e as I am, General Motors IS Detroit so it would be devastating to see them leave, but frankly I can’t say I blame them. Who would want to do business in the city with such unprofessional people in charge? But a lot has to do with you and me. We are the ones that let the crooked mayor who cost us MILLIONS get elected, as well as the arrogant congressman’s wife get in because we couldn’t get to the polls because of (insert excuse here), so therefore the man or woman best suited for the job lost out. When the media continues to drag our city’s name through the mud, we do nothing but yell and cuss at the TV instead of letting them know that we are not going to take this anymore. We are the ones that let the crackheads strip the city piece by piece for their next hit, and we are the ones that let the drug dealers take over our street corners and infest our apartment buildings instead of getting involved. It’s not about being a snitch, it’s about giving a fuck about your community. What ever happened to neighborhood watch and block clubs? I haven’t seen an active block club since when I was in my teens on Walden street on the East side. Neighbors looked out for each other. They didn’t wait for the city to come and clean up the block...We got off our collective asses and cleaned out our own block...and made a party out of it, and had lots of fun. And guess what, there were no drug dealers or crackheads, at least on our block. I truly believe that if we were to just get involved in just keeping our block in order, before we know it, the city can once again be the greatest city in the world again.
A: Well I started doing music really late compared to others I was staying in the house more after my first child was born so I needed a new hobby. My brother gave me his Casio keyboard and I started making melodies, baselines & beats. I bought a little Boss drum machine & later a 4 track recorder started recording my own original songs. I always loved hip hop & music in general but I never though I could create it until then.
A: A.W.O.L. Kaos & Mystro, Smiley, Detroit B.O.X, Detroit ’s Most Wanted & Awesome Dre. We ended up playing some songs for Sole-man from AWOL & C-Nile & I did a couple songs with him later. I’ve got to dig that stuff up some day.
A: We all grew up in the same hood on the west side 6 mile & Livernois area. In our late teens/early 20’s I heard C-Nile was rapping and his step brother “DJ Tech 12” was doing his beats. When I heard their trax I started kick-in it to 
him that while their music was dope with these melodies and beats I’ve got, he also could have his own original songs, not just break beats & samples. So we hooked up musically and we really vibed, & the music was good… really good and we decided to be a duo something like Guru & Premier.
A: G- it’s a lot more commercial now a lot less about skill & really saying something in the music. I’ve watched the game evolve from east coast to west coast and then the south & now I think our time has come for the Midwest to put a strangle hold on the game for a while. We just have to have strong artist with a fresh new sound. 
A: Good question, wish I had a better answer for you but it’s always been our experience that we got more love outside of the D than when were here. I just think in some folks minds, no matter how good you are, when you’re from here you’re viewed as a hood star but not on the same level as the out of town artist. It’s like you have to leave here, get validated by someone else like Dre, or JayZ and then comeback and The D will support you like we do for all of the other major label artist. That’s just kinda my observation on it I really don’t know how we can change things & why we don’t support more…
A: Well I’m a city resident & I just don’t believe our city’s best & brightest minds are on the job of running our city. I think a lot of the people in place are there because they’re “electable” or popular but we need to get some of the really smart, morally sound, uncorrupted people in the D to run the city and the schools and maybe things will get better.
A: Well Labels are trying stick with a cookie cuter like formula they believe works. Execs and A&R’s don’t want to get fired for trying something unconventional. So not many are trying to think outside the box and because of that yeah, I believe the market is over saturated with a ton of the same kind of artist that are all talking about the same things. Some just better than others…
A: Well I think it’s important for our music to have a message because that’s who we are. In this game “you’ve got to do you” so I have no problem with artist like Soulja Boy & Hurricane Chris that don’t really have a profound message just fun. Or like The Clipse or Gucci Mane and Juiceman that rap about moving weight. I just think there needs to be more balance with acts like us or The Roots, Talib Kweli, & Common.
A: Well after a long layoff we are releasing a new CD in the summer 2009, “Keep Grinding”. Our music video “Dollar Bill” is getting a lot of air play on the “The Video Shop” on Comcast Detroit CH 68 so check that out. We are getting some spins on “What’s next on the Menu on FM98 WJLB check for that on Saturdays @ 9:00pm. Some of our music is going to be being featured in a upcoming film & on the sound track….That I can’t give the details on yet but stay tuned for that. We are also getting into doing production for other artist, that’s something we really didn't’t do much of in the past because we had so many in the camp we kept everything in house. We’re forming the company now and we will see where that goes… That’s about it Hit us on www.reverbnation.com/ www.myspace.com/Q: Before I end this, is there any other projects you have in the works, that you want to plug?
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s of disrespecting your parents. You just don’t do it and not expect an ass whoopin’. I am somewhat loyal to the big 3, as is a lot of the old school auto workers that came up in my parents and grandparents’ generations as well as a lot of good old fashioned Detroit muscle. And before I drive a Nissan, Toyota, Mitsubishi or Honda, I’d rather not have a car at all. With that being said, The big 3 hasn’t been very loyal to us over the last few years. They didn’t understand that everyone does not want an SUV with gas prices as unpredictable as they are. They don’t understand that not everyone can afford a decent GM vehicle unless you are a rapper signed with a major label, a pimp or a drug dealer. Ford makes shitty cars, and no one wants to keep taking their Ford whatever to the shop because of another recall, and Chrysler products are just butt ugly to begin with in addition to being prone to recalls. So what happens? People stop buying them. And before you UAW members start
with your amens and hallelujahs, you all have a lot to do with the automotive crisis as well. You already make a decent living and have decent benefits but your wanting more has placed a tremendous burden on the industry by way of astronomical labor costs and simultaneously cock-blocking those who are willing to work for half. And because of it, the entire US economy which largely depends on the auto industry will be fucked (and guess what city will be hit the hardest). In a way I hope that the government bails out the big 3 but in another way I hope they don’t. I saw first hand how an economy that depends on the auto industry can be devastated when Chrysler left Highland Park back in the early 90s, and it wasn’t pretty. I don’t even WANT to think about if it were to happen to the entire state or the entire country. But on the other hand if they do get the bailout money, will they really get their shit together? Or will they be back a year later trying to hit us taxpayers up for more money to pay for their fuck-ups.
