SMOKE
Detroit, MI
Hip Hop / NEW SCHOOL / INDIE RAP
Bio
A HUMBLE BUT HUNGRY DETROIT MC, WHOSE NAME CAUGHT WILDFIRE FOR HIS LONG AMZAZING FREESTYLES. SMOKE HAS HAD A PASSION AND DREAM TO DO MUSIC SINCE THE 7TH GRADE. NICKNAMED SMOKE BECAUSE OF HIS DARK COMPLEXION AND SHARP MIC SKILLS, HE'S MADE HIS NAME KNOWN THROUGHT SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN AND A CPL SPOTS ON THE EAST COAST. ALSO KNOWN AS THE BLACK CAL RIPKEN,SMOKE, SINCE THE 9TH GRADE UNTIL NOW DUE TO HIS VICIOUS FREESTYLE SOME LABLED HIM THE "FREESTYLE KING" OF DETROIT. NOT WANTING TO BE STUCK IN TH...
Comments
Narkotiks:
Whats good? I was checkin out your music, I like that bellwork track a lot. I'ma producer, if you need production work or any beats hit me up
Dec 11
Executie techniek:
hey man nice shit you spit.
I love your style ohh he.
if yyou need a beat let me know.
Peace Executie techniek
Apr 29
Ghetto-T.™:
Heat STR8 from the D! I love ya shit! Get at my page fam.
Apr 15
Koo-Laid:
Fillin yo flow Bro, check me out and become a fan
Aug 01
Press
“This Detroit emcee is the muthafuckin' Afrika Bambaata of Detroit, searching for the perfect beat. Kid you not. What's more, most production work on his winning new indie hip-hop album The Session is handled by the underheralded Detroit producers Cream of Beats and Planet Da Majustic. Smoke scours the Internet for beats, and has worked with producers in Finland, Norway, Germany and England. "Whenever I'm working on a record I make sure I got a lot of money in my PayPal account for buying beats," he says.
Smoke (real name: Michael Ivory) is a gifted freestyler and beat-picker — for him the beat is crucial. "If I'm really into a beat it takes me no time to write lines," he says. "I'll hear it instantly."
The emcee-writer always carries two notepads to jot down rhymes whenever he gets time. "I'll have songs written on two pieces of paper and three sticky notes that look like chicken scratches. ... You can lose an idea so quickly if you don't get it down."
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Artist Stats
Fans: 221
Song Plays: 306
Visits: 660
Video Plays: 45
Widget Hits: 18,256
Status
Status:
Posted a new song: "THE WRITER" http://www.reverbnation.com/c./poni/83490161 #music
Blog
BEST PERFORMANCE TO DATE
Mar 11, 2008 at 10:06 PM
WELL THE BLOWOUT WAS TOOO DOPE. I ROCKED IT ALL THE WAY TAKING CONTROL OF A CROWD WHO WASNT TOO SURE ON HOW TO RECIEVE A DETROIT HIP HOP ARTIST IN THE MIDST OF GOOD ROCK/METAL/POP BANDS. BUT BY THE END OF THE NITE THEY WAS MORE THAN WITH IT. THEY MATCHED MY INSENSITY SONG AFTER SONG UP UNTIL THE END OF MY SET. INEVER HAD SO MANY BEERS BOUGHT FOR ME...
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