#coldmenyoung

This review has been a long time coming, Cold Men Young has been one of a few collectives keeping the Underground true Hip-Hop scene in Detroit, MI alive and to the standards of true hip-hop heads, (not hipsters). 

Kopelli's conquered the grown & sexy of underground hip-hop and instilled it in his latest solo project Gentlemen Jack.  

Gentleman Jack is promotes celebrating life despite the ups and downs while preserving the gentlemen. Cuts like Dean Martin chant "I've been sipping, drinking, smoking.. simply sip sophisticated.. You can't keep me down when I'm up in my zone!"

Other cuts like Salty speak on the fact that Kopelli is still only human, and a man at that. Therefore he should probably wish his old love well, yet he's salty because he'd rather have her, realizing his loss. Still he understands, life must go on, even after love.

Salud concludes the project seamlessly. Its a culmination of all the themes heard on the project yet isn't redundant. 

Look out for more from Kopelli & Cold Men Young

STANDOUTS: VanHunt, Dean Martin, She Hate Me, production from The Olympics, Features from most of Cold Men Young, smooth Vocals. 

Cold Men Young - "Timebomb" Magic Stick, Detroit, MI, 5.24.2012

shot/edited by Matthew Burns

Microphone Phelps - Second Hand Smoke

Every once in a while it happens.

The perfect storm of political climate and creativity, a clash of frustration and resilience to widespread apathy, a melding of art and the desire to make change in a city/state/country that has been promised so much and delivered so little. 

You know the feeling. The helplessness at the gas pump. The desperation at a job fair. The gnawing ache in your head every time another bill shows up or collector calls trying to squeeze blood from a stone. You know what it's like to tip-toe around complete and utter psychological detonation. We've all been there, and we are increasingly fed up. We want to change our surroundings but it takes all we have to simply avoid exploding.

tick tick tick...

You're a daisy chain. A landmine. An IED.

You're a mother. A father. A student. A human just trying to make it from one day to the next.

You're a Time Bomb.

And you are not alone. 

"Literally I'm livid with how limited my living is."

Once again the Detroit based hip hop group ColdMenYoung has put together a track that speaks for all of us who know "grinding" isn't as simple as the radio makes it sound. "Time Bomb" doesn't prattle on about moving "weight" or driving overpriced cars, instead it directs focus to the struggle of daily living in a city that has seen better days and has little to offer the average inhabitant. This quartet knows all about that, each of the four members leading relatively ordinary  lives while brandishing extraordinary verbal talent on stages across the Midwest (at the time of this posting the group had just returned from performing to a packed house at a venue in Cleveland). Following the success of their debut project, "Champagne Nights/Red Stripe Budget", ColdMenYoung is poised to make even larger waves with the soon to be released followup, "YSBAF". They have continuously demonstrated a dedication to viscerally depicting real life in an accessible way (a mission overlooked in an industry that only seems to support rampant consumerism), and if this track is any indication of what's to come, I'd say the year they took in preparation for its recording payed off mightily.

Stay up to date with their music at http://coldmenyoung.com/, and download past projects at http://coldmenyoung.bandcamp.com/track/time-bomb. 

Some days you just feel.....dapper... Me and the lyrical mastermind  @theblaksmith