Stretch Money’s “The Punishment” mixtape in stores now. Follow Stretch Money on Twitter here.

Peep the trailer for Mike Posner’s web series, “One Foot Out The Door”, which will debut on elitaste.com on September 30th. This series will correspond with the release of Mike’s new mixtape, also entitled “One Foot Out The Door.” The mixtape and series, which follows Mike as he balances his senior year at Duke with his full time music career, features appearances by Rosa Acosta, Wale, Gym Glass Heroes, Kid Cudi, Bun B, 3Oh3, 2AM Club and many more awesome people! It will also go behind the scenes of his shows, Austin City Limits, ThisIs50 Fest, the studio and even some important meetings. Tune in starting September 30th for Episode 1 and then every two weeks for a new episode.

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Cory Gunz x DJ Drama x DJ Head Debaise (of Grand Rapids) “Heir To The Throne” (Mixtape)

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Tracklist:

1. Intro
2. Who U Fuckin’ Wit’
3. Cory Speaks #1
4. Let’s Move
5. Plenty Money Freestyle
6. Papa Gat Speaks
7. Bomb Day
8. A New Day
9. Gangsta Grillz
10. Shaq Drop
11. Crew In The Spot
12. Gun Shy
13. Buss A Nigga Head
14. Type Of Nigga
15. Get Right Tonight
16. Drug Raps
17. Big Noise
18. V12
19. Money We Gon’ Get It
20. Shut ‘Em Down
21. Blowin’ This Paper
22. Get U Shot
23. Get You Shot Pt.2
24. Cory Speaks #2
25. This Is What We Do
26. Out Ya Mind

Mae Day “Summer Nights” (prod. De Notes)

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D.R.G. “Pimps Up” (feat. HeaVon) (prod. De Notes)

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While one may not expect it considering Eminem’s tumultuous upbringing, his friend/partner-in-tunes Denaun Porter seems to have a great relationship with his ‘rents. When explaining to MichiganHipHop why he operates the way he does, he’ll often say, “That’s how I was raised.” These days, Ms. Porter must be proud of her son: along with producing for his multi-platinum selling group D12, the Detroit native has become a go-to beatmaker for the likes of Snoop Dogg and 50 Cent, and helps music equipment company Open Labs develop sounds and keyboards. But Mr. Porter doesn’t let his big business get in the way of him making his stamp on the indie scene with artists like Royce Da 5’9” and Pharaohe Monch, and a consistent A-list clientele didn’t stop him from helping upstart artists with a web site that licensed his beats for as low as $50.

MichiganHipHop’s conversation with Mr. Porter was so packed with information that we had to split it into three parts. In Part 1 of this series, Mr. Porter talks vividly about his bond with Eminem. Check under the cut for how he stands by Em’s side as a producer, workout partner, hype man (in lieu of fellow D12 member Proof’s death), and as a friend.

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