Blunted, Wax Museum Records & Tone Present…
–SOUNDS OF DETROIT TOUR 2011–
feat. GUILTY SIMPSON & PHAT KAT
…
-Guilty Simpson-
Guilty Simpson was born in Detroit, the son and grandson of the family’s performing musicians in his father and grandfather. At age four, Simpson and his mother began traveling with an aunt in the military, living in California and Birmingham, Alabama, before settling back in the Motor City at 15. Big Daddy Kane, N.W.A, and Scarface were all major influences, but it was Queens-bred street bard Kool G Rap who made the biggest impression. “That’s my crème de la crème rapper right there,” says Simpson, his own presence among the latest in a rich lineage of heavy-handed MCs.
For years Guilty Simpson has been a rock on the Detroit hip-hop circuit alongside those such as J Dilla, Slum Village, Eminem (whom Guilty still calls “Marshall”) & D12, Obie Trice, Proof, Phat Kat and Black Milk. A member of the Almighty Dreadnaughtz crew, Guilty emerged as a sound to be reckoned with after linking with producer Dilla in 2001. In the midst of recording an album’s worth of material on the MC – including the recently released duet “Take Notice” off of Dilla’s heralded Ruff Draft album – Dilla gave Simpson his first appearance on disc with “Strapped” (from 2003’s Jaylib album).
2006 marked his allegiance with Stones Throw Records – at Dilla’s behest – and appearances on both Chrome Children installments and subsequent tour. Guilty’s testosterone-charged, inner city themes possess of a sense of humor at times so side-splitting, it only proves how serious he really is.
-Phat Kat-
Phat Kat (a.k.a. Ronnie Cash) is from the east side of Detroit, Michigan. His career began in the mid 90′s as part of 1st Down, which consisted of Phat Kat on vocals and Jay Dee on production. His first full-length album, The Undeniable LP was released on June 22, 2004, on Barak Records. It featured appearances from Slum Village, Dwele, Big Tone of 87 Wasted Youth, and Obie Trice. Phat Kat released a 12-inch single in late 2006 for the song Cold Steel produced by J Dilla, he then followed it with his latest LP, Carte Blanche, on April 24, 2007 on Look Records. The album has proved to be Kat’s most universally acknowledged effort yet. With that being said his new album Katakombz is set to be released in 2011 and we could very be treated to a pre-release exclusive show in Australia.
+ VERY SPECIAL GUESTS: Dizz1 & Friends, Seekae DJs and Cold Crush DJs
Tickets official go on sale Monday 13th December and are available from Oztix (www.oztix.com.au) & Repressed Records (www.repressedrecords.com)
Tickets are priced at $35+b/f. Please note due to venue size this show will sell very quickly so we advise those intending to attend the show to purchase their tickets well in advance.
