanna do right now.
HHDX: What do you guys feel is your greatest strength musically right now?
SMOKE: The issue in Hip Hop is lyrical shit, our niche is lyrical- our lyrical ability. We spit man! Niggas from New York can feel us cause we spit so hard. We never wanna take the image that the world gives us so we gonna always go against the grain.
HHDX: How does Field Mob want to be remembered?
SMOKE: We just wanna be remembered as one of the greatest rap groups ever one of the best since Outkast. If they ever do a Hip Hop Bible there should be a chapter called Field Mob in it.
Indeed there should and would be a chapter called Field Mob in the Hip Hop Bible because they are refreshing, southern, funny, witty, intelligent as well ass some simply cool ass niggas who really spit. Emcees, get your vocabulary game up because its real in the Field and the Mob is coming.
Shawn and Smoke are finally getting the recognition that they deserve after their last two releases were improperly promoted and they were subsequently dropped from their label MCA. MCA also held the legal rights to their monikers Boondox and Kallage which they refused to let the artists leave the label with.
Despite all the ups and downs Field Mob kept their heads up, stayed on their grizzly and landed a deal with long time friend Ludacris. Field Mob’s Smoke (who is now incarcerated on a probation violation) took time to talk to HHDX about the past, present and future of Field Mob and why they are so driven to become known as the greatest rap group since Outkast.
Now before you try to analyze Field Mob’s goal to in-depth, just remember that these two guys released 2 two lyrically acclaimed albums. 613:Ashy To Classy and From Tha Roota to the Toota . Both projects were filled with lyrical notes that one would never expect from two cats from Albany Georgia, that’s right not Atlanta but Albany. Albany, Georgia is also the birth place of the legendary Ray Charles.
So to give you an idea of how Field Mob plans to accomplish their mission of becoming the greatest rap group since Outkast, I will preference some of the Questions and Answers with some of Field Mob’s most intense lyrics from some of their older tracks. I do this so that you can all become acquainted with the group that in my opinion is going to be the next hottest thing on the planet- Musically and Lyrically
I get sick if I ain’t home in the South you can hear it in my voice/
but I get on the track and ride like a Rolls Royce/
and lean in it/
spit 16 supreme splendid/
tipsy off tanqueray with tangerines in it/
K.A.N. by Field Mob
HHDX: Smoke where’s your other half at today?
SMOKE: Man we was out last night and Shawn just drank too much we were doin’ shots of Petron and drinking Crystal all night so he ain’t feeling good today. But he’ll be alright
Its Hell/
Living off of thugs money things ain’t swell/
Don’t believe me go and ask my boys in jail/
When we grind keep a not for the cops/
Cause ain’t no sunshine for boys and blocks/
It’s Hell by Field Mob
HHDX: How did Field Mob’s deal with Ludacris and DTP come about?
SMOKE: Well we knew Luda since he was Chris Luva Luva at the radio station in Atlanta and he was always a fan of our music and stuff so we naturally felt like we needed to be together. So we kept it cool with Shaka Zulu whenever we would see him and when Luda came at us about signing with DTP it was cool so we did it. We had like 60 or 70 songs ready. When we got the call we ain’t know what we were gonna do. We aint even know if we had a deal. We ain’t ask Luda to go to Geffen Records for us but he did. He’s gonna benefit from our deal but it’s gonna make us all stronger.
HHDX :So after the failed deal with MCA records what’s the marketing for the new album and what’s different about this deal that mat allow you guys to reach the level of success you feel you deserve?
SMOKE: Well Luda and Shaka have so much in store for us man. The agenda is to let the world know that Field Mob is with Luda now. We got the first single and video off our new album Light Poles and Pine Trees. The first single is out called Friday Nights, and then we are also going to be on the lead single for the new Ludacris Presents Disturbing The Peace album. That single and video is called Georgia On My Mind” and features Us, Luda and Jamie Foxx. What’s different is the fact that we just want people to know that we with Luda and that they love our work ethic and we ready to work.
I’m from the home of racist rednecks and Confederate flags/
Klu Klux playin’ nemesis and politicians in drag/
Cotton pickin’ slave trading and nigga lynchin’/
Lead to more oppression than crooked cops trigger pitchin’/
Don’t Want No Problems by Field Mob
HHDX: So tell us about your home town Albany Georgia and what it’s like there?
SMOKE: Well the first thing I wanna say is that in the movie Ray they didn’t tell you that Ray was from Albany Georgia. We ain’t a known city in Georgia It’s so southern it’s as southern as you can get.
HHDX: What other ventures is Field Mob trying to get in to?
SMOKE: Well we had an offer for a sitcom and some other things and as time goes on we gonna get into more shit. People say we some cool ass niggas so we just trying to work. But right now I just wanna rap because of the love that I have for it. I got so much passion for it in me that (it’s) what I wanna do right now.
HHDX: What do you guys feel is your greatest strength musically right now?
SMOKE: The issue in Hip Hop is lyrical shit, our niche is lyrical- our lyrical ability. We spit man! Niggas from New York can feel us cause we spit so hard. We never wanna take the image that the world gives us so we gonna always go against the grain.
HHDX: How does Field Mob want to be remembered?
SMOKE: We just wanna be remembered as one of the greatest rap groups ever one of the best since Outkast. If they ever do a Hip Hop Bible there should be a chapter called Field Mob in it.
Indeed there should and would be a chapter called Field Mob in the Hip Hop Bible because they are refreshing, southern, funny, witty, intelligent as well ass some simply cool ass niggas who really spit. Emcees, get your vocabulary game up because its real in the Field and the Mob is coming.
