JYoung The General – Butt

JYoung The General

Detroit emcee and BLAT! Pack artist JYoung The General is back with his latest leak series The Mic Check as he prepares for his next couple releases. Check out, “Butt,” produced by StewRAT below. Don’t even attempt to sleep! Download: JYoung The General – Butt (prod. StewRAT) Spread The Good Word! Tweet

DJ Teddy Ruck-Spin – Live @ F.O.K.U.S.

Fokus

Live @ F.O.K.U.S. is a collection of freestyles, live performances and interviews from DJ Teddy Ruck-Spin, the former University of Michigan mixshow F.O.K.U.S. Radio DJ. The release of this tape today marks the third anniversary of the show. In it’s 2+ years on air, F.O.K.U.S. Radio featured a variety of local and national talent including [...]

Best Of 2011

Mayer Hawthorne

Musically, 2011 was a bit of a let down for me. I was anticipating a lot of albums that came and went that just didn’t do what they should have done. However, 2011 was the year of the emerging artist. Kendrick Lamar and Big K.R.I.T. proved that the new kids could bully the vets on [...]

BLAT! Pack Presents Chell: COMC Thursday (video)

BLAT! Pack vocalist Chell talks to some of her favorite people such as fellow BLAT! Pack emcees JYoung The General and P.H.I.L.T.H.Y., DJ Soko of The Left, and Miso – manager of Clear Soul Forces – on what it means to, “come out of your shell.” And, as always, typical BLAT! Pack shenanigans ensue! Spread [...]

Artist Spotlight: JYoung The General (video)

Detroit emcee and BLAT! Pack General, JYoung The General recently sat down to talk to the fans. For those who aren’t familiar with him, he’s amassed a lot of support over the past year – releasing two acclaimed EP’s with G-Unit producer Nick Speed titled Black History Year Vol. 1 and Vol. 2, his Jahshua [...]

Kosha Dillz – Bars Mitzvah

I recently had the pleasure of coming across New Jersey emcee Kosha Dillz as he was deep in battle with JYoung The General of the BLAT! Pack in the HipHopDX/A3C Pick 3 contest. He shot me over his latest track, “Bars Mitzvah,” that he did for Peter Rosenberg. CHECK IT! Download: Kosha Dillz – Bars [...]

JYoung The General – We Got Ya feat. P.H.I.L.T.H.Y. (prod. StewRAT)

To prepare fans for the follow-up to his successful Black History Year: Installment Two, HipHopDX DXNext alum JYoung The General presents, “We Got Ya.” A departure from his educational social commentary, the new single sees JYoung and fellow BLAT! Pack member P.H.I.L.T.H.Y. having a fun night out over a lively StewRAT soundbed. Soundcloud Download: JYoung [...]

JYoung The General – Red, Black, Green feat. T. Calmese & Jamall Bufford (prod. Nick Speed)

“Red, Black & Green” is the second single from Detroit emcee JYoung The General‘s EP Black History Year: Installment Two. Backed by a gritty sample by G-Unit in-house producer Nick Speed (Danny Brown, Elzhi, G-Unit), JYoung joins fellow Michiganders T. Calmese and Jamall Bufford (a.k.a. Buff1) to wax poetic about the Pan-African flag. Each emcee [...]

JYoung The General Live At SXSW

JYoung The General

BLAT! Pack emcee JYoung The General had the opportunity to tear down a couple stages at SXSW, check out his performance at the WHUTUPDOE.COM sponsored Michigan Made stage below. Spread The Good Word! Tweet

JYoung The General – Black History Year: Installment Two

Michigan emcee JYoung The General has joined forces with KevinNottingham.com and dN|Be Apparel to present the second installment of his Black History Year series. Just like the first installment which was released a year ago, Black History Year Installment Two is executively produced by Nick Speed (who has produced for G-Unit, Danny Brown and eLZhi). [...]