Detroit Hip Hop

Boodang and Mudd Talk Detroit Hip Hop, Proof, J Dilla, Eminem, and Osborn HS Lunch Table Rap Mania

Boodang is a Detroit rap icon who started at the lunch table of Osborn High School, the legendary training ground where Proof mastered his craft, following in the footsteps of Osborn alumni Esham. Moorish Mudd visits Boodang to interview for the upcoming Promatic documentary about Proof and Dogmatic’s collaborative album, and they share stories from the early days of 5 Elementz, with Jay Dee / J Dilla on the beats, to Boodang’s story of first rapping with Eminem at Osborn.

#jdilla #proof #detroitrap

Boodang
Instagram https://instagram.com/detroitboodang/
YouTube @boodang100

Mudd / 5 ELA on Soundcloud :: https://soundcloud.com/reginald-azyez-moorer-el

Instagram :: https://instagram.com/mudd5ela/

YouTube :: https://www.youtube.com/@UCJEwMVPrMzWmzVGjxjqGhWQ

5 ELA Created The Detroit Sound WITH Slum Village & J Dilla, Mudd Says Questlove Owes The City More!

Mudd reacts to the Slum Village interview on the Questlove Supreme podcast, featuring T3 and Young RJ.

As a founding member of 5 Elementz / 5 ELA, alongside Proof, Thyme and Jay Dee / J Dilla, he goes deeper into the creation of the Detroit Hip Hop sound that changed everything for The Roots, A Tribe Called Quest, Busta Rhymes, De La Soul, The Pharcyde, Common, D’Angelo, Erykah Badu and more. Why did all these superstars from outside of the city benefit first while the Detroit artists who helped create the sound couldn’t catch a break? Let Moorish Mudd take you back to Detroit Hip Hop of the 1990s and explain what really happened.

#jdilla #slumvillage #questlove

Mudd / 5 ELA on Soundcloud :: https://soundcloud.com/reginald-azyez-moorer-el

Instagram :: https://soundcloud.com/reginald-azyez-moorer-el

YouTube :: https://www.youtube.com/@UCJEwMVPrMzWmzVGjxjqGhWQ

Illa J Calls Out Artists Using J Dilla’s Legacy For Clout, Mudd Reacts and Drops Some Names

Illa J is part of an elite music legacy as the younger brother of J Dilla, a lineage that extends through their parents and the entire influence of Detroit music, this week he took to Instagram to send a scathing message to people who have used him and his brother’s name for their own influence. Mudd reacts to his video confirming what he sees is real, the Detroit Hip Hop sound he helped created with J Dilla and many others has had artists jockeying for position for decades, he calls out The Roots, A Tribe Called Quest, and Common for changing up their own unique style to sound closer to what they were doing in Detroit.

Illa J Instagram @ illajyanceyboy

Detroit Art Inspires The World, Mudd Tells The Artists “We’re All We’ve Got!”

The Motown Sound, Detroit Techno and Hip Hop, Rock and R&B, Jazz, Funk and Soul, the sounds are an industry with no limit to moving the world, time and again. Moorish Mudd knows this better than most through his group 5 ELA/5 Elementz, from original creators Proof and J Dilla to the funk and techno origins of their sound. He gives the world a look at the new brilliance on display in the Islandview district of the city, courtesy of 1xRUN “Murals In The Market” annual art festival, ending his walk at Sheefy McFly’s “7 Mile Playa” tribute to Amp Fiddler.

Mudd Explains The Fakeness In Recent Detroit Hip Hop Origin Stories

Several mainstream features on the life of James “Jay Dee” Yancey, aka J Dilla, have been produced in recent years, from the Dilla Time book to the New York Times documentary, giving the world a deeper perspective on his music and how Detroit Hip Hop of the 1990’s changed the music industry. At the center of this origin story was Mudd of 5 Elementz, from The Hip Hop Shop to Jay Dee’s basement to the old man’s basement with The Order of Divine Reality. Despite being key to everything, he sees people who were barely there for any of it get called for every interview. The Moorish Mudd Show is about letting the real truth be known.