MyDetroitHustle.com is not just about promoting the independent, underground and unsigned artists. We are also here for the small businesses too. We’ve built our foundation on hip hop, now it’s time to start exploring some of these great small businesses out here. One business I had the pleasure of patronizing the other day is Jungle Juice Bar,…
Uncategorized Today we’re diving into a critical topic for all the independent and DIY artists out there – why copyrighting your music is an absolute must! Let’s get real. You’ve poured your heart and soul into creating those dope beats and rhymes. Now you’re sending them to different DJ’s and platforms looking to get your music…
I try to never critique anyone’s music. When I say critique, I mean say something negative about it. I either like it or I don’t. If I don’t like it, I just to mess with it. I don’t go out of my way to trash it. I can tell you if it’s the type of song I…
“Hoodlum Heat” is a hot one I found in my inbox. At first listen, I was immediately hooked by the lush string sample that lead into the Slik Jack’s fire bar work delivered with his gruff vocals in the first verse. As my head nodded in anticipation of hearing Jack continue to ride the beat, the producer…
Uncategorized This is a hot one from the U.K. Six MCs(Conflix, Apex Zero, Menace Mendoza, Skirmish, Reain & Manage) got together to make magic over a boom bap beat produced by Manage. The video is straight up grimy and gritty matching the sound of the track. Conflix initiates a verbal onslaught with a flaming hot offbeat cadence that captured…
The dynamic duo is back at it again. Big-T Beatz and On Point have put together tracks that make the streets go crazy. That’s good news because every time they get together they make a banger. But now, I have some bad news. This time they’re coming for your baby mommas. Their Legion Beats produced track, “Time Off” is a surprisingly…
I’m really feeling the hip hop movement that’s growing a little north of Detroit in Pontiac, Michigan. Once I met On Point, who’s from Pontiac, it seems like I’ve been watching the whole Pontiac scene. It seems like I’ve been watching the whole scene because from what I can see the artists from this city work together…
A couple of weeks ago I made a post on social media about an experience I had on the Eastside of Detroit at a gas station. It was about 5 am and I was paying the cashier for my gas and she asked me for two dollars. It really blew my mind. I”m used to people begging at…
Uncategorized “Serene OG” is hip hop for grown folks. Former J Dilla collaborator, Frank Nitt of the group Frank-n-Dank, delivers the true school sound for the OG’s. The project starts with the King Micheal Coy produced joint “For You” which features Illa J. This groove sounds like it was influenced by Lionel Richie’s “Love Will Find a Way.” It definitely…
The other day I had the chance to check out Detroit area lyricist, Dame Black’s new release, ‘ “People Under the Stairs.” Here are my thoughts. After a dope intro, the album starts off with “6AM” which features Dame displaying sharp lyricism laced with drug dealer references over a medium tempo head nodding beat that features a…