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PHAT KAT - Carte Blanche
| StylusMagazine | | On Carte Blanche, the longtime ruler of underground Detroit hip-hop doesn’t flow about the city, he writes it. You can see the J. Dilla produced “Nasty Ain’t It” rising off the 8 Mile concrete. You feel the humid “Vessels” hovering around neighborhood porches in Southwest Detroit. You can hear “Cold Steel” echoing through the abandoned Packard Plant. Carte Blanche wasn’t born of Detroit, it is Detroit....full text |
| | Lost At Sea magazine | | 2007 could be shaping up to be The Year of Detroit Rap. It hasn't all been good as of late for the Motor City, with the most significant mark of 2006 being the tragic passing of J Dilla, but as the adage goes, in death there is new life, and some of the late DJ's contemporaries are attempting to paint a silver lining. We have already seen the release of an encouraging debut (Popular Demand) from MC/producer Black Milk, and many await the release of Stones Throw contributing artist Guilty Simpson's first effort....full text |
| | HipHopDX | | With J Dilla and Proof gone to that great recording studio in the sky, Slim Shady in semi-retirement and Slum Village’s output nearly as sporadic as Presidential elections, casual hip-hop heads might think the Detroit scene is as played-out as the Running Man and high-top fades. But in the wake of Black Milk’s promising Popular Demand and now Phat Kat’s impressive Carte Blanche, it’s clear that the Motor City’s mantle as a headquarters for hard-hitting hip-hop rests in extremely capable hands....full text |
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