Underground Famous: Dirty Glove ENT.

               The company Dirty Glove ENT for those of you who don’t know is a record company based in Detroit Michigan. Now I know everyone has heard of the classic failures of record companies in the Midwest, but the difference between those companies and this one is who runs this one. K Deezy the boss of this company alongside the legendary blade icewood and now replacement to icewood; Juan run this company that has almost exclusively captured 80% of the talent that comes out or is coming out of Detroit Michigan. Based on 7 mile on the west side of Detroit close to k deezys life time home of joy road, dirty glove entertainment has grown from a myth to a company to a rite of passage for any artist that wants to come out of the west side of Detroit. It all started back in 1998 when k deezy approached the street lordz mafia rap group and auditioned to join them. The street lordz immediately took to deezys style and welcomed him in, but more than just k deezy came to the street lordz after that. You see k deezy didn’t just wake up one day and decide he was going to be a rapper; he had been thinking and planning his rise up the ranks in Detroit’s hip hop scene for a few years now. What he brought with him to the street lordz was his group of rappers made up of Malik, Juan, Jessie James, lady blade, blade ice wood, and G rock. Now before deezy the street lordz consisted of two small time rappers that were unable to break their records anywhere because they didn’t have street credibility other than being from the naborhood. But what k deezy, blade icewood, and Juan brought to the table was their collective rap skill which was making noise around the naborhood, but more importantly they were connected with BMF or (Black Mafia Families) run by the legendary Big Meech. Plus Juan worked for a drug cartel in Texas so this combined with big meechs roll they had all the credibility they needed. So the group got together in 1999 and formed the street lordz mafia. They proceeded to release their first cd together entitled Platinum Rolees Don't Tic Toc. This was a massive hit and is held as a classic in Detroit rap music with the lead single being Come Roll With a Nigga. This song is still heard playing in just about every Detroit club that plays rap music on the west side and some on the east side. Sadly this group would not last as they were disbanded after this cd came out. So in 2000 k deezy left with his crew and started Dirty Glove ENT. They then started work on k deezys first solo album stuck in my ways. This album is another classic on the Detroit rap scene, and is one of my personal favorite albums by an artist from Detroit. When released the album did phenomenal, doing twice as good sales wise as Platinum Rolees don’t tic toc. After this though there was some trouble with blade icewood who got into a beef with the rap group the east side chedda boyz. This resulted in a couple of dis songs between both sides and subsequently escalated when blade ice wood was shot 7 times with an ak47 assault rifle in Detroit. Miraculously he survived but was paralyzed from the knees down meaning he would never walk again. This only fired blade icewood up and he came back with a legendary dis track aimed directly back at the eastside chedda boys. Within one week the beef had escalated to two associated members of the eastside chedda boys being killed by multiple gunshot wounds to the chest in a couple of drive by shootings. The beef was then covered by a local news station fox 2 were the beef was described as a murderous rap war. The beef finally ended in 2005 when blade icewood was shot and killed on the west side of Detroit the case is still unsolved. But Dirty Glove ENT is still around today now reenergized with new talent such as Dusty Mcfly coming out and almost as a testament to the city where it comes from Dirty Glove ENT continues to fight through adversity and seems to be making a comeback for the new generation of Dirty Glove ENT fans.          

Trick Trick the king of Detroit hip hop

               Trick Trick is no stranger to hip hop, with a long carrier already including two mainstream albums and several mix tapes Trick Trick has diffidently put in the work to deserve the title king of Detroit hip hop. He started out in the late 90s laying some vocals and doing remakes of west coast beats, idolizing Dr. Dre, ice cube and NWA. Soon after in the huge hip hop battles that went on in Detroit trick met a man named Marshal Mathers or famously known by Eminem. It is reported that trick saw Eminem when he first started going to these battles in Detroit and told a security guard to let him in so he could see what this loud white boy was all about. When Eminem got on stage with trick the crowd went crazy trick was first and said he kind of took it easy on Eminem and underestimated him. This was a huge mistake by trick as Eminem proceeded to murder trick on dr dre’s aint nothing but a g thang. From what I hear tricks mouth dropped half way through the battle and immediately after embraced Eminem and told him he would love to work with him in the future. But this was not taken this way by tricks camp goon squad who grabbed Eminem in the parking lot and called trick out to take care of him. When trick saw what was going on he grabbed his dj that was holding Eminem against a car and knocked him out. He then gave Eminem his number and studio information. The next day Eminem showed up at the studio and he and trick started work on Eminem’s first album infinite. They completed the album in 1998; it went on to have a very limited amount of commercial success. Most people claimed that Eminem ripped off nas’s sound and compared his style to that of most New York rappers, saying quote he was jacking their style. Trick responded by doing an interview with FM 98 wjlb were he defended Eminem, and called all Detroit artists to do a compilation mixtape to show case all the best in Detroit. This sparked an interest in Detroit hip hop in 1998 and Eminem credits this movement along with many other things in dr dre’s decision to sign him when he went out to California to meet him. After this the compilation mixtape never happened and trick was at the lowest point in his career. But in 2005 after his fourth album Eminem came back and put trick trick on with an appearance on tricks first album the people vs. on the single welcome to Detroit. This single was and still holds the record for most radio plays on a Detroit radio station ever. Trick followed up with his second album the villain and a feature on Eminem’s 2009 single from the d. this opened up trick trick to a nationwide audience and as a result his second album the villain doubled its prediceccer after nearly a month of downed sales. Bottom line trick has given away beats to every artist to ever come out of the d and has received the most commercial success while still staying true to the hood he grew up in and collaborations with Eminem on a regular basis doesn’t hurt either. 

New star in Detroit Hip Hop: Dusty Mcfly

You know most people when they describe rap music or hip hop as a style of flashy cars, jewelry, strippers, and not really being music but more of an elaborate marketing scheme for big businesses. When this style is so far from what the culture of hip hop has always been, and that is a driving force to tackle the biggest problems in our society but also to provide resignation with fans and bring the politics of the big cities to the masses of the underprivileged and impoverished youth all over the world. It sometimes takes years but there is a new sensation in Detroit that I feel is not getting the proper attention and his name is Dusty Mcfly. Mcfly started as a rapper on myspace.com and youtube.com, but has recently moved into the mixtape world of hip hop and is rising pretty quickly. This is very surprising to me considering rappers of this type who I am interested in hearing and come from the type of emvirment he comes from usually do not even crack into the hip hop industry. But to understand what surprises me so much about this artist you have to know what I mean by the “emvirment” this guy grew up in. if any of you have been to the city of Detroit or have heard anything about Detroit you have all no doubt heard the same old story of Detroit being a bad or dangerous city filled with break down decay and crime. Too a point this is true but what no one considers is there are not only great things here but also great things that can come out of all this adversity. One of the more common things that happen to come out of adversity is music and Mcflys music is no different. Even at a glance without even listening to this man’s music you can tell a lot about his music particularly when looking at his camp and who he has behind him that being Dirty Glove Entertainment. If you don’t know Dirty Glove Entertainment they are the monster underground company that have the front runners and former street lord mafia artists k deezy, Juan, and the potential signing of big herk and his camp rock bottom. They are also a street savvy group which gives Mcfly his all-important street credibility with Dirty Gloves roots in big meechs bmf. Besides this to help his mainstream audience see what he’s all about 2 blazing hot new singles don’t hurt. These singles being “I’m out here”, and “Buffies&Benihanas”. More recently though I got my first chance to see him perform live and I have seen a lot of hip hop concerts such as jay z, Eminem, lil Wayne, trick trick, spice 1, and bun b.  But never have I seen an up and coming artist captivate a crowd of first time listeners in a way were the crowd immediately took to his music even singing along and fist pumping to the beat of the song.