Just about 3 years ago one of the good guys on the scene seemed to have had the world by the balls. Hush was releasing his album “Bulletproof” on Geffen Records, having his music exposed to the world on National Television, and being given the kind of shine anyone in the biz would love from media outlets nationwide. I remember picking up Maxim Magazine and “Bulletproof” being recognized as Album of the Month. I did not know Hush personally, but as a fan of the Detroit Music Scene, I was proud.
Fast Forward a few Months
I was walking out of a local show when someone handed me a T Shirt. I tucked the T shirt and continued to my car. I got situated in the ride, looked at the T shirt and it said Free Hush! I did not know what was going on, but in support I wore that shirt quite a bit. I have always believed that this scene needs to be united, and to me, wearing that shirt showed some support to a guy that has always supported Detroit.
Fast Forward a few years (Present)
Hush is now free. Free from a contract with Geffen, Free to do what he wants to do, the way he wants to do it. I recently sat down with Hush and just kicked it. This wasn’t some “lets sit down and do an interview shit, I hit Hush up and said Whats up? We got to chatting a bit and I asked him if we could just bullshit a little bit about everything. He shot me over a copy of the new CD “The Open Book” which I immediately threw it in the CD player, and I gotta tell ya, I WAS BLOWN AWAY. It changed my whole perspective on things, it inspired me to write. That takes a lot for me these days, I really worry about the state of Hip Hop. The Production on the record is pretty fuckin dope. Hush is on some personal mission on this album. When we got together, my whole focus kinda changed, it was no longer about getting to the bottom of the Geffen situation, it was more about the new material, and not surprisingly Hush seems to have the same focus. He seems 100% focused, he seems 100% dedicated, he seems 100% passionate. I did not intend to write this, I was also inspired. I asked him the following questions…
So I’ve always envisioned Radiowontplayme to be a great opportunity to showcase the bands that I love who don’t get attention from mainstream media, and hoped with that I’d be able to ad some advertising and make enough coin to pay for the site along the way, or maybe even come out ahead. So I’ve always tried to go the professional route with the posts and reviews, but starting today I’m going to alter that a bit. I’ve found there to not be enough stuff that I want to share with the world, thus leading to periods of inactivity and a terrible blog as a result. Starting today this blog will change a little and feature some things other than music (little pop culture, movies, tv etc.) and also be more of a “hey here’s something I like” type vibe. I’ve got some friends who blog from time to time, but they never seem to blog frequently enough to help with the blog’s life, so I’m not gonna expect anything out of them anymore.
So here’s a video from back in ‘94 that most people didn’t catch wind of, I think the Curt Cobain line rubbed some people the wrong way and held this record back.
Whitey Morgan and the 78’s are a country band from Flint Michigan. Whitey was originally the drummer for Flint band Dixie Hustler (Best Unsigned Band Ever I’ve ever seen live) and when he originally split from Whitey Morgan they did a lot of covers and even opened for a Dixie Hustler show I attended. I’ve personally never heard a modern day country act that sounded so much like the 70’s outlaws. Sometimes you’d swear it was the oldies station on the radio.
There are no flip-flops in country music. There is no Margaritaville or sandy beaches for outlaws.
Whitey and the 78’s aren’t your average Kenny Chesney radio type country act, this sounds way more like your dads country than what you’ll hear on CMT. You can check out their links below and you can get their album “Honey Tonks and Cheap Motels” at Amazon here. I liked the original band name of the “Waycross Georgia Farmboys”, but I’m sure there was a reason they made the change. If you’re in the Michigan area, you can catch one of their many shows in the area this summer Tour Schedule Here.
Check out their track “If It Ain’t Broke” in the player
So I stumbled across this dude on Myspace, and I’m digging his sound, it’s country without being Keith Urban BS country. A lot of these country guys start out like this guy, then get to nashville and they turn them into sissies. see Jack Ingram, Pat Green, etc… So check out his page and let me know what you think. We’re going a bit away from the oriniginal theme of the blog, less and less hip hop music is actually making me excited about it, so I’m going to broaden my horizons a little and see what I can find that its rwpm.com worthy.
Let me introduce you to Mac Lethal, dude dropped one of the most slept on albums of 2008 (Oct 07’s 11:11) and has been dropping mixtapes on the regular. One of the best battle rappers there is (Scribble Jam Winner 2002) and also has the ability to put together nice songs to go along with the sick verses, which only a few “battle rappers” ever actually figure out (Quest MCODY, Em, the list is short if you follow the battles online).
So Mac’s newest mixtape is the 5th in his “Love Potion” series. As with each volume before it, you can feel and hear Mac’s growth with each volume, and this edition is either way deeper or before or my ears are finally picking up on it. The album starts out with an analysis of “White Rappers”
“Some White rappers are good, but just like most rappers, most white rappers suck”
SCNow ran a Colt Ford interview today in preparation for a show he has in their area this weekend, Colt dropped a few things I hadn’t heard him say in interviews before, like the SO-So Def thing, so thought i’d drop you a link to the interview.
Free Hush!!!
