Last week Detroit's own Nolan the Ninja came through and blessed us with a few bars with his boy Semmi. Â Make check the freestyle, and watch for the full episode over at the show site LIVE! From the Basement!
Follow Nolan The Ninja on Twitter: @NolanTheNinja
And purchase his album "The Ill Sh-t" over at his BandCamp page: http://nolantheninja.bandcamp.com/
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So what's happening with HoodHype? Where is everyone? Â We're here, we always were. Â If you don't follow us on Twitter, Facebook or our newsletter you may not have seen that Major and I are back over at our new show LIVE! From the Basement! Â For those of you still looking for that indie music you've come to expect from us, that's still here too, you can get that at our new show Three Sixteens!
If you don't feel like checking these shows out, don't worry, they're about to start popping up in your HoodHype Feed!
We're still here, we're back to the original team and more focused than ever! Â Thank you for supporting your boys for 8 years!
- Major, JMack and Phro
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It's our 8-year Anniversary and we're gonna keep this thing going 2005 'til infinity! We spin some new indie hip-hop and speak with special guest indie spotlight artist Traum Diggs to talk about his new album Jazz Hop . Also, a tribute to the last 8 years of the HoodHype Show as JMack takes you for a spin in Doc Brown's time machine all the way back to 2005 with a gift for our die hard fans at the end of this very special episode!
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A little hangover recovery music the day after a night of celebration. Â This is The Day After. Â For all of our live show fans, listen to the end of this episode for a special announcement!
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This week we pay homage to New Zealand's incredibly diverse, talented and soulful hip-hop scene! Â Special guest this week is Christchurch New Zealand's own, Ladi6! Make sure you cop her album "Automatic" on iTunes and Bandcamp!
7:30pm tonight @ St. Andrews Hall in Detroit make sure you come through!
An incredible venue for a revolutionary hip-hop show with features by Sturgill Simpson, Diabolic, I Self Devine and hosted by none other than Poison Pen!
Make sure you get your tickets today, the double-H will definitely be in the house! Â Â
Full tour lineup after the jump!
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Let's relax (kind of) and chill for a minute to episode 217 aptly titled "The Big Chill". Â LET'S GO!
Hey Detroit!! September 24th will be the date and 6:70 will be the time!
Immortal Technique and Brother Ali have teamed up and will be kicking off their "War & Peace Tour" on 9/5. Â Detroit, this will be an amazing show at their St. Andrew's Hall stop on 9/24. Â An incredible venue for a revolutionary hip-hop show with features by Diabolic, I Self Devine and hosted by none other than Poison Pen!
Make sure you get your tickets today, the double-H will definitely be in the house! Â Â
Full tour lineup after the jump!
I will be covering the 2013 Oakaloosa Music Festival in Historic Fort Wayne Detroit!  If you're in Michigan this Saturday, (7/27) make sure you come through and check out an eclectic lineup of music across all kinds of genres.  We'll be there for the hip-hop!!  Follow me on Twitter and HoodHype on Instagram for updates and photos! Read the rest of this entry »
It's not too often that you're fortunate enough to come across an artist with the precision and drive of a Ninja.   Especially when it's an artist actually named  Nolan the Ninja who happens to be in your own backyard.
I found about about Nolan when I stumbled across his song "That's When Ya Lost"  (using the Souls of Mischief beat) on Kevin Nottingham a few weeks back.  When I heard him start rapping,  I found myself checking the date of the post.  The kid sounded like he was straight out of  1995 by way of Doc Brown's DeLorean.  So being a complete slappy for the golden era,  I immediately pulled the track and used it in mini-episode #202 of the HoodHype show.  Then came the bonus:  he's from Detroit.
So of course we had to have him on the show, and of course we had to ask him to drop some bars with our in-house rap genius, MOLA1.
