Friday, May 30, 2008
As with all things a person can't have, the notion of Kimora Lee catch-snacking makes her more attractive.
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Busta Rhymes Speaks on dead body guard.
"Our condolences and prayers go out to his family..."
That seems familiar. Remember Busta's bodyguard, Israel Ramirez, who was shot back in '06?
Busta said,"...my condolences to the Ramirez family during this time..."
Tiger Wood's caddy earns 1 million a year carrying clubs & bullying the press. How much could Busta pay for the next fellow to watch his back (given, only one of the bodyguards were OTJ)?
I suspect he'll pay relative little since the help wanted ad will probably look this way:
Position: Bodyguard.
Requirements: Stupid-Idiot
Compensation: Condolences.
Call: 1-800-GET-DEAD
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Compensation: Condolences.
Call: 1-800-GET-DEAD
Lil Wayne, "Fuck Mixtape DJs!" as he takes a shit on the mix tape industry/game. DJ Doo Wop takes a shit back on him.
Some say it was syrup. Some say it was "weed x20" that made him flip out. It was most probably coke & a big ego. That underground game takes some responsibility for Wayne's success via Cash Money's beginnings & will probably contribute to his ultimate demise. It can happen (see:Britney Spears).
Dude, where's my Detroit Rap song with tricked out bag pipes beat? DirtyMitten.com's will the thrill blogs Paradime's "Spill at Will".
Irish Eyes:
The lifespan on second chances is at least shortly more than one year. Nathaniel Abraham is locked up again.
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Thursday, May 15, 2008
Another Jay Smooth gem found surfing archives at illdoctrine.com's archives.
"...makes me ponder how Black music's relationship with money has changed between then and now..."--Jay Smooth
Indeed. Money completes Hip Hop's holy trinity with Sex & Violence. Read more...
There's always a balance between the anger and humor a stupid person's behavior makes possible. Surely, most everyone has watched the video with the girl verbally declaring war on an old lady.
Byron Crawford's blog, having a seemingly endless supply of humor-laced commentary, didn't fail to keep the balance for me by sharing this video:
Updates: Added featured video to the featured video tab in the sidebar & added random Detroit videos in the sidebar that are accessible from the menu by clicking "videos".
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Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Lately I've been checking out some female Detroit rappers and found this group. I thought it was cute enough to share.
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Al Nuke, Al Wissam, & now Al Profit. About Profit's new movie profiling Detroit:
Jay Williams, 29, a West Bloomfield resident who grew up in Detroit, bought the film shortly after it was released. " 'Murder City' is a great depiction of Detroit without sugarcoating it. It's Detroit raw and uncut, that's actually how Detroit really is," he says. "I come from the late '80s dope era, and because I used to be in the streets, I can relate to it a lot. It's almost to the point to where it's sad, but that's life, and that's unfortunate, and this is place where a lot of us grow up."Read more...
What is a CD peddler? From my experience, it can be anyone who makes rhymes in order to sell CDs. Sincere (and good) artists make music because the song won't stay inside them. And, while that's all super idealistic, it's my story & I'm sticking to it. From my experience, CD peddlers saturate the underground & local markets with so much bullshit rap music.
A rapper (and I'm being liberal with the term here) said, "...my ass fat, I get it from my moma, niggas want to eat it like Jeffrey Dahmer...".
Here are the rules for female cd peddlers:
- No more shiny tops
- No more oversized sunglasses
- No more mentioning fashion designers whose product you don't own
Last night I watched busta rhyme & linkin park's video on youtube. A few things occurred to me:
- Busta's first four lines are wack as hell
- Mike Shinoda's rhymes are better than Busta's (???!!!???)
- Busta look's like Linkin Park's hype man
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Mr. Duey, a southgate teacher & rapper making news. He's probably the wackest unwack rapper around. Good looks from DJ Duey. Seriously, the video is a good look. It's just that, well, he's not kicking the game to kids like this:
Another three reasons I love blogging & the internet. Three great blog interviews with the industry:
- Musical Essence w/Rik Cordero
- Detroit Rap.com w/Guilty Simpson
- The Eminem Blog links to Wake Up Show w/Saul Williams
Big herks lyrics on this track sting something like a bazooka. I love music so gritty, listening to it feels like eating chunks of sidewalk.
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Video:If Bill O'Reilly was a rapper. Even more interesting than that video & that the rhyme is actually, really, very tight, is the video parody of Soulja Boy hating on the presidential debate politics video. Seriously, Jay Smooth is nice.
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Freestyle battles in Detroit a year ago. 6 mile & Greenfield. Check out the line "I'll beat you & your hype man, with your mic-stand". Yeah, I've heard it before, but it's still nice to hear...in moderation.
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After watching Detroit rapper Cha Cha in concert with Royce, I got an urge to hear some of her stuff.
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MetroMix Detroit: Beer & Boom Bap. Detroit artists Tasherre D’Enajetic, Ajax, Old Dave, Da Bash Brotherz, RTKUL8, DJ Gruv and Rising Sunz,. Shouts out to Boom Box Entertainment, what up doe. (psst out to Boom Box Entertainment, tighten up that myspace page. A brother hates horizontal scrolling)
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If you enjoy Tone Tone check out the song Jockin':
And, because I really like when Detroit rappers put out the southwest swagger, choppy, syth-horn sound, here's some classic Tone Tone-I'm From Detroit
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Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Arabs have more G: A look at the Arab store owner & Hip-Hop relationship in Chicago. This mafia-esque behavior by Arabs is what you'll find in most Detroit party stores & can't escape in Dearborn.
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I didn't know invincible is involved with Grace Lee Boggs' communist, misandry & sustainability cult.
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You know how you start digging a rhyme and th, th, th, th, then th th th the dude drops the ball?
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Straight outta Ecorse, born & raised in Chi-town comes "Detroit's Own Bad Guy". Yeah... alright DJ DAN with your DownriverMixx. Sounding like Kraftwerk & Detroit's Jeff Mills/the Wizard (from the 80's). I'd like it if I were high.
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The dude rhyming in this video with Detroit rapper Dogmatic is not that tight... On the other hand, Detroit rapper Dogmatic is tight.
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Common thinks playing Green Lantern & being black is an honor. WTF??? Is playing Superman & being white an honor to Reeves?
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50 cent gets his chain snatched by a concert goer. In the video, right around 1:40 you'll see Mr. Yellow shirt man run up & do his business on 50's chain like a pimp. But the dude's parents let him know pimping ain't easy.
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Ouch. DetroitRap.com's message board gets scorched by member voodoo's open letter to rap niggas. That may have single-handedly changed the behavior of 1/2 (or more) the people attending shows.
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Repping the D on Belle Isle, while the Detroit Ruff Ryders stunt, 1 year ago.
They know we 'gon be stuntin', so they come...
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
A beat Kanye West made for J-Dilla, but never heard himself (whatever that means) is creating such a brouhaha today. I think it's a banging beat, but certainly not his best. Banging, all the same. It's not being received with mixed reviews at all, most people like it. However, one commenter on XXLmag.com (L.Gunslinger, 6th comment) has the following to say:J-Dilla was heavily over-rated. He had a few good beats, but most of his beats were just rushed 2 bear loops...That is why Dilla wasn’t rich when he died.
The track, which I remind you is banging, and a good starting point for the tracks history is available for listening here.
Secondary to the track's broululz, discussions about J-Dilla's competency in general are taking place here & here.
Gay rappers? C'mon... XXLmag.com's Byron Crawford speculates about what & who could be the male homosexual sequel to Superhead's outing.
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Monday, April 28, 2008
In MTV's multi-artist article (scroll down about 1/2 way)Lloyd Banks reinforces his loyalty in discussing his role in G-Unit.
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Jewelmoney asks, at Detroitrap.com's forum, "Does Detroit stand behind their artist[s]?" A 3 day discussion between artists & fans covering everything from the specific topic to ways performers can enhance their visibility.
jewelmoney:"...( a concert for Detroit Music Artists ) HAS THIS MUTHAFUCKA FROM ATLANTA NAME DOLLA PERFORMING....... WHAT THE FUCK......Read more...
We have a rapper name DOLLAH right here in Detroit."
DJ Muthafuckin Babe:"Rabs said some real shit, for reals for real...
But Rabs I have one comment to make - in Detroit not too many, if no artist ever have merch to sell at shows."
RZA is getting chess website launched soon. I just registered. Rza's goal is to get Hip Hoppers to "think first before you move" in chess & in life. The website Wuchess.com hasn't launched yet, but is expected in a few weeks. The first 500 registered get a "The Founders" special rank.
Another Rza project:
Achosen
Deuces
original story at billboard.com
Rza in studio jamming with new cut:
Jay Z & the Minister Louis Farrakhan look alike. They have more in common too! I've met both men & they both were wearing the baddest pair of gators I've ever seen. Judge for yourself:
Jay Z
Farrakhan
Farrakhan
Jay Z's diss against Deshawn Stevenson is unimpressive. A beef between Jay Z and Soulja Boy? C'mon, Soulja isn't even a rapper.
Jay Z
-Playoff Freestyle (Blow the Whistle)
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Saturday, April 26, 2008
Southern rappers Trill, G-Money, and Lil’ Half Ounce get some visibilty working with Hip Hop and Books literacy campaign.
The following audio ad from Hip Hop and Books.com's mission statement page:
Hip Hop and Books has a blog.
UPDATE (April 26):On Fri. May 2, 2008,(9:00 p.m.) the Hip Hop and Books rally is at the Zoo Bar, Downtown Detroit. more info...
I got my first listen to D-12s track Biggest G (hat tip to commenter D-12Lover on The Eminem Blog):
D-12
-The Biggest G
I'm not feeling anything about it, except the (sorta) chopped "I'm the Biggest G..." part in the hook. They'll get the benefit of doubt from me though, since it sounds like the ole for-radio-first-track-release routine.
I really don't care enough to look into it further, but, commenters on Hip HopDX somewhat agree with me, though in more harsh tones.
I thought 'Bombs Over Baghdad' got dropped by some ATLiens, but the following video wasn't dropped by Outcast. I'll presume it's a Philly (pre-written) freestyle battle (open to correction about the city, but not about the 'pre-written' part). As noted in the comments at the youtube channel, these are hardly freestyles. People think acapella rhymes are freestyles. C'mon...
Still, one of these fellas got killed. Bad.
The kid Reed Dollaz kept up with gun antics. Here's a pun for you--I misread him. I thought, 'oh boy, this kid is gonna get beat up'. After all, look, or 'remember' what happens when you brag about your guns in a (real?) freestyle?
Still, Reed Dollaz, something like a big deal.
related links:
- Reed Dollaz wikipedia
- Reed Dollaz YouTube.com
- (one of many)Reed Dollaz myspace.com
Speaking on Eminem:
An acquaintance of mine, from years ago in the OMFG!!! EPMD IS THE SHIT!!! era often would promote local events, and though he was successful, his promos often included SPECIAL *INVITED* GUESTS: sO & sO! Well, you can invite God to the show, you know, but he might not come.Britain's Sun tabloid says Detroit rap star Eminem has confirmed his appearance at Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday party in London's Hyde Park on June 27." It turns out he was only contacted about the event.
Same article reports Eminem & Will Smith could release material at the same time. Maybe we'll get some Kanye/50 cent vibe going. Well, not quite. It's less like Kanye/50 cent & more like Eminem/someone who makes blockbuster-ass movies, who doesn't make good records anymore, who will probably do better release his material around the time Artest does.
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If you ain't getting no money take yo' broke ass home! (i'll stay home) If you know how tight Imac's "In The D" track is (I know-that's why I permanently featured it here on Detroit Rap Blog 1.0) take yo' Detroit Rap loving ass to Ha$h's myspace.
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Some thoughts out of Topeka about Eminem & discussion: "What are your Top 5 rappers"?
The Question:
"Anyway, since we're in Detroit, I decided to ask some KU players about Eminem, the Detroit rapper who hasn't generated a good album since 2003's "The Eminem Show."One of the answers:
"Yeah, but I think he fell off a lot,"...Despite the 'Em fell off' sentiment (an understandable one)Eminem does show up on everybody's Top 5 list of greatest rappers. At least on that point Isa & I agree with them. Read more...
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Hot beats for free! At L Boogz productions website. Some for free, some for...eh...not so much.
Beats are cheap to help you make it to the top and not break you while your on your way to the top. Non Exclusive beats are $10.00 and you can pick your first Non Exclusive beat for "FREE" for trying out Diino. You can also get a free beats just for joining the mailing list.
Here's a sample track & I can't wait to hear it with lyrics.
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A Culture Without a Blog
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Welcome to the Detroit Rap Blog. The concept is simple, although it's taken me a while to get around to making it manifest.
My recent reinterest in Detroit area rap has uncovered a rich & diverse Hip Hop culture within Detroit & its surrounding area. I want to talk about it, learn it, & share it with other people. This web site will serve as my mouth piece on the web, in the same spirit as www.hiphopmusic.com, www.hiphop-blogs.com, & other sites whose interests are their area or the general Hip Hop culture. I can only look forward to being a well-read & in touch with Hip Hop as the authors of these two sites.
I'll also try to highlight my tastes in Detroit rap music by exposing my readership to audio clips shared with me by these generous artists. There's a growing online community representing Detroit Hip Hop & rap music. It's not my intent to start another one or take from that. My intent is to direct people to that community. I hope I will be able to represent the Detroit rap music culture in a way to interest newcomers & to the apprciation of those putting in the real work for the culture.
And, I will ALWAYS write in a conversational style & ALWAYS capitalize the words Hip Hop.
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