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  • Man , smoke is the man , i learned how to smack on the congo by listening to smoke, and wink

  • If you aint movin back and forth or ya head aint bobbin when you hear this...Then you aint from DC!

  • DC....NORFFEESE...all day!

  • Yeah, Jeff went hard...

  • jeff!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! wish they wouldve showed more of him

  • Damn jeff 3:41-4:04...get it homie!!

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  • Smoke shut that shit down!!!!

  • Smoke at 3:27 Incredible!

  • IT'S IN THE POCKET!!!!!

  • Maan smoke kill it ery time yuhn... Dis mi fav solo of all! daht one part where he slide the 3rd tenor after the triplets smh is orgasmic lls whole time!!!!

  • Smoke that shit nigga....double up on and put that shit in the pocket

  • gem me that double barrel shotgun smoke-C'MON

  • nice job!!!! i like it!!!!!

  • smoke be rockin like shyt

    

  • Best 2 ever do it!! GO GO SMOKEY. SADDLE EM UP SMOKE

  • well!!!.smoke still doing his thing,..i grew up in northern va and damn!!!...i miss my go go but i got it all and when im riding down here in florida lol!!!..these bamas always asking me what kinda music this is lmao!!!!...just got finish listening to smoke on my way home and NEG....WHEEEEWWWW

  • holy cow. god damn. its been a long time since i been to a go-go. i only saw neg once but smoke has got to be one of the best conga dude i seen ever. i never seen mickey of jungle boogie , do so many crossovers and riffs. they pretty much stick to the basic go-go riff used by all go-go bands. smoke seems to be on a whole nother level

  • fort washington. thats the shit!!!!! looking for cherish the day by 911, cant find it!!!!!!!!

  • fort washington. thats the shit!!!!!

  • who actually disliked this?! Bammas always lunchin' and hating on the DMV...

  • Im new to GOGO music and i gotta tell u i love it! Anymore artists ya'll recommend to listen too?

  • If you're from DC, Maryland, Northern VA (like me) you know what this is, and this is our music!

  • @tjw8T1 I have to admit, I'm from NY but moved to DMV at 15 in '89; comin' from New York I wasn't feelin that Go Go s#@!. Years later I can appreciate the music and how it's shaped DC culture. I also have to admit them dudes on the congos go hard!

  • smoke is a monsta on the congos

  • i havnt heard no one rock the congo and 5 piece like this scince 1991

  • i know his hands must be numb like mugg. ha

  • Smoke is a total BEAST !!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • DAAAAAYUM!!!!!!!

  • This the go-go music I grew up listening to starting at 2:44 to 4:03. I just can't get wit that new stuff they playin in 2011.

  • @Katrina6289 You aint never lie. I cant even call that stuff go go. Unless it comes on a tape, sold to me by Niko on F street, it's not go go.

  • O lawd have mercy you have to have grown up listening to go-go music to understand and appreciate it, because at exactly 2:44 when smoke put it in the pocket......... I could feel something go straight through my spine and I couldn't stop bobbin my head.Them congo's Bass and drums do somethin to ya.

  • Damnnnn...........smoke CRANKIN............that shit soundin real good.Smoke and go-go mickey are the best congo playas PERIOD.

  • JAMMIN JEFF STOLE THE SHOW!!!! my favorite drummer besides buggy

  • either cause what wink did was all ecoplex, t-bob was saying dats what i call control, dats childs play to smoke, all they did was turn da monitors up then down then back up!!!!!!!!listen to da neg from feb of 2011 when wink got on at da end, he aint fucken with know smoke or lil sam period, but do like wink alot, just keeping it real

  • then folks keep saying somebody is better because they was out 1st, r u kidding me? some say smoke plays the same shit, and those ones need to listen, think about wink wen he did his solos with the knock em out the box wink, that was da same beat everytime, hell not only was it da same beat, blue eyed darrell and peetey played da same exact groove on the knock em out da box!!!!!! hey if any of yall think yall have betta solos than smoke from wink, please let me know and dnt say dat ibex shit

  • why do fools keep saying smoke cant hold a pocket? dats how northeast took ova da go go's in 91-92 cause of their crucial pockets! smoke will kill wink and so will sauce, people keep saying smoke plays the same shit, yall need to know what yall saying, thats his warm up and his groove before he fucks the shit all the way up, like the beggining of lil sam u all by yourself or double barrell or gallop!!!!!! still havent seen ANY congo player ngive rapper smokes favorite part yet! smoke is 2 fast

  • this is the fuckin definition of CRANKIN!!!!!! young i miss them days of the black hole and voodoo cave back when i was a youngin ridin in my cadi crankin this shit loud

  • Smoke, Wink, Sauce, Mickey, Rock Steady, Foxy Brown, Luv....I know I forgot some names....add to my list of of the best pocket playaz in DMV!! One love DMV....I'll be home soon!!!

  • This our music!! This our roots!!!

  • This is the shit.

  • I am from New Jersey and I have never seen this conga player but he

    is amazing. I play congas also, but not like that. I need to practice.

    Great playing.

  • LOL I wanted to see the rest there drummer was gettin loose

  • datz dat real shit smoke got dat fire baby holdit down baby love ya peace

  • MAN....... listen up SMOKE ripped that shit you see you the count total on this video 230,000 and running

  • Damn...@2;43 is my favorite part to!!!!

  • @24Adrian24 2:43 was good but at 2:42 is were he really KILLED it they was about to get loose they should add the rest of the video!! DC!!

  • @Mnetti00 damn i was meanin to say at 3:24 he KILLED it. 3:24 thats the go go i grew up too.

  • @24Adrian24 I agree!!! 2:43 is no doubt the best.

  • AIN'T NOBODY FUCKIN WIT SMOKE YUNG....OR N.E GROOVERS!!!!.

  • NONE OF THEM CAN MESS WITH MICKEY. SMOKE NICE BUT DO THEM SAME SHIT . MICKEY GIVES U ALL KINDS OF SHIT.

  • DMV all day!!

  • Smoke and GOGO Mickey are the best!!  Ahhhhhh DC, Ahhhhhh DC!!!!!

  • smoke is one of the best

  • If smoke didnt find music he would have made a beast boxer with that hand speed ..he got floyd mayweather nervous with all that crankin lol

  • WHAT SOMEBODY SAID SAUCE OVER WINKO YALL NIGGA'S CRAZYYYYYYYY LMAO WINK WILL DO SAUCE......BUT SAUCE WILL KILL THE ROTO-TOMS CAUSE BYB PLAY MORE ROTO-TOMS THEN CONGO STUFF IF YALL REALLY KNOW BACKYARD......ALL THEIR DOPE JAMS ARE ROLLO'S......

  • YES THIS IS THE NEW NAME IT AINT CEES3500 NO MORE IT'S THE CHRIS3500 AND THIS MOTHERFUCKER IS STILL ROCKIN YOUNG GET EM SMOKE AND BY THE WAY WINKO WILL KILL SMOKE ON ANY GIVEN DAY WHEN JYB REALLY WANNA LET WINKO LOOSE REMEMBER WINKO WAS OUT BEFOR SMOKE AND SMOKE IS JUST FAST THAT'S ALL AND HE PLAY THE SAME SOLO'S ALL THE TIME BUT HE IS VERY TALENTED AND HE ROCKS....

  • yea pimping that shit still crank

  • RA Wild as shit!!!! NOBODY CAN FUCK WIT SMOKE IN DA WORLD MOE!!!!!!!

  • Smoke is fast as hell though!

  • i love pockets

  • Terrible technique but AWESOME playing!!!!

  • 1. Mickey

    2. Sauce

    3. tie with Smoke and Wink

    Just like that, fok what you heard

  • @screw67 Dayum man, I can't really argue wit dat list bruvah...Forget Peety and Rock Steady...

  • @screw67 How is it that u have SAUCE over FUNKY STUFF WINKO when he came out way before Sauce and Winko is one of the best pocket holders EVER. Even tho Smoke is my fav congo player but I cant put him over Mickey or Winko. I mean to me its a Tie between Sauce and Smoke because SMOKE is better when it comes to solos But SAUCE probaly holds a better pocket than Smoke......

  • @sgs6330 I was gonna call you crazy when I started reading you post about not putting Smoke over Winko, but as I read on you might be right. Smoke does a little too much in a pocket, while Wink holds it down.

  • been doing the damn go go thing since the 80`s DC LIFE 4 EVER

  • I miss Go-Go like this. Sure I like the bounce beats, but they can't replace them congos. Smacking those skins gets ya heart racing. Bring the hard pocket beats. I really tried of this slow bounce garbarge!!!! No creativity, no muscianship, no talent, nuthin. Back in the day, you could tell what band was playing by the drummer....not anymo'

  • Smoke is number one....but Sauce is like rite there with him

  • @YerAllGodz202 AHHH Mickey Is the Best Then Winko got NEXT then SMOKE then SAUCE in that Order period........

  • legendary

    

  • Classic

  • best solo ever

  • raw shit miss the good stuff here in FL

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  • Legendary smoke

  • This shit crank!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • gggoooottt dddaaammmnnn mmmannnn smoke

  • Can't knobody fuck wit Smoke & Jammin Jeff!!!..dont be fooled best percussion in go go all time!!Real Talk!!U cant fade the original NEG!!

  • That's how you do it right thuuur. These hip hop ngas aint shit. Go-go should have been the style that took over. Real musicians and rappers working together. Rap just turned into garbage with all the samplin', drum machines and music theft. THIS is REAAAAAAL music made with yo hands and mouth.

  • @sdlowe 100 Man you couldnt have said it any better! They can have that bounce beat shit! This is pure go go socket right here!

  • Tight as SHIT!!!... Smoke and Jeff is CRANKIN!!!...

  • thats gogo for yall ass.!!

  • smoke is a BEAST

  • jammmmmin jefffffffff on the drums. 3:20 onnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn.

  • dis nigga smoke gettin it BACK TO DA POCKET!!

  • YES YES YES YES YES......The Double Barrel Shotgun!!!!!!!!! That all I have to say....

  • that nigga is the second best

  • GO SAM GO SAM!!!

  • incredible

  • Yes Sir...

  • Look at SMOKES left hand!

  • i grew up on this shit....jungle shit lol....and they wonder why!

  • OMG...can get the good go go groove on @ work...this joint was KNOCKIN'...yeah i know i took somebody back with that one!!!!!...LMAO

  • talking about congos anyone from the metro area of dc knows its about the congos and getting siced by that front man drummers are ok but some bands had weak drummers and great front men and congo players look at R.E. right now i excuse me first i dont like white boy never have he doesnt do it for me when i think of RE its Benny Funk Maniac white boy can play that guitar and thats where he should be Chuck Buggs Sugar John Tiny Rah congos Mikey Smoke Jungle boogie Wink i love that pocket

  • my friend who moved up from DC showed me this shit

    and i live in Northern New York and I love it!

  • WHAAAT|...THIS SHIT IS CRANK!!!! Dont sound nothin like latin THIS GO GO. My wife is dominican and i dont hear nothin that sound latin in this music. GO GO got its own style. If anything the congas n bongos have more of an african sound in gogo than latin sound.

  • if u dont fuck wit dis u dont fuck wit pocket GO-GO..... Pleeez no more bounce beat..

    all about da pocket beat tru go-go. rlr

  • @sdlowe100 HELL YES!!!!!!

  • He got this shit let smoke fuck them congoz up.:)

  • @sdlowe100 yes. yes. yes. and yes.

  • @sdlowe100 AMEN!!!!!

  • yalll do release gogo started from chucks latin percussion section dont yall??? where u think the instraments come from ...

  • @GOGOJESUZ --with all due respect GGJ --because you are no doubt The Man of Video Go Go up here --but what we call Latin is African, Yoruba and Dahomey ritual music to be specific and dem drums is from Mother Africa first,last and aways. We all African people over here whether we came over on a Spanish or English boat, but the groove we never lost. That Go-go riddim tho' is one of a kind tho'--DC flipped Africa in a whole new way.

  • I'm a Rican.....This shit is crankin and i"ve been playin the congos for 25 years!!!! An all time classic and striaght up BANGER!@ all yall

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  • @TAMTAM2205 listen this is not latin music this is gogo music DC own shit if ur not from Marlyand,DC, or VA then fall back bamma

  • this is our style.....dont hate......i appreciate the latin conga players, but that is yall stuff.....if u can't appreciate a differnet use for the instrument, then thats ur ignorance......this shit cranks....i wanna see u do something even close to this

  • tamtam, i have mentioned before that dc, pg guys don't understand the instrument, they have no musical training whatever, how do you explain?

  • how does he do it?

  • Young Bands these days don't know how to play a pocket or socket. Let alone soo on the congos....do they even bring congos to shows these days. Bounce beaters.....take notes from this vid

  • thank you...A real GoGo band is defined by its Congo player, drumer, and mic man......in that order

  • aint that  the truth

  • Eh saddle up smoke..well now saddle me up smoke!

  • Fuck da beef shit...I'm old school and this shit is bangin. Go-Go has evolved. I may not "like" all of it but all of it is bangin....Dem be some hard workin' niggaz...what eva band they stomp with...so give props to all of them.... U wanna be mad at some body...be mad at the muthafukas ruining it for everybody else inside when they start shit... beffin' over territory and bitches...Now that's some dumb shit...those be some bitch niggaz....

  • cant nobody see jammin jeff pocket sick

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  • Rah Bamma ass nigga...You get no love in the distric Nigga...Aint no way you fucking wit Dfolyd moe....Familiar cranks on another level than the What band no campairson,unless you are a bammas nigga or bamma ass bitch..FF Cranking

  • o my god dis nigga smoke is a mau fukin monsta on dem congos....... A SATTLE UP SMOKE!

  • naw lemme take that back who except old heads b4 smoke and the ones who played at the same time he did can do better than that

  • now tell me who can get wit smoke????

  • Go GO Mickey,Funky stuff killed sam on that 4 -15-95..oh yeah my nigga peetey..Smoke cranking harder with Familiar faces..Sam be cranking though

  • I can sum this video up in three words - Straight killin it.

  • smokes hands is sick..y'all bamas talking bout this dont show nuttin...what else you want him to do? fly?...lol

  • Im a olda head like Neva, but I can definetly still get wit dis shit! Shit, I played down the Howard! Pump Blenders, Class, Reality, Petworth, Chance had the tightest grooves ever! Lets not forget the damage Ayre Rayde did too! And I would get excited to go see NEG in the day....crankin...

  • 3:28- That was smooth

  • This video ain't all that. Just shows that he has quick hands. What does it SOUND like though?

    And for REAL for real I'd take Peeny over Smoke, and Spoony says none are better than he is!

  • no disrespect to peeny his a great congo player but i cant tell difference from him and sauce and some of his solo's look like he stole some of sauce style of play so i cant put peeny over smoke because of smokes originality on those skins.

  • NIgga Wink out crank all them niggas moe...I swear MD niggas luv neg..smh

  • No disrespect to other bands but neg 92-93 use to be 1 of the best bands out there slim jeff and smoke i have seen smoke get all up in winko and seen winko get up in smoke but really u cant put winko over smoke or smoke over winko and it dont have to do nothing with MD niggas any of the best congo players could give it to each other any given night period........................­........

  • When did Smoke get at Winko? check out JYB mo 94 russels...INfact WInk smashed Sam when Rah bamma ass let Funky stuff get on...Sam is my man he is better now with Familiar then he was with NEG..HE is on some Grown And pimpin shit moe..How can Smoke Get at Wink?Smoke does the same solo everytime...any Sam solo will be the same ...You are right NEG use to Crank...But they have always been a MD band..Fact

  • ok TheDev2g yeah ur right i got that JYB slim at the 94 russels and winko did get all up in sam but do u have 3-31-96 at the IBEX smoke got all up in winko the whole crowd was chanting alllllll!!! LIL SAM and it wasnt the same solo he always does that night aye slim ive got solo's with smoke doing something different. Sam is not with Familiar any more and D Floyd was trying to make smoke be on some grown and sexy shit thats why smoke went back to NEG that does not fit his style of play.

  • But all the top congo players bring something different to the GOGO WORLD FOR EXAMPLE: 

    1. Mickey (most creativity on those congos very versitile)

    2.Winko (was tailor made for Junk like Ruff It Off and HEE Haw)

    3.Smoke ( raw pocket man by far the fastest congo player)

    4.Sauce(more oraganic than smoke he lets the congos talk to u)

    BUT REALLY JUST DEPENDS WHO U LIKE .................

  • @ 1:40 look @ smoks left hand. Damn

  • this shit ain't nothing but the TRUTH YOUNGIN FORREAL I MEAN I COULD LISTEN TO THIS SHIT ALL DAY> AND NEG HAD THE TIGHTEST POCKETS TO ME NIGGA'S TO ME THEY HAD THE TIGHTEST POCKETS CAUSE THEY WERE JUST STRAIGHT 1..2 POCKETS CONGO'S DRUMS AND A TALKER

  • I luv mick and footz but this shit is the most carankin thing i have ever seen.

  • bigwilly711 i don't know how old you are but if you heard footz and mickey at wilmers park in the early 80's RE lost power and it was just them too crankin like shit. i will never forget that... but this shit is crankin too.

  • that shit was pure crankange!! thats when RE was holding major pockets becoz the power shut off classic cd.

  • ass ok

  • Smoke needs to be on his own.

  • Jammin' J and Smoke Flattenin' Ninja's like a Steam Roller

  • i remember seeing NEG up the Sheraton in New Carrolton back in 93 every Sunday until niggas fuckedit up, we moved on as usual

  • Word!

    Back in the days, we used to hangout at IBEX when Jack used to be there, then they fucked up the police-man outside the club. That's when I stopped hanging-out at the Go Go Clubs.

    That's alright man, you can call me pussy, but I ain't hanging out no more.

  • That's fucked up. I meant Chuck. I said Jack made him sound like a white dude, Ain't that a Bitch.

  • jammin jeff cuttin a fool!!!

    Rated SC---4sho'!!!

  • too much swagg lls

  • Stomp And Smoke!!!!!!!!!!!! Tha Best Duo Ta Eva Hit Tha Stage In Tha gogo World PERIOD!!!!!

  • don't forget footz and Mickey

  • I swear...these younger cats running around talking about Smoke is the best ever crack me up...find an Essence from October 1996 at Rhythms and then talk to me...they ain't heard Rock Steady, Go Go Billy, Heartbeat, Walker Redds, Foxy Brown, Foxy Rob, Howdy Doody, Rocking Ron from AM FM, Loveboat Boogie from Ayre Rayde...are they all better than Smoke? Nah, but those are who you compare the greats to...

  • you old heads are out of control...so you don't compare the greats to Mickey, Hot Sauce, Wink, and Smoke? Just watch the video and front on the mans skill..

    this nigga said Howdy Doody. boo.

  • Can you read nigga? I said they haven't heard ALL the old congo players to compare today's cats to. I then said all of those older dudes are not better than Smoke, so wth you wining about?

    Howdy Doody from Prophecy and Spanky from Class were two of the nicest during their time. LoL @ you young heads running your mouths when you don't know anything. Heard of Elroy from Private Affairs? Heartbeat? Billy? Do you even know who played for Pumpblenders? Sit your young self down...lol

  • str8t killin it dis my idol n congoz 4 real luv u smoke(lol)!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • The energy and showmanship from both smoke and stompdogg is just classic!

  • Thats a shit, where you at the front of the club, Right Next to the Speaker and Close your Eyes, type shit.!

  • So damn serious...

  • what band did the remake of that Anita Baker song: sweet love I cant remember who did that joint or even if thats the name of da song but that shit rock like shit?

  • its junkyard band that did the beat to anita bakers song sweet love

  • It was JYB and Junk used to crank that big time back n the day!

  • JYB IS JUNKYARD

  • Man I know that! I was just saying that Junk used to crank the Sweet Love joint. Maybe I should've put a period in between the sentences since you want to get all technical with me.

  • backyard or junkyard,am leaning more towards junkyard making that remix back in the day.............

  • The Greatest? Who is this young nigga trying to say that smoke is the greatest all time? Skins fan 4 life, nigga you aint but 20, you dont know shit, JUNGLE BOOGIE WAS THE BEST EVER, JUST ASK MICKEY! I'm an OG in the gogo shit, panorama room every tuesday. We got plenty of niggas that smacked them shits up befo you was born, even gogo spankey can hang wit dat nigga. You NEW NIGGAS always trying to act like you can fuck wit the best, you cant cause you NEW!

  • Boogie was good but Mickey took him out years ago playa c'mon you know that! Mickey gives Boogie props because he 's paying homage to Boogie but for real MICKEY IS #1. I'm OG in this too playa and let me tell you something. Spankey was good but Smoke is better. I used to go see Class sometimes and had plenty of tapes. Give Smoke some credit homes. He is better than Spankey and Boogie but not Mickey. Mickey is still top dawg in DC. Spanky's hands were quick but not like Smoke's that's real talk!

  • Question do u think sauce is better than smoke on them congos because i have these die hard sauce fans who think so but i know for fact that sauce is not seeing no damn smoke on them congos sauce do be crankin but his pockets are not more aggressive or more raw than smoke in my opinion mickey is the best that ever did it on them congos but smoke comes next people need to give smoke hes credit hes number 2 and thats it.

  • Wussup bro? In my opinion Sauce is just ok. Sauce don't wanna see Smoke ever. EVER! I personally like Luv from Raw Image amd Petey that played with JYB better than Sauce. Sauce is ok but he can't touch Smoke nor the other people I just named.

  • Thanks man becoz I have these sauce fans on this post on youtube at the BYB and WHAT? 11-15-08 @ lapearl talking about smoke is not better than sauce they keep saying hes looking like the G.O.A.T out there which is mikey and saying that smoke said that sauce is better than him but i know that even like u said the nigga LUV be crankin too and I think he would give sauce a run for his money too Jeff and smoke crank like shit

  • Smoke is jaw-dropping.

  • Greatest all time to smack dem thangs

  • mann sauce cant do that

  • he ja good

  • daaamn where can i find some one like for

    for ma band

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  • Damn Moe!

  • I remember when "Foxy Brown" was with CHANCE band...

    I remember when he was wit E.U. E.U. was the baddest band in the land in the mid 80's

    They had: Fox, JuJu, China Boogie, Go Go Eric, Radar, Scooter, Suga Bear...

  • gogo orlando

  • Gogo sucks now! I don't even understand that crap. I'll stick with the old school.