Chris Brown Diss Song Incorrectly Credited To Two Groups
While this report was accurate, it sparked a two fold problem.
Two rap groups have been performing under the Smoke Jumpers
moniker. There is a five-man Chicago rap group,
and a four-man garage hip-hop collective from Austin.
As the song with lyrics advocating that pop singer Chris Brown be beat up for his alleged attack on Rihanna quickly spread across the internet and traditional radio outlets, listeners sought out both acts.
This was good news for the four man Chicago outfit that is actually responsible for the track.
But it was possibly inadvertently even better news for the Austin act that benefited from the free publicity.
WildCard, a member of the Austin group, noticed mid last week that the song
plays on its MySpace page increased significantly and he could not attribute the
spiked activity to any recent promotions.
When he and his business partner Sach figured out that a group with the same name had recorded a song bashing Chris Brown they immediately searched for the Chicago group and emailed them about the confusion.
"We hit them with an email Thursday and Friday morning they got back to us," WildCard tells Hip Hop Media Training.
After some back and forth, the Chicago group agreed to change its name to Jump Smokers. The Austin team has held the Smoke Jumpers name longer.
"I have the ultimate level of respect for them and how they handled it," WildCard says about the newly renamed Jump Smokers. "There is no ill will on either side. I even suggested that maybe we should [collaborate]."
WildCard and Sach address the mix up in a webcam clip, explaining that anyone looking for the creators of the anti-Breezy song should look elsewhere.
"I'm not mad at these boys from Chicago getting all this buzz with this little song talking about Chris Brown and Rihanna," WildCard says in the video. "Personally, I could care less about Chris Brown and Rihanna and all the drama that goes on with them. ... That's not my style."
WildCard's group is a collective of MCs who collaborate on projects and also record individually. They have been working together since 2004.
WildCard has no complaints about the extra attention his clique has received. "The silver lining is that people have been figuring it out and jammed to our music."
People have told the Smoke Jumpers that even though they did not turn out to be who they thought they were they loved their music. "People were actually paying attention," WildCard says.
The Jump Smokers' song "My Flow So Tight" is reacting
quickly. Last week the song registered its first radio plays on 15 stations
across the nation. Monday that number of stations had grown to 66.
The Jump Smokers made the song because they felt celebrities were not speaking out about Chris Brown's alleged attack on Rihanna. The chorus suggests turning the tables on Brown. "My flow so tight, my flow so sick, Chris Brown should get his a-kicked," the group raps.
Proceeds from the song currently available on iTunes will benefit multiple women's organizations.
Smokejumpers in regards to chris brown diss track(clean)
~Please note that I am not saying that beating up a woman, or a human being for that matter is correct, or should be made legal~
i lOve chris brOwn ;