Saturday, December 15, 2007

California + Detroit = Caltroit


Aside from the fact that I've got personal ties to both Cali and the Mo', I've always been intrigued by the stylistic connections between these two musical hotspots, starting off with the one and only...
With that being said, I'm glad to see cats from Cali and the D hookin' up to make nothing but good music.

Over the weekend, I came across an excellent mixtape (sounds better than most rappers' albums) simply titled 'Caltroit.' Spearheaded by West-coast legend DJ Warrior, Inglewood's up-and-comer Bishop Lamont & J Dilla torch-carrier Black Milk (whose 'Popular Demand' I reviewed earlier this year), 'Caltroit' is a Hip-Hop family affair. Word to Sly Stone.

'Caltroit' features great 'troiters like Phat Kat, Royce Da 5'9", Guilty Simpson, Illa J, T3 and others; Cali boys like Rass Kass, Planet Asia, Mistah Fab; and everyone else in between like Busta Rhymes, Stat Quo & Kardinal Offishall. All that, just to name a few... And if that wasn't enough, Mr. Invincible/Invisible himself, Dr. Dre, co-signs the record on track 3, 'On Top Now'.

Here are a couple of preview tracks that I think you might like:


F*ck it... Though DJ Warrior posted it up on his Myspace page, you can cop the whole album right here as well (I've posted plenty of mirrors):

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