This Brooklyn-based quintet did some heavy lifting and played to
a lot of small audiences before the success of their third album
led to acclaim and full houses. On tour to promote their newest
release, lead singer-songwriter Matt Berninger tells
Jim Carroll about the positive aspects of taking
the scenic route to success
A No 1 hit, routinely cited as one of the best hip-hop songs of
all time, 2003's Slow Jamz was a collaboration between Kanye West,
Jamie Foxx and Twista. The lyrics include the line "Sippin'
Hennessy, play some r'n'b, tryina smoke a B". Slow Jamz represented
a new beginning for the Corkman's Cognac, so much so that Hennessy
- now more sassily referred to as "Henn-dog" or "Henn-roc" - is the
new bling.
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