Sometimes I Tell Girls That I’m From Detroit to Make Myself Seem Interesting

Sometimes I tell girls that I’m from Detroit to make myself seem interesting. I tell them about a version of paradise where you can buy a three bedroom home for the price of an iPad. I cry crocodile tears over the declining auto industry, and brag that Detroit lost its middle class before it became fashionable. I compare Motown artists to the founding fathers, and the invention of the Roland 909 to the first printing press. I wrote, directed, and played the lead role in an unlicensed prequel to Beverly Hills Cop, taking place before Axel Foley went to California, which at least one critic has described as ‘“unnerving”. I describe my life as being like 8-Mile without the rapping, and give a shout out to Belleville, Fourth Street, and Brush Park, three places I have never been.

Track List

Theo Parrish - Soul Control

Marvin Belton - Any Day Now

Omar S - Give It To Me

Andres - On My Own Skit

Moodymann - Shades of Jae

Detroit Swindle - Guess What

Rick Wade - De Luxe

Delano Smith - Survival

Amp Fiddler - Superficial (Moodymann Mix)

Aaron Carl - Down (Eastside Mix by the People Movers)

Mr. De - Whatulike

DJ Zap - I Can Make You

Disco D feat. Daphne- Booty Bar Anthem

Bumper - Detroit

Omar S & Shadow Ray - Oasis (Twenty Five)

Scott Ferguson - Theme Music (Part One)

J Dilla - Think Twice

Detroit Escalator Company - Gathering Memory

Norken - Southern Soul

Big Strick - Yllabian Dog Fight

Luke Hess - Small Electronic Break

Carl Craig - At Les

Levon Vincent - I Owe You Everything

Gil Scott Heron & Brian Jackson - We Almost Lost Detroit

Stacey Pullen - Passing