Three Chairs: Demigods (Theo Parrish, Kenny Dixon Jr, Rick Wilhite And Marcellus Pittman) EP
via TurntableLab: Detroit is in the house! What more can you say when 3 Chairs are on deck? The quartet of seasoned producers is back with the four track Demigods EP. It’s interesting because you can hear the touch of Theo Parrish, Kenny Dixon Jr, Rick Wilhite and Marcellus Pittman …
An Introduction to WAAJEED (Bling47, Detroit)
Waajeed is a jack of all trades as a graphic artist, labelhead and producer. The latter is his most prolific persona and his dazzling array of futuristic boombap soundscapes will be on display on april 19th as part of the Artbeat/MIMS/BootyBakery showcase (link) A true son of the D and …
Future Classic: Black Milk “Sunday’s Best / Monday’s Worse”
Really great to hear Detroit’s Black Milk get back to what he does best as one of the best producers in hip-hop. Crisp drums and soulful samples. In this case, a great Gospel choir hook and a bit of piano does the trick. Unfortunately it only clocks at around 2 …
Forgotten Treasure: Detroit Beatdown Compilation (2002)
These past couple of years there has a bit of a revival surrounding “slow” house and techno. Producers have been going back to tracks that are in the 105 to 115 bpm rather than techno and house (which usually is much faster at 125 – 130 bpm) and a brand …
Dilla Dilla Breaks
Just when you thought all the Dilla bases had been covered, the good folks at Bling47.com (Wajeed and fam) come out with an absolutely great look into some of the greatest sample flips by James Yancey aka Jay Dee. The reason that these short clips are so fascinating is that …
Detroit : Real Scenes (a Resident Advisor movie)
Real Scenes: Detroit from Resident Advisor on Vimeo.
Field trip at a Detroit Vinyl Pressing Plant w/ Waajeed & Invicible
One more reason why a Vinyl collection will always be cooler than your 1TB Hard Drive. Take a tour of the Archer Pressing Plant in Detroit Invincible + Waajeed: Manufacturing “Detroit Summer” 7″ @ Archer Record Pressing from EMERGENCE Media on Vimeo.