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06.21.08

Phat Kat/ Carte Blanche/ album review hip hop, detroit of (0)

Rating of the product: 4.5 stars
He might not be that familiar to your hip hop loving ears, Phat Kat is nevertheless one of those Detroit hip hop key personalities who are rich of a precious well worked on knowledge of their art.
Phat Kat, who also goes by the nickname Ronnie Cash, has already earned a […]
06.20.08

Exclusive 5! ELA interview! hip hop, detroit of (0)

How did you come up with the name 5ELA?
5Ela: Well its actually 5 Elementz and my boy IQ started calling us 5 ELA. Elementz just represents the 5 different changes we went thru as a group.
Not everybody is aware of it, but RIP Big Proof was a full member of 5ELA. How did you guys […]
06.20.08

An homage to Proof’s prolific work on the Detroit scene hip hop, 8 mile (0)

April the 11th, 2006 was a tragic day for Deshaun Holton s family, friends and fans. A talented artist ended up in a pool of blood over a stupid argument at the infamous CCC club, leaving a whole hip hop community in grief. It also marked the end of an era in Detroit hip hop […]
06.20.08

Exclusive Dogmatic interview! hip hop, 8 mile (0)

Yes, you read it well…One of Proof s closest collaborators and friends, one of the instigators of the Promatic duo, Kevin Bailey aka Dogmatic accepted to answer a few questions in an exclusive interview. Read it here.

1. How did you get started as an emcee?
-It all started with the LL cool J I’m bad LP […]
06.20.08

D12/ The Return Of The Dozen mixtape review hip hop (0)

Global rating of the product: 4.5 stars
D12 is back, ready to stalk the face of the world again with their witty lyrical assault. After the loss of their homie Deshaun Holton better known as Big Proof, many of their enemies prayed for the group’s demise. Little did they know about the group’s powerful mind. D12 […]
06.20.08

7 Mile Mob emcees take over their scene by storm hip hop, 7 mile (0)

A good dose of well placed ghetto rage, a hardcore electric guitar background, a well handled keyboard, hammering drums: welcome to 7 Mile Mob’s artistry.
Discover some dedicated emcees with a determined mobbing spirit.
Buttons Up is astutely constructed on rhythmic a piano-keyboard background. It unveils the doors to the 7 Mile MOB crew that takes over […]
12.03.07

Detroit News Roundup for November 2007 real estate, hip hop, hamtramck, hotel, windsor, birmingham, riverfront, new center, airport, transit, royal oak, pontiac, roundup, harmonie park, livonia, southfield, chicago, oil, northville, aerotropolis, fairgrounds (0)

Detroit riverfront Conservancy Announces West Riverfront Property …
Purchase of Former Printing Plant Site Will Allow RiverWalk to Continue from Bridge to Bridge and Beyond DETROIT, Dec. 3 /PRNewswire/ — The Detroit RiverFront Conservancy (DRFC) announced today that it completed the purchase of the West Riverfront property located at 1801 W. Jefferson Avenue from the Detroit […]
11.26.07

Kick Out the Jams hip hop, techno, rock scene, motown, punk (0)

The Detroit Metro Times has published their list of 100 favorite Detroit songs which is actually not that easy considering how many popular songs have come from or been associated with the city. A considerable number in the top 100 are Motown. Some would disagree with that but it remains true that techno, despite […]
08.23.07

Detroit News Roundup for Wednesday, August 22, 2007 real estate, hip hop, event, history, hamtramck, dearborn, ann arbor, downtown, school, roundup, demographics, harmonie park, arab-american, density, india, chinatown, sterling heights, southfield, iraq, novi, hart plaza, 8 mile (0)

Hip-hop group, liquor company lend support to AIDS cause
They hail from the Conant Gardens neighborhood on the East Side, and their hearts remain in their city as they travel the globe. And Detroit hip-hop group Slum Village came home last week, teaming up with Remy Martin to donate $7,500 to AIDS Partnership Michigan.
The donation, which […]
08.06.07

Detroit News Roundup for Saturday, Sunday, and Monday August 4-6, 2007 real estate, hip hop, history, food, ann arbor, restaurant, downtown, regionalism, ferndale, fashion, music, school, park, royal oak, roundup, bicycle, urban farming, urban garden, grosse pointe, jackson, courier, dog, zoo, tofu (0)

Growing in Detroit
On August 1st, Detroiters took part in the 10th annual Urban Garden Tour, sponsored by the Detroit Agricultural Network (DAN).
This year’s tour provided a close-up view of the emerging fresh, organic food system in Detroit, which is providing hope and nutrition to many. From hearty greens at the Earth Works farm on […]