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

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 [...]

Catch Lungs – Hooliganry feat. One Be Lo (video)

“Hooliganry,” featuring One Be Lo, is taken from Catch Lungs‘ latest release entitled Awake In A Dream. Check the video below and check the album stream below as well. Spread The Good Word! Tweet

One Be Lo – Laborhood Part 1

If you’re not up on One Be Lo, then you need to stick yourself. I’ll let ‘Lo tell you about this one: labor- n. 1-work, expecially hard physical work. – such workers considered as a social class or political force. 2. the process of childbirth -hood A condition or state of being the thing or [...]

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 – Panthers feat. One Be Lo, Mae Day, & J.A.E.

JYoung The General is using his Black History Year series of EPs with producer Nick Speed (G-Unit, eLZhi, Danny Brown) to raise awareness of black issues without compromising entertainment. To jumpstart the KevinNottingham.com-sponsored Black History Year: Installment Two, JYoung teams up with three of Michigan’s best to school listeners about the Black Panther Party. JYoung, [...]

The Regiment – Battle Cry (prod. Apollo Brown)

I first became acquainted with The Regiment and their music last year when One Be Lo had a bon voyage party for all of the Detroit artists going to perform at SXSW. I’ve been a fan of theirs ever since. Now the duo of OSI and IseQold are taking their talents to Kevin Nottingham‘s HipNOTT [...]

The Best Of 2010

2010 has finally come to a close and what a year it was! The year in music started off slow but boy did it pick up with releases from The Roots, The Left, Danny Brown, Black Milk, and a list of events that made 2010 a great year for hip-hop. But 2010 wasn’t the year [...]

Progress Report: 1st Quarter

So the first quarter of the year has come and went. From the hype that Freeway & Jake One created for the Stimulus Package with its creative packaging  to Danny Brown finally releasing The Hybrid, we’re going into the 2nd quarter of a dog fight for the championship! Here’s a look at our favorites, and [...]

Rick Williams x Roland Coit Burn Rubber Interview Pt.3

In our final installment of our three part interview with Rick Williams & Roland Coit of Burn Rubber, the two talk about how they turned Burn Rubber into what seems like an overnight celebrity! They also talk about what’s next for the shop. WHUTUPDOE!: Everyone is very aware of where Burn Rubber came from, to [...]

Ma Dukes Is The Foundation!

5E Gallery, home of the legendary DJ Sicari of 5Ela, plays host to Ma Dukes as a part of their Foundation Tuesday event. The Foundation Tuesday is a weekly event dedicated to celebrating women in Hip Hop. Female DJs, female emcees, female poets, female band, female dancers: The Foundation Tuesday has it all! Tuesday, February [...]