Phillies cigars

Phillies is a brand of American-made cigars, originally made in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from which the brand takes its name. Phillies cigars are manufactured by Altadis U.S.A., Inc., which is the American subsidiary of Spanish-based Altadis S.A. [ [http://www.cigaraficionado.com/Cigar/CA_Daily/CA_Daily_News/0,2342,885,00.html "Altadis Buys Control of JR Cigars" by David Savona, October 10, 2003] ]

Phillies come in several sizes, which are called Black Max, Blunt, Cheroot, Cigarillo, Mexicali Slim, Mini Blunt, Panatella, Perfecto, Sweet, Tip, and Titan.

Popular culture

The Phillies cigar is immortalized in Edward Hopper's painting, "Nighthawks", in which a diner is topped by a board containing an ad for Phillies along with an illustration of a cigar.

Phillies Blunt

A Phillies Blunt, often Phillie Blunt or simply blunt, is a popular name for a particular size of Phillies cigars, marketed as "Blunts", which are commonly sold at convenience stores and gas stations, as well as specialized smoke shops. Recently, this name has come to refer to all "marijuana cigars". An inexpensive cigar with a tough wrapper, it is often emptied and re-rolled with other smoking mixtures, the most common being marijuana. With its variety of flavors, a new market for 'blunt wraps', a prepared tobacco leaf paper similar to rolling papers, were introduced.

Phillies Blunt cigars are available in several flavors, including banana, berry, chocolate aroma, coconut, coffee, cognac, greene de menthe, honey, mango, peach, pina colada, sambuca, sour apple, strawberry, sweet vanilla, sugar, tequila, watermelon, grape, and cinnamon. Barrel O' Blunt cigars are Phillies Blunts packaged in 50-pack "barrels". Phillies cigars also produces Mini Blunts.

Trivia

*In the video game , one can often see a parody of the Phillies Blunts name and logo on billboards and T-shirts.Fact|date=December 2007 The name of the product in this case is "Homies Sharps".
*In the popular song "Renee" by the musical band Lost Boyz, the lead rapper, "Mr. Cheeks", says, "yet I use Phillie Blunts/she said she neva dealt with Phillies blunts 'cause I heard that's a silly stunts/I said 'nah,' they burn slowah/I don't really know ya but maybe later on I could get to show ya."
*In the song "Guns (are for Pussies)" by the popular band 311, there is an allusion to the cigars in the second verse.Fact|date=December 2007 "I'm not from Philly, but some say I'm blunt."
*In the song "Lyric Licking" by Del the Funkee Homosapien, he alludes to the rolling of a Phillie blunt in the first verse. "I don't give a shit, I wants to get lit, split the phillie, roll that bitch and it better hits correct and right. make sure po-po outta sight or they gonna have locked up tonite...psyche."
*In Redman's song "How to rolla blunt", he describes how to roll the perfect marijuana cigar. The song is noted for the following lyric;"Purchase a philly, not the city of Philly Silly punk, I'm talking 'bout the cigar, the Philly blunt"
*In "The Roach" the outro to The Chronic, the phrase "...Or better yet a motherf****n' blunt, a Philly Blunt that is"
*In 50 Cent's song "Straight to the Bank", he says "when I'm out in N.Y. boy, its blunts and phillies..."
*In the 2007 Single "Pill-Poppin' Animal", performed by Lil' Wayne and Rick Ross, Ross begins the first verse, "Feelin' like a million bucks, fillin' up a Philly Blunt."
*In "Smokin' On Purple" by Lil' Boosie, featuring Webbie, Webbie states different cigar brands to use, including Phillies: "Moving Dutches, Phillies, Garcias, or Swisher Sweets, Young savage don't really care, Just put that shit in the air!"
*On Eazy-E's It's On Eazy say's ``Smokin Death Row like I smoke a Phillie Blunt´´
*In the 2008 song by The Game, 'Never Can Say Goodbye', from his 2008 album L.A.X. when impersonating the late Notorious B.I.G. he suggests (in the song) '... roll a dutch we outta phillies'.

References

External links

* [http://www.altadisusa.com/cigar/phillies.asp Official Phillies cigars site at Altadis]