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Fat Killahz with their 2005 Anthem “Get Ya Paper”.
King Gordy, Shim-E Bango, Fatt Father and Marvwon dropped this single on their 2005 album, Guess Who’s Coming For Dinner.
Directed and edited by the dynamic duo of Anthony Garth and Chris Chynoweth.
Earlier this year Scion held a competition to help emcees get heard. The Prospect: The Rise of an Unsigned Emcee’s finalists include two Michigan emcees (surprise, surprise).
Congratulations to Marvwon and Finale for being chosen by judges DJ Hi-tek, Lenny S. (VP of A&R Def Jam/Rocafella) and Ryan Ford (Executive Editor, The Source *is that something you would want to advertise now? …just thinking out loud*) in the top ten.
The winner will be announced in August.
The folks at DirtyMitten.com have compiled a cd with tracks from some of Detroit’s finest. This is actually the second installment - they released an earlier compilation as well (download that at their site).
This one is called Lended & Blended: 7 Mile to Belle Isle and features the Fat Killahz, Almighty Dreadnaughtz, Frank N Dank, Paradime, Trick Trick, Guilty Simpson and several others. The best part? It’s free.
Download links: Mixed by DJ Free and DJ Mark EP version (blended).
A lot of people have been waiting for this one.
Phat Kat “Cold Steel” featuring Elzhi and produced by J Dilla. The first single off of Phat Kat’s Carte Blanche coming May 8th on Look Records.
Directed by Anthony Garth and edited by Chris Chynoweth. Appearances from Black Milk, Marvwon of the Fat Killahz and the CardiBoys.
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