Did you like the Grammy's and Hip Hop greatness

We start the week out with a quick what’s on your mind and discuss the Grammy nominations and wins. We discuss our feelings about the industry as well as what we hope is a taking over of the music industry from Hip Hop to people of color. Then we get into our opinion on the GREAT J.Cole and the mission he is on. Quite an interesting discussion.

Dabrye Three/ Three latest release 2018

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I’m back to finish up my two part review of Dabrye. His latest sparked me to go back and listen to his past work then reintroduce you to his current release. As part of my producer feature on CarrWaxx. We Focus on the latest and greatest (a matter of taste of course) These producers are just unique and away from the mainstream that one would hear on streaming services. Here is Three/Three

2018 Bougie Black Brother network Music awards (#3)

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We end the 3 part review of the music awards for 2018 with a few reviews that we enjoyed based on the lyrical abilities of these artist.  Ending with the Album/Artist of the year, that doesn’t line up too well with the Grammy’s. Especially the crime of not including J. Cole.  Go back and reference the reviews for these nominee's throughout the year so you can see where we were with our predictions.

Part Three:
Slept on album of the year
Creative album of the year
Underground Lyrical Album of the year
Hip Hop Lyrical Album of the year
Album of the year

2018 Bougie Black Brother network Music awards (#2)

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Welcome back to part two of the music awards for 2018.  This session jumps into some of the meat of music people would frequent. These categories are part of the exceptional artist that you would see during regular awards shows.  Go back and reference the reviews for these nominee's throughout the year so you can see where we were with our awards.

Part One:
Rookie album of the year
Veteran album of the year
Collab album of the year
Best Producer Album of the year
Wackness Album of the year
Swag Album of the year

2018 Bougie Black Brother Network Music awards (#1)

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Welcome to the three part series of the music awards for 2018 .  We have your basic categories and the exceptional categories that we felt had to be added based on the artists contributions for the year.  Go back and reference the reviews for the nominee's but this year we have some of the listeners contribution which is a great addition to our review. Based on the Instagram poll from @bougieblacksean 

Part One:
Music Video of the year
Hip-Hop Documentary of the year
Hip-Hop Superstar of the year
South Album of the year
East Album of the year
West Album of the year

Dabrye From Two to Three (Michigan producer extraordinaire) 2018

I ran into one of my favorite producers from the early 2000's and found that he released a current LP that was in line with his previous releases.  Tadd Mullinixor Dabrye at that time was a talented producer from Michigan that did a lot of production with electronics and hip hop.  To pay homage to his career and to highlight his new release.  I wanted to review his previous releases.  Here's part 1

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Tadd Mullinixor Dabryeis an American musician from Ann ArborMichigan, United States, also known by the aliases James T. Cottonand SK-1. During his adolescent years, he grew up in Troy, MI. His Winking Makes a Face was the first album released by Ann Arbor’s Ghostly International. Parting with the IDMsound of Winking..., the first Dabrye album was 2001's One/Three, whose take on instrumental hip-hopparalleled the work of artists such as Prefuse 73.

Mick Jenkins: Pieces of a man

We jump into this Alabama breed, Chicago raised artist who is a combination Poet/Rapper and check out his new release: Pieces of a man.  An interesting release during this Hip Hop era.  But with the influence of Chance the rapper, Vic Mensa, I waited to see what this artist would bring after his critically acclaimed "The Water" release.