MARIJUANA AND MUSIC
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June 19th, 1938
Sanfrancisco Chronicle
Marihuana
has made its influence felt in many of the popular songs.
Cab Calloways famous "That funny reefer man" refers to a maijuana
salsesman, and Don Redman's theme song is "Chant of the Weed" Wingy
Mannone features " I'm going down to the Light House and Light
Up." Reginald Foresythe is reponsible for the "Garden of Weed,"
and Red Norvo has a song called "Tea Time."
File under: Marijuana, Music, Swing, Jazz
Notes: going to the light house is not known to exist. Does anyone have a recording?
Marijuana Work Songs
A+ Musicians have been working to help end marijuana prohibition for over 40 years. The Grateful Dead held concerts to help raise attention to marijuana prohibition as early as 1966. The Dead
Cannabis Spirituals
+ Cannabis spirituals are songs that inspire the future generations. Teaching important life skills.
Prohibition Songs
+ These are songs about the problems that prohibition creates. Does Weeds have songs about having permanent criminal records, losing your right to vote, discrimination in higher education, discrimination in federal employment and civilian employment?
Cannabis Educationals amd Directionals
+ These are songs that teach you about problems you may encounter along de jour way.
Cannabis Naturals
Dr. Hay ThC., professor of music ecology, declared "it's time for mutually beneficial co evolution of media and the audience. Have some good organic food at your event and some potable water. A ecological solution. Is your music a source of pollution? "
PEACE songs
+Songs that calm people during a time of war.
Medicinal Music
The power of music is be leaf able. Phase one of clinical trails are under way. Music can help you relax and ease your tensions, or it can be helpful to agitate, stimulate and wake you up. Just don't wake up your Neighbors.
His and Herstory of marijuana and musical activism
XX+XY != XXX + WHY
WELD it started way back in herstory in a place called the day go by system in the Ganja valley and now they have a blue house and a family.
Creative Commons
Note:The word marijuana is about 100 years old. Before recorded music there was sheet music and folk music. You may be interested in researching music books from the late 1800s to the early 1900s and the first recorded music from New Orleans and Mexico. Also try researching kanab, cannabis songs etc.
Software
Traktor, LMMS
Music Festivals
Special thanks to all of those making and archiving good music and the free music festivals around the world. (Atlanta Potts Festival)
Marijuana Music
Here is an incomplete list of songs compiled from various sources. If you would like to add one enter the information at the end of the list.
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1910 |
La Cucaracha |
Pancho Villa |
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1927 |
Willie the weeper |
Frankie Jaxon |
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1928 |
Muggles |
Louis Armstrong |
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1930 |
Jazz |
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1930 |
Reefer Man |
Cab Calloway |
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1932 |
Reefer Man |
Baron Lee and the Blue Rhythm Band |
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1932 |
The man from Harlem |
Cab Calloway |
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1933 |
Gimme a reefer |
Bessie Smith |
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1934 |
Song of the Vipers |
Louis Armstrong |
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1934 |
Sendin the vipers |
Mezz Mezzrow |
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1934 |
A Vipers drag |
Fats Waller |
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1935 |
Anybody here want to buy my cabbage? |
Lil Johnson |
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1936 |
Here comes the man with jive |
Stuff Smith and his Onyx Club Boys |
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1936 |
All the jive is gone |
Andy Kirk and the twelve clouds of joy |
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1936 |
Youse a viper |
Stuff Smith and his Onyx Club Boys |
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1937 |
If you are a viper |
Leroy Smith |
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1938 |
That cat is high |
The ink spots |
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1938 |
Reefer Head Woman |
Jazz Gillum and the Jazz Boys |
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1938 |
Viper mad |
Sidney Bachet with Noble Sissles Swingsters |
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1941 |
Knocking Myself Out |
Lil Green |
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1944 |
Santas Secret |
Johnny Guarnieri & Slam Stewart |
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1944 |
Save the roach for me |
Buck Washington |
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1945 |
The G man got the T man |
Cee Pee Johnson |
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1945 |
Sweet marijuana brown |
Barney Bigard Sextet |
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1960 |
The Beatles |
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1960 |
Light My Fire |
The Doors |
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1962 |
Something happened to me yesterday |
Rolling Stones |
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1964 |
Mr. Tambourine Man |
Bob Dylan |
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1964 |
Greatful Dead |
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1964 |
Rainy Day woman #12 and 35 |
Bob Dylan |
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1964 |
Jimi Hendrix |
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1968 |
I like marijuana |
David Peel |
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1968 |
Free Up The Weed |
Lee "Scratch" Perry |
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1968 |
Mary Jane |
Tom Petty |
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1968 |
Dont step on the grass, Sam |
Steppenwolf |
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1968 |
With a little help from my friends |
The Beatles |
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1968 |
Stoned Immaculate |
The Doors |
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1968 |
The Ganja Man |
Lee "Scratch" Perry |
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1969 |
Don't bogart me |
Fraternity of man |
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1970 |
One Draw |
Rita Marley |
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1970 |
The Wailers |
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1970 |
Legalize IT |
Peter Tosh |
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1971 |
One toke over the line |
Brewer & Shipley |
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1971 |
Santana |
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1971 |
Sweet Leaf |
Black Sabbath |
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1971 |
Seeds and stems |
Commander Cody and his lost planet airmen |
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1971 |
Ganja |
Lee "Scratch" Perry |
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1973 |
Panama Red |
New riders of the purple sage |
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1975 |
Roll another number for the road |
Neil Young |
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1976 |
Redder than red |
Bob Marley 1980 |
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1978 |
African Herbsman |
Bob Marley |
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1978 |
Mary Jane |
Rick James |
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1978 |
Joker |
Steve Miller Band |
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1978 |
Kaya |
Bob Marley |
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1979 |
Aculpoco Gold |
Sly and Robbie |
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1979 |
Bob Marley and the Wailers |
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1980 |
Sinsemilla |
Black Uhuru |
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1980 |
Buzz Feeling |
UB40 |
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1980 |
Mi Spliff |
UB40 |
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1980 |
Marijuana |
Phish |
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1981 |
Champagne and reefer |
Muddy Waters |
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1990 |
Smoke Two Joints |
The Toyes |
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1990 |
last dance with mary jane |
Tom Petty |
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1990 |
Can I Get A Hit |
Cypress Hill |
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1990 |
Buckingham Palace Pass the chalice Get MI5 on line 1 4 analysis |
Canibus |
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1990 |
Big Spliff |
Murphys law |
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1990 |
Picture Me Rollin |
Tupac Shkur |
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1990 |
Marijuana |
Nirvanna |
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1991 |
Smoke Two Joints |
Sublime |
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1991 |
Stoned is the way of the walk |
Cypress Hill |
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1992 |
Cyprus Hill |
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1992 |
Mary Jane |
Alanis Morisete |
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1992 |
Got The Herb |
311 |
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1993 |
3 Minute Rule |
Beastie Boys |
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1993 |
Gin and Juice |
Snoop Dogg |
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1993 |
Hold It Now Hit It |
Beastie Boys |
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1993 |
Weed Got Me Crazy |
Tupac Shkur |
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1993 |
Space Cake Cookies |
Beastie Boys |
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1993 |
Smoke Cheeba |
Beastie Boys |
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1994 |
You don't know how it feels |
Tom Petty |
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1995 |
Smokin' Cheeba Cheeba |
High Fidelity |
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1995 |
Rub A Dub |
311 |
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1995 |
Don't Step On The Grass, Sam |
Gov't Mule |
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1995 |
Convicted |
Hater |
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1995 |
Lets go smoke some pot |
Dash rip rock |
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1995 |
I Like Marijuana |
David Peel And The 360's |
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1995 |
Pot Head Pixies |
Raging Slab |
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1995 |
Rainy Day Women #12 and #35 |
The Black Crowes |
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1995 |
When Thugs Cry |
Tupac Shkur |
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1995 |
Who's Got The Herb? |
311 |
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1995 |
And It Stoned Me |
Widespread Panic |
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1995 |
Homegrown |
Gus |
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1995 |
Sweet Leaf |
Sacred Reich |
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1995 |
Champagne And Reefer |
Buddy Guy and Stevie Ray Vaughan |
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1995 |
Champagne And Reefer |
Ian Moore |
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1995 |
Too Rolling Stoned |
Drivin' N' Cryin' |
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1995 |
High Time We Went |
The Screamin' Cheetah Wheelies |
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1995 |
In The Flow |
Ziggy Marley And The Melody Makers |
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1995 |
I Wanna Get High |
Cypress Hill |
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1995 |
I Want To Take You Higher |
Blues Traveler |
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1997 |
Righteous Dub |
Long beach Dub Allstars |
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1998 |
Mary Jane |
Blue Mountain |
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1998 |
Don't Bogart Me |
Robert Bradley's Blackwater Surprise |
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1998 |
High |
Jimmie's Chicken Shack |
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1998 |
Under Me Sensi |
Barrington Levy, Long Beach Dub Allstars |
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1998 |
Dope Smoking Song |
Hank Flamingo |
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1998 |
Play the Greed |
Dar Williams |
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1998 |
Weed (To the Rescue) |
Vic Chesnutt |
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1998 |
Me and Paul |
Willie Nelson |
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1998 |
US Custom Coast Guard Dope Dog |
George Clinton |
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1998 |
If You're a Viper |
Wayne Kramer |
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1998 |
Sidemousin the Bong |
Mike Watt |
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1998 |
Smoke 'Em |
Fun Lovin' Innocent Criminals |
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1998 |
Free to Choose |
Everything |
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1998 |
Let Me Roll It |
Big Sugar |
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1998 |
Let's Get High |
Letters to Cleo |
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1998 |
Joker |
Spearhead |
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1998 |
30 Days in the Hole |
Gov't Mule |
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1998 |
Long Haired Country Boy |
From Good Homes |
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1998 |
Light up or Leave Me Alone |
The Freddy Jones Band |
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1999 |
Insane In The Brain |
Factory 81 |
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1999 |
Hey Dude Canadian Man |
Resin |
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1999 |
Hold On Be Strong |
Tupac Shkur |
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1999 |
Burn one down |
Ben Harper |
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1999 |
Two Joints |
Sublime |
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1999 |
High |
Busta Rhymes |
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1999 |
I Got High |
Afro Man |
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1999 |
High |
James Blunt |
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1999 |
Infinite |
Tea Eminem |
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1999 |
Legalize IT |
Sublime |
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1999 |
Herbs n Spices |
Ziggy Marley |
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1999 |
Mary Jane |
Bessie Smith |
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1999 |
I Need My Chronic |
Spliff Starr |
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1999 |
Lets Get Stoned |
Sublime |
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1999 |
Legal Dub |
Sublime |
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1999 |
Light It Up |
KottonMouth Kings |
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1999 |
My Stoney Baby |
311 |
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1999 |
Northern Lights |
Tassilli Players |
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1999 |
Hydroponic |
311 |
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1999 |
My Name Is Bud |
NOFX |
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2000 |
Santa Clause is Smoking Reefers |
Squirrel nut Zippers |
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2000 |
Stoned |
Stash Mouth |
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2000 |
Get Ready |
Sublime |
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2000 |
Luxurious |
Gwen Stephanie |
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2009 |
Gorilliaz Gardening |
Gorillaz |
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2000 |
Posse On Broadway |
Insane Clown Possee |
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2001 |
Sticky Weed |
Freaky Fuckin Weirdoz |
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2001 |
Herbsman Hustling |
Sugar Minott |
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2001 |
I get high |
Lloyd Banks |
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2001 |
Children of The Bong- Interface Reality |
Children of the bong |
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2001 |
Chronic Orgasm |
Los Marijuanos |
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2001 |
So long Jimmy |
James Blunt |
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2001 |
100 Dollar Bag |
Beenie Man |
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2001 |
Amerijuanican |
Bongzilla |
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2001 |
Blueberry yum yum |
Ludacris |
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2001 |
Buddah Lovaz |
Bone Thugs and Harmony |
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2001 |
2007 |
don't you forget about dre |
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2001 |
420 |
KottonMouth Kings |
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2001 |
Album The Chronic |
Dr. Dre |
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2001 |
Weedy Woman |
Bongzilla |
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2001 |
Toothpick Spliffs |
MC Chris |
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2001 |
Third Eye |
Tool |
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2001 |
The Blunt |
Money Marc |
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2001 |
Weed Song |
Bone Thugs and Harmony |
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2001 |
Visitor |
Children of the bong |
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2001 |
Budsmokers Only |
Bone Thugs and Harmony |
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2001 |
One Pound A Day |
Beenie Man |
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2001 |
Get Stoned |
Daddy X |
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2001 |
Grow your Own |
Daddy X |
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2001 |
Greenthumb |
Bongzilla |
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2000 |
VALLENATO & CUMBIA |
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2001 |
Get High Tonight |
Busta Rhymes |
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2001 |
High Off The Weed |
Gangsta Boo |
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2001 |
Sacred Smoke |
Bongzilla |
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2001 |
Get Blazed |
Los Marijuanos |
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2001 |
Ganja Anthem |
Beenie Man |
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2001 |
Malawi |
Tassilli Players |
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2001 |
Marijuana |
Brian Robbins |
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2001 |
Life On Planet Earth |
Children of the bong |
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2001 |
Cheeba Cheeba |
Los Marijuanos |
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2001 |
Hashdealer |
Bongzilla |
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2001 |
Harvest |
Bongzilla |
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2001 |
Growing Marijuana In My Yard |
Ben Scales |
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2001 |
Hash Pipe |
Bush |
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2001 |
Hash Cake 77 |
Hawkwind |
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2001 |
Smoke & Burn |
Bone Thugs and Harmony |
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2001 |
Smoke Weed Everyday |
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2001 |
Smoked Out |
Mystikal |
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2001 |
Smoking Buddha |
Bone Thugs and Harmony |
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2001 |
Smoke Dope And Rap |
Dr. Dre |
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2001 |
Smoke Sumthing |
Gangsta Pat |
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2001 |
Dub Melody 2 |
Sublime |
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2001 |
Smoking My Ganja |
Capital Letters |
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2001 |
Dubby Joint |
Fat Boy Slim |
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2001 |
Durban Poison |
Tassilli Players |
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2001 |
Evergreen |
MC Chris |
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2001 |
Dub The Dice |
Lunatic Calm |
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2002 |
Something About Mary |
South Park Mexican |
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2003 |
Rave Act |
Congress |
|
2003 |
Whos got the herb? |
Ziggy Marley |
|
2003 |
Because I got high |
Afroman |
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2004 |
Ganja Babe |
Michael Franti And Spearhead |
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2004 |
Champagne Supernova |
Oasis |
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2005 |
Gravity Bong |
KottonMouth Kings |
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2005 |
Smoke Weed |
Khmer Kid & TRG |
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2005 |
So High |
KottonMouth Kings |
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2005 |
My Mind Is Playin Tricks On Me |
Kottonmouth Kings |
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2005 |
Ill never smoke weed with Willie again |
Toby Keith & Scott Emeric |
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2005 |
Bump |
Kottonmouth Kings |
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2005 |
The Devil Went to Jamaica |
Travis Meyer |
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2005 |
Pass the marijuana |
Mystic Roots |
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2005 |
Willie Nelson |
ALbum Countryman |
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2005 |
Grow Room Jam |
KottonMouth Kings |
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2005 |
Mary Jane Shoes |
Fergie |
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2006 |
Work Song |
Hydroponic Sound System |
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2006 |
Weed be burning |
Sean Paul |
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2006 |
Joint Ventura |
KottonMouth Kings |
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2007 |
Willie Nelson |
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2007 |
Legalize IT |
Jah Roots |
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2007 |
Burning Spear |
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2008 |
Rolling Stones |
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2010 |
Space |
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| 2020 |
Mary Jane |
Peter Parker |
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Digable Plantes |
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