{"id":202406,"date":"2024-09-16T10:45:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-16T08:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/?p=202406"},"modified":"2024-09-16T16:00:58","modified_gmt":"2024-09-16T14:00:58","slug":"drink-champs-w-cl-smooth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/drink-champs-w-cl-smooth\/","title":{"rendered":"Drink Champs w\/ CL Smooth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span class=\"yt-core-attributed-string--link-inherit-color\" dir=\"auto\">CL Smooth<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"yt-core-attributed-string--link-inherit-color\" dir=\"auto\">, one half of the legendary Hip-Hop duo, <strong>Pete Rock &amp; CL Smooth<\/strong>, sits down with <strong>N.O.R.E.<\/strong> and <strong>DJ EFN<\/strong> for an unforgettable episode of <\/span><span class=\"yt-core-attributed-string--link-inherit-color\" dir=\"auto\">&#8220;Drink Champs<\/span><span class=\"yt-core-attributed-string--link-inherit-color\" dir=\"auto\">.&#8221; The Mount Vernon native opens up about his early days in hip hop, his complicated relationship with <\/span><strong><span class=\"yt-core-attributed-string--link-inherit-color\" dir=\"auto\">Pete Rock<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"yt-core-attributed-string--link-inherit-color\" dir=\"auto\">, and the impact of mentors like <strong>Heavy D<\/strong>. CL shares stories about <strong>Tupac<\/strong>,<strong> DMX<\/strong>, and the golden era of hip hop, while giving his insights into the music industry and his experiences with record labels.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch the full episode right <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eRiZ0eNIBD4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CL Smooth, one half of the legendary Hip-Hop duo, Pete Rock &amp; CL Smooth, sits&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":202407,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-202406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interviews","category-videos"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/CL-Smooth-On-Drink-Champs-Thumbnail.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pG6fW-QEC","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202406"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202406\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/202407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}