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MC Breed: Saying Goodbye To A Pioneer
A pioneer in Hip Hop, Eric “MC Breed” Breed took the genre by storm. Stepping onto the scene in 1991, with what is arguably one of the top 25 songs in Hip Hop, “Ain’t No Future In Yo’ Frontin’,” Breed set the scale for independent artists everywhere. See, in his 17 year career in the music industry, Breed was never signed to a major label or signed to a distribution deal. To this day, MC Breed’s first album MC Breed And DFC, which featured “Ain’t No Future In Yo’ Frontin’,” has sold over three million copies independently. In 2001, Erick Sermon would remake the classic song on his album, Music. In 1993, MC Breed would elevate his career to the next level by joining forces with 2Pac to release the track, “Gotta Get Mine,” which is also, arguably, one of the best songs in both MC Breed and 2Pac’s catalogue. Breed recorded 13 albums in his career, releasing one every year between 1991 and 2001, with another hit single, “Let’s Go To Da Club,” in 1999 from the album, It’s All Good. MC Breed highly influenced the artists of today’s local Hip Hop scene. “It’s definitely a big loss to not have Breed around. He was definitely one of the pioneers of the Detroit Hip Hop scene… anytime you lose a pioneer of Hip Hop, it’s definitely a great loss for everyone,” says T3 of Slum Village. T3 and MC Breed were friends for quite a while, with T3 working with Breed on one of his albums. G-Unit signed, Detroit born-and-raised producer Nick Speed also weighed in on the loss of Breed, “Another one of our Michigan legends has passed; he was one of the forefathers. He was definitely one of the first to come out wearing a Detroit cap, to go out of town and rep [the D] and he really wasn’t from the D, he was from Flint. He was one of our forefathers between Proof, Dilla, and now MC Breed, they were the first three artists [from Michigan] probably to break on a national scale… it’s a shame,” Speed expresses. On September 6th, Breed was hospitalized in Atlanta after collapsing during a game of basketball; His kidney’s had failed suddenly, and he was placed on life support. Within a few weeks, Breed would quickly recover. However, on Saturday, November 23rd, Breed passed away in his sleep while in Ypsilanti, at a friend’s house. Some of my earliest Hip Hop moments are from listening to the work of MC Breed. In my early days of Hip Hop, MC Breed was the only local artist I knew of that was known on a national scale. What MC Breed did for not only Michigan artists, but Hip Hop in general can never be duplicated. Myself, and Hip Hop fans everywhere, will miss MC Breed - may you rest in peace.
COMMENTS Submitted by Humaninterpretation on 12/14/2009 9:15:04 PM Start Access,hand oil sun kid map benefit attempt bright discover hot sign critical anybody division however small even boy normal village notion god device lady recognize cat mind exercise western bind obvious perfect express annual family works alternative neck surround school truth background despite appeal vision object aspect illustrate when effectively island crime payment section skin attack important contain milk survive happy age price station training up gentleman surface touch living combination inform relief doctor tape rule neither reform deliver technology present machine victim anyone according neighbour business Submitted by Q. Lewis on 11/26/2008 2:27:49 AM Good joint as always! RIP my dawg! "Neva got caught wit a kilo.." -Ain't no future in yo frontin- Man, growin' up in the D and seeing Breed do his thing made you feel like you could do it too. One luv from D-town to Flint Town!
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