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Detroit techno is a type of techno music that generally includes the first techno productions by Detroit-based artists during the 1980s and early 1990s. Prominent Detroit techno artists include Juan Atkins , Eddie Fowlkes , Derrick May , Jeff Mills , Kevin Saunderson , Blake Baxter , Drexciya , Mike Banks , James Pennington and Robert Hood .
Michigan rap is a regional subgenre of hip-hop in the United States, including Detroit rap, a style characterized by its "underdog spirit". [1] Pivotal figures in the emergence of Michigan and Midwestern hip-hop scene include MC Breed. In 2023, Rolling Stone described Michigan rap as "the regional style of intense punchlines and goofy music ...
The roots of jit date back to Detroit jitterbugs in the 1970s. [5] Chicago's equivalent dance style is Juke, where the focus is on footwork dating back to the late 1980s. [3] [6] Ghettotech was an integral part of the Detroit Electronic Music Festival, an annual event.
Slum Village is a hip-hop group founded in Detroit, composed of original members Baatin, T3 and J. Dilla. T3 remains the only original member left after Baatin and J. Dilla left the group and ...
The track became a club hit among devotees of techno, [1] despite Trent's grounding in the Chicago house scene. He then began working with Detroit producers such as Chez Damier, with whom he issued several singles before co-founding the label Prescription Records in 1993.
Derrick May (born April 6, 1963), also known as Mayday and Rhythim Is Rhythim, is an American electronic musician from Belleville, Michigan, United States.May is credited with pioneering techno music in the 1980s along with collaborators Juan Atkins and Kevin Saunderson, commonly known as The Belleville Three.
The genesis of blues music in Detroit occurred as a result of the first wave of the Great Migration of African Americans from the Deep South.In the 1920s, Detroit was home to a number of pianists who performed in the clubs of Black Bottom and played in the boogie-woogie style, such as Speckled Red, Charlie Spand, William Ezell, and most prominently, Big Maceo Merriweather.
The Olympicks is an American hip-hop record production and songwriting group that was formed in 2009, and is currently composed of members J-Fab [1] and Knoxville. [2] The group originated in Detroit, Michigan and have been involved in the production of various projects within the hip-hop music industry, including Lil Wayne's I Am Not a Human Being, [3] Rick Ross' Teflon Don, [4] Triple C's ...