Awesome Dre

Detroit hip hop legend, Awesome Dre And The Hardcore Committee were the first Detroit-based rap group to be signed to a major label in 1989 releasing You Can't Hold Me Back on Priority Records, currently signed with SPITdigital.com. Highly regarded as a top lyricist by true hip-hop heads, Detroit rap pioneer Awesome Dre (Hard Core Committee) has been putting in work for over 20 years. His debut album You Can't Hold Me Back released on Jorlands Records in '89 is considered by many a classic. With cuts like "Frankly Speaking" and "Committing Rhymes", Awesome Dre is among the first Detroit M.C.'s to gain national exposure in the pivital golden age era of hip-hop, acquiring a deal with Priority Records, appearing on Rap City, MTV, Billboard magazine charts & more! His follow up LP A.D.'S Revenge released on Strictly Roots Records in '93 included the singles "Dis Is Babylon" & the title track, and included more conscious/street lyrics. Awesome Dre released Top Tens in 2009 and continues to record and tour, a new album & dvd will be released in 2013.

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Mainroom

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