Month: September 2006

and download it here.

Rating: 4.5 stars
In each of our lives, there are zones of light and darkness. Sometimes the dark shade zones are necessary to make us feel the importance of the brightness. Our minds should not to forget about it when our feet enter hell and when we cross the valley of the shadow of death.
Horns And Halos is solemnly introduced by violins, harpsichord and piano sounds. Chuck Dirty opens a chapter of his life for his listeners. Walk with him and feel his walks through Heaven and hell.
The Return pictures the numerous struggles of a «kid from earth » who symbolically has horns and halos, representing his good and evil side.
An electric guitar background combined with catchy beats will make you step into a stressful atmosphere.
Cocky introduces the listener into the theme of self pride. The song is humorous and well handled instrumentally. Trumpets will intensify the arrogance and self pride theme. Chuck Dirty raps with confidence and flows like the torrent from the mountain. Let his word waterfall constantly refresh you.
If I featuring Trilogy is built on harsh guitar sounds represents the anxiousness of the human soul that is confronted with the fear of being alone in the dark with no support. What will happen to us, when we fall? Who will be there next to us to support us? When it will be all over, will God reject me and send me to hell? Follow Chuck Dirty’s spiritual fight.
Track Nr 7, Horns And Halos, is definitely worth your attention. Not only does Chuck Dirty flow with ease, but the whole song draws you a quite apocalyptic landscape made of a man’s inner torments. Half of an angel, half evil, Chuck Dirty fully makes the listener feel his intense inner conflict between good and evil.
Harpsichord notes are married with electric guitar sounds and intelligently ally golden and dark shades. The good and evil cannot really be dissociated from each other. Good actions are followed by the evil ones. Each of us is half of an angel and half of a demon.
I recommend this song to all of you, because Chuck Dirty’s creativity fully comes to shine on Horns And Halos. Don’t sleep on it!
The fight goes on in Alotta Shit Talk. Piano notes hammer and violins whine while Chuck Dirty’s voice explodes on the mic. The dimension of the song is intense and scary.
Welcome back to hell with Slaughterhouse. Distorted violin sounds are combined with intense and rapid beats. An emcee is on the run. Chuck Dirty masters his art on the mic. The track is well handled instrumentally and lyrically.
Get It Popping is a dynamic and beautiful gig that will invite most of you to a rhythmic dance session. This track probably won’t leave you indifferent. The melody has some beautiful oriental accents. Feel the emotions and the joy that is expressed through the instrumentals.
The song is definitely a must hear.
Krazy Train is another wonderful occasion to enjoy Chuck Dirty’s skills. Electric guitars reinforce the devilish atmosphere of the song. Welcome to the world of vicious circles. You could barely escape from this « crazy train » that sounds like an infernal spiral. No place for the halos.
Life Is Just A Moment offers the listener a philosophical reflection about the meaning of life. Life is just like a moment in space, so we gotta make the best out of it.
Like RIP Big Proof, Chuck Dirty dedicates a theme song to artist Kurt Cobain. When life becomes a burden, when they feel like there is no reason to live for, suicide appears to some like the one and only solution.
The artist symbolically kills himself at the end of the ride. Remember Me is a sweet remembrance of a person who lived a life of pain and suffering.
It also drops some notes of hope. Don’t come on the funeral with dark clothes. When a beloved person leaves the earth, we should mourn less and always remember about how the person lived and what he/ she represented to us.
Globally Chuck Dirty’s Horn And Halos album is well handled. The use of the instrumentals allows us to understand the atmosphere of the album that offers an interesting perspective about life issues.
If you decide to go cop that album, I promise you that you won’t regret it. Chuck Dirty is an underground Michigan artist who deserves to be known better.
Download the full album here.
Copyright2006 by Isabelle Esling
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Michigan artist Chuck Dirty Horns And Halos album review…stay tuned:)

The following Detnews article included this recent Kim Mathers pic.

MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. Grammy- and Oscar-winning rapper Eminem continued divorce proceedings with his wife, Kimberley Mathers, in an hour-long private hearing today.
Macomb County Circuit Judge Antonio Viviano told reporters after the hearing that the case was being referred to a mediator. Lawyers for Eminem and Kimberley Mathers said a date for mediation hasn’t been set.
Eminem’s lawyer Harvey Hauer and Kimberley Mathers’ lawyer Michael J. Smith said they hope the case will be settled amicably.
Kimberley Mathers declined comment on her way out of the courthouse. Eminem wasn’t seen leaving the building.
Eminem, whose real name is Marshall Bruce Mathers III, filed for divorce April 5, 82 days after the couple remarried.
The rapper remarried Kimberley Mathers in Rochester on Jan. 14, a month after the couple announced they were getting back together.

FullKlipp from the D!
Don’t miss them, because they have some good music to offer to their listeners.

4 stars
Each time I realize Proof is gone for ever, an immense pain is overwhelming me and I feel like if a knife cut my heart off. I’m still bleeding and there’s no remedy to it.
Six months ago, some mean people decided to put a definitive end to a brilliant and young emcee’s life. For all those who knew Deshaun Holton personally or simply for those who used to appreciate his music to the fullest, the pain and the feeling of emptiness is still present. Proof was the voice of the D town. He was unique in the world of rap with his genuine style and the raspy voice that characterized him. He mastered freestyle sessions like nobody else.
Scarchild’s moving song is there to revive Proof’s memory and to remind us of the wonderful artist and person he actually was.
Built on synthesized vocals, rapid piano notes, rhythmic drum beats combined with soft violins. The whole instrumental structure of the song will make you feel the run, the anxiousness, the regrets.
Like Scarchild states it, who could imagine waking up and hearing about the tragic news on April the 11th? It is like a nightmare that left the D with an open wound. Listen to Scarchild when he goes down on his knees, begging God to keep the D strong.
Detroit is the theater of a crime scene that has lost many valuable soldiers. Detroit City is hurting, Detroit City is bleeding, but will it ever learn from its mistakes. Six months after Deshaun Holton’s death, the hatred, the bitching and the bitterness are pretty much alive on the Detroit scene and it looks like Cutthroat City will never learn from its mistakes.
The NYC emcee’s song sounds like an insisting prayer, a call for humbleness and awekening of consciousness.
May God have mercy on the kids who are growing in the hood, because they are predestined to a hard life.
« Stay humble, because our only certainty in life is death » summarizes the philosophy of the wise and anybody should definitely apply to it.
Scarchild flows with ease and shows some good lyrical skills on a very touching song dedicated to a man who always kept it real.
Listen to Scarchild’s song here.
Copyright 2006 by Isabelle Esling
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Compton has made history in the world of gangsta rap. Not only has the NWA group brought in the world of hip hop and changed the way black men in the hood would be looked at, it has also influenced a lot of talented artists (among them Dresta and his brother BG Knocc Out, Lil Eazy E etc…).
Today I’d like to introduce you to a skilled emcee who carries the same Compton spirit with pride: Nutty Blocc Compton.
Although the talented emcee has only two tracks available on his my space account, the songs will give you a precise idea about the artist’s capabilities.
Nation Wide Criping starts on soft instrumentals combined with crazy scratches and rhythmic beats. Nutty Blocc Compton shoots his lyrical bullets with a great dose of offensiveness. Feel the creepy atmosphere of the streets of LA. Nice vocals mixed up with scratches will allow the listener to enjoy the ambience of brothers chilling out together, before it turns a little bit harder. Nutty Block’s lyrical skills and flow are highly enjoyable and the song is handled from the hand of a master from the beginning to the end.
Nbccq is built on a beautiful G Funk sound combined with catchy beats. BG Knocc Out and Nutty Blocc Compton unite their talent for a rhythmic duo that is made of a chill out atmosphere. Let them brothas roll their joints and spend some good time together.
Explore Nutty Blocc Compton here.
The artist is definitely worth your listen. Put him on your headphones and enjoy his reps!
Copyright2006 by Isabelle Esling
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interview of a very skilled hip hop artist I reviewed a while ago: Libretto. Stay tuned, folks:)

can be found on the following e-Bay site.
Check it out if interested.