Kenny Beats on the Regional Sounds of Hip Hop
Broken Record with Rick Rubin, Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam and Justin Richmond
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The Forefather of Detroit Rap
"The easiest parallel to always draw with people is detroit and the bay. The forefather is from the late nineties, you know? Y mean, its tat doesn't go back decades and decades an, like when you hear dexos stuff, you hear big reverby pianos," he says. "When you listen to te the biggest wrappers in detroit right now, who, if you go to a party in detroit and play these songs, like the entire room knows every word."
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