We’re all trying to survive the harsh winter weeks, and a recently uncovered Danny Brown verse can certainly stoke the fire in one’s gut. Fans of the Adderall Admiral got a gift in the form of the remixed A$AP Mob track, “Hella Hoes,” with Brown’s once lost verse intact. A$AP Mob, a rap…
The recent water crisis in Flint has dominated regional and international news, inspiring athletes, public figures, and musicians to make cash donations and encourage bottled water donations to help city residents. (The list includes Jack White’s Third Man Records, Pearl Jam, rapper Meek Mill, Wiz Khalifa, Sean “Diddy” Combs, Cher, and more.) …
When the lean-sipping supergroup of Rich Gang, Rich Homie Quan, and Young Thug released “Lifestyle” in 2014, a movement that had been slowly marinating in the Atlanta club scene finally boiled over. Rappers who would have been considered outsiders are now commercially successful and taking over Top 40 radio. Future has found fame by…
To celebrate Street Fighter V’s recent release, Otaku Gang (Richie Branson and Solar Slim) have unleashed Marshall vs. Capcom, a mash-up album that superimposes lyrics from 15 of Eminem’s hit tracks over music from the popular video games series. The tape is available for download directly onto Street Fighter V, creating opportunities for gamers…
Bruiser Brigade’s resident DJ Skywlkr has released a track in collaboration with his “day one” homie Dream Beach. “Blue Dream” packs a lot into three minutes, combining the drum patterns and bass found in many of Skywlkr’s beats with Dream Beach’s ethereal and playful song structures. Thankfully, this is the “first of many” according…
J Dilla’s Dillatronic represents just one of many posthumous releases from an artist who left behind countless tracks. The producer, who died from Moschcowitz syndrome only three days after his 32nd birthday in 2006, went “through [four] production phases in his professional career,” according to no less than The Roots’ Questlove. “He was able…
Electric Forest Festival — a four-day, multi-genre event with a focus on electronic acts and jam bands — returns to Rothbury, Michigan this summer for its sixth consecutive year. Once again, tickets sold out in record time, well in advance of the lineup announcement. Now the wait is over, as on Tuesday, Phase One…
Next month marks the third annual Hamtramck Music Festival. This three-day event brings together more than 200 bands across 24 Detroit-area venues. HMF is “powered by the people” as the musicians and organizers are all volunteers. Three-day wristbands are just $10, and all proceeds go to the nonprofit group Ben’s Encore, which provides instruments, music lessons, and scholarships to youth…
“I should be dead! I should be dead!” These words could be heard resonating throughout the Majestic Theatre last November. It was Bruiser Thanksgiving, and ZelooperZ was giving one the best performances of the night. Now, he’s released an official version of that track, featuring absolutely unreal production from the prolific Bulletproof Dolphin collective….
West Detroit supergroup Doughboyz Cashout self-released BYLUG World late last year as a free mixtape, and not — as many were hoping — a proper full-length from their home on Jeezy’s CTE World label (their last official output from the imprint was a 2013 remix of “Mob Life,” which had come out a year…