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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.
Len Righi has written a feature on Detroit’s King Gordy for The Morning Call.
…Asked to describe his songwriting method, Gordy says, “I get the beat, smoke about 15 blunts - purple haze, white widow, whatever - then I vibe out, and when I’m done I have about 15 verses and a hook.”
And what is the major change in hip-hop since he entered the game?
“It’s gone from being the greatest genre lyrically to only being concerned with making poppy, simplistic chants, or the next dance song,” Gordy says. “You don’t have to be lyrically sweet, like you did in 1995, when Lords of the Underground or Biggie Smalls were rapping.”
The Fat Killahz - “A Tribute to Biggie Smalls”
King Gordy, Shim-E-Bango, Fatt Father and Marvwon pay tribute to their fellow overweight, deceased MC.
Bizarre - “Rock Star” from Hannicap Circus (2005)
Featuring appearances from Eminem, Swifty McVay, King Gordy and the Fat Killahz and others.
R-E-S-P-E-C-T: an article about Bizarre just before the release of Hannicap Circus.
The final nominations for the Detroit Music Awards are in.
Nominees of interest are as follows. (Hip Hop related in italics)
Nominees in the ELECTRONIC/DANCE field. ELECTRONIC/DANCE
OUTSTANDING ELECTRONIC/DANCE ARTIST/GROUP
AMP FIDDLER
AYRO
DERRICK MAY
JEREMY ELLIS
MATTHEW DEAR
PLATINUM PIED PIPERS
TWILIGHT BABIES, THE
UNDERGROUND RESISTANCE
OUTSTANDING ELECTRONIC/DANCE DJ
ANTHONY “SHAKE” SHAKIR
DJ GODFATHER
DJ HOUSE SHOES
DJ LINDA LEXY
KEVIN SAUNDERSON
MIKE CLARKE
THEO PARRISH
OUTSTANDING ELECTRONIC/DANCE RECORDING
AUDION, “SUCKFISH”
DABRYE, “TWO/THREE”
DETROIT PEOPLE MOVER, “MODEL ONE”
JEFF MILLS, “BLUE POTENTIAL”
VARIOUS ARTISTS, “D012″
OUTSTANDING ELECTRONIC/DANCE WRITER/PRODUCER
AMP FIDDLER
AYRO
DABRYE
MATTHEW DEAR
MIKE BANKS
WAJEED
Nominees in the GENERAL field. GENERAL
OUTSTANDING ANTHOLOGY/COMPILATION/REISSUE
DIANA ROSS, “BLUE”
IGGY POP, “20TH CENTURY MASTERS-MILLENNIUM COLLECTION: THE BEST OF IGGY POP”
IGGY POP, “WHERE THE FACES SHINE”
INSANE CLOWN POSSE, “THE WRAITH: REMIX ALBUMS”
MARSHALL CRENSHAW, “DEFINITIVE COLLECTION”
VARIOUS ARTISTS, “THE SWEET SOUNDS OF DETROIT (VOL. 1)”
OUTSTANDING NATIONAL MAJOR LABEL RECORDING
BLANCHE, ” WHAT THIS TOWN NEEDS”
BOB SEGER, ” FACE THE PROMISE”
KID ROCK, “LIVE TRUCKER”
RACONTEURS, ” BROKEN BOY SOLDIERS”
REGINA CARTER, ” I’LL BE SEEING YOU”
SMOKEY ROBINSON, ” TIMELESS LOVE”
OUTSTANDING NATIONAL SINGLE
BOB SEGER, “WAIT FOR ME”
EMINEM (WITH 50 CENT, ET AL), “YOU DON’T KNOW”
OBIE TRICE, “CRY NOW”
OBIE TRICE, “JAMAICAN GIRL”
RACONTEURS, “HANDS”
RACONTEURS, “STEADY AS SHE GOES”
OUTSTANDING NATIONAL SMALL/INDEPENDENT LABEL RECORDING
BRIAN VANDER ARK , “ANGEL, PUT YOUR FACE ON ”
FAGS , THE, “LIGHT ‘EM UP ”
HARD LESSONS , “GASOLINE ”
HOT CLUB OF DETROIT , “HOT CLUB OF DETROIT ”
J DILLA , “DONUTS ”
J DILLA , “THE SHINING “
OUTSTANDING VIDEO / MAJOR BUDGET
BOB SEGER “WAIT FOR ME”
EMINEM, “YOU DON’T KNOW”
OBIE TRICE, “CRY NOW”
RACONTEURS, “STEADY AS SHE GOES”
Nominees in the URBAN/FUNK/HIP-HOP field. URBAN/FUNK/HIP-HOP
OUTSTANDING HIP-HOP ARTIST/GROUP
ATHLETIC MIC LEAGUE
BUDDHA FULLA RHYMEZ
FAT KILLAZ
PARADIME
SHADOW
TRICK TRICK
OUTSTANDING HIP-HOP DJ
DJ ASSAULT
DJ BUTTER
DJ HOUSESHOES
DJ SALAM WRECK
GARY “DJ GOO” HOENICKE
LENN SWAN
MR. WAX
OUTSTANDING HIP-HOP MC
BLACKMAN, THE
ESHAM
INVINCIBLE
KING GORDY
MS KORONA
SHADOW
OUTSTANDING URBAN/FUNK/HIP-HOP RECORDING
AMP FIDDLER, “AFRO STRUT”
FRANK N DANK, “XTENDED PLAY 3.13″
MICHELLA, “MICHELLA”
NATAS, “N OF THIS WORLD”
PROOF, “SEARCHING FOR JERRY GARCIA”
SHADOW, “THE 13TH HOUR”
WHO VOTES FOR THE DETROIT MUSIC AWARDS?
The voting database consists of approximately 3000 members of the Detroit musical community. If you are actively involved in the music industry in Detroit and wish to participate in the voting process, please go to the Detroit Music Awards Registration page. Musicians, managers, booking agents, media representatives, club management, sound technicians and other music industry professionals are all eligible to apply.
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