Phillies is a popular brand of American-made cigars, originally made in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from which the brand takes its name.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. [1] Phillies come in several sizes, which are called Black Max, Blunt, Cheroot, Cigarillo, Mexicali Slim, Mini Blunt, Panatella, Perfecto, Sweet, Tip, and Titan.
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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 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". Because it is an inexpensive cigar with a tough leaf, it is often emptied and re-rolled with other smoking mixtures, the most common being marijuana. Due to the variety of flavors that Phillies has, a new market for 'blunt wraps', a prepared tobacco leaf paper, similar to rolling papers, were produced. 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, tequila, watermelon, grape, and cinnamon. Blunt Strawberry is the most popular. . Barrel O' Blunt cigars are the same as Phillies Blunts but are packaged in 50-pack Barrels. Phillies cigars also produces Mini Blunts.
Trivia
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- In the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, one can often see a parody of the Phillies Blunts name and logo on billboards and T-shirts. 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 secnd verse. "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, spilt 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 describe how to roll the perfect marijuana cigar. The song is noted for the following lyric;
- In "The Roach" the outro to The Chronic, the phrase "...Or better yet a motherf****n' blunt, a Philly Blunt that is"
Purchase a philly, not the city of Philly Silly punk, I'm talking 'bout the cigar, the Philly blunt
- In 50 Cent's song "Straight to the Bank", he says "when I'm out in N.Y. boy, its blunts and phillies..."
