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Why MI State's Better Than Yours: Final Edition


May 29, 2008 | Tags: none

Whattup doe?

As you guys know, I love the hip-hop in my home state. It seems like ever since the deaths of area legends J Dilla and Big Proof, we've been making a point to make the illest music ever to help continue the legacy they established from the ground up. It's too bad we've taken this long to get our just due, but I'll be damned if we aren't making the most of it.

I've been chronicling this movement for a few years, now, landing my articles everywhere from my Blogspot joint to URB magazine. I've also brought my allegience for the mitten here, whether it's through Producer's Corner pieces with Black Milk and Sicknotes, to my two installments of "Why MI State's Better Than Yours" on this very blog. I hold my peoples down.

I'm not one to shamelessly plug, but with the (miniscule) fanbase I've established here, I figure I should at least let you know what I've got going.

MichiganHipHop.com is a joint effort between me and M.O.S.Ologist, webmaster/promoter/everything else for the likes of Elzhi, Slum Village, OneBeLo, Nick Speed, and more. In case the URL wasn’t obvious enough, this site is dedicated to the documenting and supporting the burgeoning Michigan Hip Hop scene. MiHipHop uses news bits, show dates, interviews and multimedia to keep you connected to the complete, four-element Hip-Hop scene in the Mitten—from “mainstream” to “underground,” from “backpacker” to “street,” and everywhere in between.

We launched a few weeks ago, but check us out. We posted an interview with producer Young RJ (Slum Village, B.R. Gunna, Young Buck, Lloyd Banks) this morning, but previously, we posted two-piece articles with Guilty Simpson and Fat Ray, along with premiering the video for Buff1's "Beat The Speakers Up." What's scary is that we've got much, much more on the way.

To top it all off, we've got a launch party/fundraiser coming up. If you're anywhere in the state, you need to fuckin' be there. Our line-up's got weight.

Like I said, I'm not the type to plug shit very much, but this is my new pride and joy, so I had to do it once. From here on out, you'll see it on the blogroll to the left. Leave a comment here telling me what you think of the site, what you think of Michigan's hip-hop scene, or letting me know who/what you'd like to see on the site.

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