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play lo-fi play hi-fi  THE SET UP
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Mr. Y.U.G. IS AN ARTIST FROM THE EASTSIDE OF DETROIT. GROWING UP IN THE SAME HOOD AS PROOF, ESHAM, FLAGRANT, A.B.K. TWIZTID, AND BEING THE BROTHER OF KILLJOY AND THE R.O.C. HE WAS BOUND 2 GET IN THIS RAP GAME! HE MAPE HIS FIRST APPERENCE ON EVOL'S " SATONIC GROVE" IN 1994, UNDER THE NAME R.A.G.Z . THE TAPE IS VERY RARE AND SELLS FOR UP 2 $300 ON EBAY. AROUND HIS HOOD Y.U.G WAS DROPPIN TAPES OF SONGS HE WOULD MAKE AND SELL THEM. NEVER REALLY MAKE FULL ALBUMS THESE TAPES ARE ULTRA RARE!! THEN Y.U.G. STARTED APPEARING ON ALL HIS BOYS ALBUMS THAT WHERE COMING OUT AND MAKEN ALOT OF NOISE. HE WAS ON A CD CALLED "NUTTY" BY LAVEL WITH HIS GROUP 2WINN GUNNZ. HE ALSO WAS A PART TIME MEMBER OF LEVEL JUMPER( SOL 46, SKRAPZ, FREEZEE) AND APPEARED ON BOTH "RED PYROMIDS" & " SIMPLY COMPLEX" ASLO APPEARING ON HALF-BREEDS'S "RAGE OF THE PLAUGE" WHICH IS A UNDERGROUND CLASSIC! THEN HE CAME OUT WITH HIS RAP PARTNER 1-I-BANDIT IN A GROUP CALLED 2WINN GUNNZ. THEY RELEASED AN ALBUM CALLED "GUNNS" WHICH SOLD OVER 10,000 COPIES IN THE GREATER DETROIT AREA. BOTH MEMBERS WHERE IN THE MIDDLE OF DOIN A SOLO ALBUM AND A NEW 2WINN GUNNZ RECORD WHEN 1-I-BANDIT WAS SHOT AND KILLED. Y.U.G. CRUSHED WAS DEBATING ON QUITTING RAPPIN BUT DECIDED NOT 2 LET 2WINN GUNNZ STOP HE COUNTINED 2 DO HIS SOLO ALBUM. THE RELEASE OF "WEIGHTIN" WAS A BIG MOVE IN THIS GIFTED M.C'S RAP CAREER. IT'S BLAZIN UP THE INTERNET SITE'S AND SELLIN LIKE CRACK ON THESE STREETS
Why this name?
CUZ THATS WHAT IT FITS
Do you play live?
YES, EVERYWHERE.LOVE TOURING.
How, do you think, does the internet (or mp3) change the music industry?
IT GETS UR MUSIC OUT 2 MORE PEOPLE, BUT IT ALSO HURTS SELLS IN A WAY
Would you sign a record contract with a major label?
OF COURSE BUT I LOVE BEING INDEPENDENT
Band History:
Mr. Y.U.G. IS AN ARTIST FROM THE EASTSIDE OF DETROIT. GROWING UP IN THE SAME HOOD AS PROOF, ESHAM, FLAGRANT, A.B.K. TWIZTID, AND BEING THE BROTHER OF KILLJOY AND THE R.O.C. HE WAS BOUND 2 GET IN THIS RAP GAME! HE MAPE HIS FIRST APPERENCE ON EVOL'S " SATONIC GROVE" IN 1994, UNDER THE NAME R.A.G.Z . THE TAPE IS VERY RARE AND SELLS FOR UP 2 $300 ON EBAY. AROUND HIS HOOD Y.U.G WAS DROPPIN TAPES OF SONGS HE WOULD MAKE AND SELL THEM. NEVER REALLY MAKE FULL ALBUMS THESE TAPES ARE ULTRA RARE!! THEN Y.U.G. STARTED APPEARING ON ALL HIS BOYS ALBUMS THAT WHERE COMING OUT AND MAKEN ALOT OF NOISE. HE WAS ON A CD CALLED "NUTTY" BY LAVEL WITH HIS GROUP 2WINN GUNNZ. HE ALSO WAS A PART TIME MEMBER OF LEVEL JUMPER( SOL 46, SKRAPZ, FREEZEE) AND APPEARED ON BOTH "RED PYROMIDS" & " SIMPLY COMPLEX" ASLO APPEARING ON HALF-BREEDS'S "RAGE OF THE PLAUGE" WHICH IS A UNDERGROUND CLASSIC! THEN HE CAME OUT WITH HIS RAP PARTNER 1-I-BANDIT IN A GROUP CALLED 2WINN GUNNZ. THEY RELEASED AN ALBUM CALLED "GUNNS" WHICH SOLD OVER 10,000 COPIES IN THE GREATER DETROIT AREA. BOTH MEMBERS WHERE IN THE MIDDLE OF DOIN A SOLO ALBUM AND A NEW 2WINN GUNNZ RECORD WHEN 1-I-BANDIT WAS SHOT AND KILLED. Y.U.G. CRUSHED WAS DEBATING ON QUITTING RAPPIN BUT DECIDED NOT 2 LET 2WINN GUNNZ STOP HE COUNTINED 2 DO HIS SOLO ALBUM. THE RELEASE OF "WEIGHTIN" WAS A BIG MOVE IN THIS GIFTED M.C'S RAP CAREER. IT'S BLAZIN UP THE INTERNET SITE'S AND SELLIN LIKE CRACK ON THESE STREETS
Your influences?
SPICE 1, THE R.O.C, JAZZ, THAT DETROIT SWAG
Favorite spot?
DETROIT
Equipment used:
PRO TOOLS
Anything else...?
I'M SO DOPE ITS ALMOST A FELONY 2 LISTEN 2 IT
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