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Bizarre premieres the single from his upcoming album with this video.
Bizarre - “Fat Boy”
Featuring King Gordy. Track produced by Jeff Bass.
Blue Cheese ‘n’ Coney Island is to drop in October on Koch Records.
King Gordy - “Nightmares” video from his 2003 album, The Entity (Web Entertainment).
Last night the Detroit Music Awards event was hosted by MC Serch. The winners in the hip hop related categories are as follows:
OUTSTANDING ELECTRONIC/DANCE WRITER/PRODUCER
AMP FIDDLER
OUTSTANDING HIP-HOP ARTIST/GROUP
TRICK TRICK
OUTSTANDING HIP-HOP DJ
DJ HOUSESHOES
OUTSTANDING HIP-HOP MC
KING GORDY
OUTSTANDING URBAN/FUNK ARTIST/GROUP
BLACK BOTTOM COLLECTIVE
OUTSTANDING URBAN/FUNK MUSICIAN
JAMES SIMONSON, (BASS) - THE BROTHERS GROOVE
OUTSTANDING URBAN/FUNK SONGWRITER
NADIR
OUTSTANDING URBAN/FUNK VOCALIST
CHEF, (FUNKILINIUM)
OUTSTANDING URBAN/FUNK/HIP-HOP RECORDING
AMP FIDDLER, “AFRO STRUT”
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 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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