I LOVED these guys’ song “Hardcore Gentlemen (Rugged & Smooth)” back in the mid-90s (I remember it was right between Il Al Skratch “I’ll Take Her” & some Heather B remix on an old S&S dub that I rocked to death…RIP tapes).  It was definitely one of those super east coast, Timbos & North Face jacket, tri-state classic kinda joints on every mixtape that fall.  Anyways, I think M.O.P. pretty much deaded the Gentlemen’s career when they unnecessarily dissed them on the “Rugged Neva Smooth” remix.  I hadn’t seen them mentioned for years until they added me on myspace the other day (turns out myspace is only almost completely useless in ’09…LOL), so I figured why not put y’all younger cats up on a some 90s mixtape legends.  Looks like they’re back doing shows even, what a world.

.:The Hardcore Gentlemen on Myspace:.