I remember a few years ago I heard this RoddyRod song and eversince it has been labeled as ‘untitled’ on my HD. I knew Finale and Muhsinah where on there, but now I finally know the title of this track…“Keep Transit”. Low Budget Crew member RoddyRod is releasing his “Oakwood Grain II” album next year on Nature Sounds in physical form while it’s already available in digital form as of today on as well as on Bandcamp. An oldie, but goodie made available for free download by the homie Kenny from FRSH SLCTS.
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Really late with this one. Downloaded the album last week, but never got around to listening to it. Do want to share this in case you’ve missed out on this. Astronote has been dropping bombs for a while now and I must say I do enjoy some of these cuts of his “Weapon Of The Future” album.
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29-year-old beatsmith Apollo Brown reps the D and comes with a very recognizable style on his latest “The Reset” album. In 2009 he won the Detroit Red Bull Big Tune Championships and competed in the national finals. Apollo then signed as a producer with the Mello Music Group last December.
Up till now he has released the “Skilled Trade” (2007) and the “Make Do” (2009) Beat Tapes. Those made collaborations possible with Detroiters Finale, Danny Brown and Kam Moye aka Supastition. On “The Reset” he gets some help from Rapper Big Pooh, Black Milk, Declaime, Buff 1, MED, Grap Luva, John Robinson, Kenn Starr, Oddisee and Diamond District.
There’s definitely some nineties influences to be heard on this album, like “Lower The Boom” getting into that Wu-Tang vibe or “Ghetto Soul Music”. I suggest you give this one a listen and in case you want to BUY it head on over to
Apollo Brown – Hungry Ft. Rapper Big Pooh & Black Milk
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It’s been a while since we’ve heard anything from Soulstress Neco Redd, but she’s back with a new EP entitled “No Discipline”. You might remember Neco from her collaboration with Platinum Pied Pipers. Detroit’s Finale and Fat Father (Detroit Riots) bless the EP with some wordplay while we got Tony Ozier and Nick Speed on production. Enjoy this FREE download…get it right HERE. [spotted at BamaLoveSoul]
Neco Redd – When U Do What U Do
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Detroit emcee Finale has drawn inspiration from another rust belt city for his newest video, “The Senator,” from his spring-released, highly acclaimed A Pipe Dream And A Promise. Both the song and video are based largely on David Simon and HBO’s Baltimore epic The Wire. The Senator in question is State Senator Clay Davis, not one of the show’s main characters but certainly one of its most fascinating and divisive. Davis is an exploitative figure that acts as an intermediary between drug dealers and real estate developers, pocketing cash from both sides all the while. Finale uses Davis as a means of getting the point of the song across: calling out liars who are fronting as something they aren’t. The song opens with the line “I heard a lot of y’all talkin’ / A lot of you not walkin’.” Finale even manages to make Davis’ trademark exclamation “sheeeeeiiiiittttt” a centerpiece of the song’s chorus. The video seamlessly blends Finale’s Detroit with The Wire’s Baltimore and employs key scenes and lines from the show to carry across Finale’s punchlines.
The video is directed by Roy Miles Jr., who developed the vide concept along with Interdependent Media General Manager/A&R, iD. On working together to create the video, Finale says, “I shot the footage of myself rapping while I was on the west coast doing interviews and press runs with Interdependent Media. When I left town I told iD and Roy what season’s clip I used from The Wire. Roy and his assistant took the time to go through episodes of the show and find clips that synced up with various lines in the song. It’s kind of dope that they were able to find specific scenes that matched up with what i was saying in the song.”
The track, from Finale’s debut A Pipe Dream And A Promise, features production by Waajeed. Finale pulls off an impressive tightrope walk in the song’s lyrics. “The Senator” serves as a powerful call-out to those fronting as something they’re not while incorporating the themes and action of the world of The Wire. “We climbin’ up ladders and goin’ through the suits / It ain’t a game where the rappers hug and make up in order to take your books Iif it ain’t truth I don’t want it.” Finale couples a smooth flow with impressively dense lyricism that will have the listener appreciating a new line with each progressive listen. (via Audible Treats)
You must have recently read about the Diamond District album and rapper yU will be releasing his album “Before Taxes” in the form of a free download at Kenny’s Fresh Selects. The album will include production from yU, Slimkat78, Oddisee, Kev Brown and Bilal Salaam. Thanks to Okayplayer for the better audio…the version we had sounded a little shittier. Peep this tasty preview featuring Grap Luva, Finale & OP Swamp 81 (Bilal Salaam & Danedra & Slimkat 78) and be on the look out for the album.
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Finally, the first tracks of Muhsinah‘s The oscillations: Triangle. It’s been a minute since we saw something new from Muhsinah..and Triangle is shaping up to be one of our ’09 favorites.
The oscillations is actually a 2 disc LP; disc one being Sine, which actually was Daybreak 2.0, and that wasn’t new to us. So we’re glad to share these two tracks with you…enjoy..
Muhsinah - That Day (Prod. by Oddisee)
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It’s been a long time coming, but finally we can announce that Detroit rapper Finale will be releasing his new album on Interdependent Media. The official A Pipe Dream And A Promise album release show will go down on April 4th in Detroit at Elements Gallery.
Expect to hear people like Invincible, Black Milk (on production) and Flying Lotus. The last did the production on the J Dilla (R.I.P.) homage on this wonderful album and is the icing on the cake. Be sure to get it when it drops, because this one is a straight banger! Check out more info about the Raise It Up Dilla dedication (Amsterdam) after the jump!
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Finale – Paid Homage
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Part 1 of 2.
Detroit-based Hip-Hop artists, Invincible and Finale, rhyme about the impacts of gentrification on the Motor City. This piece includes interviews with community activists discussing displacement and predatory planning versus sustainable development in The D. Track produced by Houseshoes
The full-length version of both the song and the video for “Locusts” by Invincible featuring Finale, (produced by DJ House Shoes) can be found on Invincible’s debut album, Shapeshifters, available now on www.EMERGENCEmusic.net
For more info on Invincible, check:
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www.EMERGENCEmusic.net
www.myspace.com/invincilana
Develop is the new project of detroit-based mc Finale and Japan-based producer Spier1200. Finale, born and raised in Detroit worked with artists as Dilla, Black Milk, Houseshoes, Nottz, Flying Lotus, Kev Brown & Dabrye.
Develop is a combination of class and culture. The album personifies the struggle artists face in their dealing with everyday life, yet relates to the universal hip-hop community through musical embodiment of exceptional production. The album has features from Bilal Salaam, 5ela, Elzhi, Invincible, Supastition & Neco Redd.
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