Archive for April, 2006
A fellow fan sent me this little poem to honor Deshaun Holton’s memory…published with Jorja’s permission.
Living Proof Forever
All it takes is one disagreement
One wrong move in a fight
For the penny to drop
Like a shot in the night
Then a second of silence
Which cuts like a knife
Before all chaos descends
The end of a mans life
The effect is [...]
Swifty Mc Vay/ Forest Fyres mixtape review
2 Comments Published April 30th, 2006 in D12, Detroit Underground SceneRating: 4 stars and a half
Ondre Moore aka Swifty Mc Vay is back, with a beautiful piece of solo work: his Forest Fyres mixtape. This mixtape has been made in collaboration with Swifty’s fellow emcees from Runyon Ave, the Fyre Department.
Swifty might be less known as a solo artist by D12 fans, he is [...]
Rating: 4.5 stars
Ignorance. Yea, ignorance motivates most people to talk against rap and hip hop culture. Each time some ignorant and comfortable journalist opens his dirty mouth to spread his disrespect about a culture he is totally ignorant of, my heart is bleeding. Each time white America is making a mean statement about ghetto life, [...]
come up to you with some brand new hits…and always amaze you with their talent.
Ice Cube released a very good video, Why We Thugs…I will review it for you soon…stay tuned, folks:)
Mad Maestro Entertainment: welcome to the streets of Brooklyn
2 Comments Published April 27th, 2006 in Hip HopToday I will introduce you to Mad Maestro Entertainment, a label of Brooklyn that has a lot of interesting tunes to offer to the listeners.
Moreover, the design of their website is definitely worth a look. It introduces you into the streets of the ghetto and allows you to meet a lot of nice people making [...]
Brooklyn is coming to you…you will be able to discover Mad Maestro Entertainment and its artists…stay tuned folks:)
This post is addressed to journalists who like to raise their voices about subjects they obviously don’t know a lot about.
Since Deshaun Holton aka Proof passed away on April the 11th, a lot of ink has been spilled about the talented rapper.
On the one hand, a lot of people expressed their compassion and pain [...]
Check this out. I found it on Shady Base.
THE GAME
Anytime someone dies in the world period I’m upset. It’s when they get murdered that it really hits home ! For a person to shoot & kill another person, there had to be a tremendous amount of hate & envy for the victim. I’ve had so [...]
Rating: 3.75 stars
Detroit underground rapper Mutha, the « father of trash rap », released another song. It is called « Mixtape Crap » and it is worth your attention.
Soft piano sounds and soft vocals intoduce Mutha’s brand new song.
With lots of humor, the red haired emcee talks about haters stating « Who is this? You’d better stop rapping ».
Like many of [...]
H2O: a new taste of Michigan hip hop
0 Comments Published April 24th, 2006 in Detroit Underground SceneH 20 (H to O) comes from Inkster, Michigan. The emcee has some good offensive gangsta rap to offer.
Enjoy him spitting with confidence on his Get Krunk freestyle. Krunk is a slang term that is familiar to people who are used to ghetto culture and that combines « crazy and drunk », it usually designs a person [...]
