On
April 7, Detroit emcee Finale will be releasing his debut album, A
Pipe Dream And A Promise via Interdependent Media. Fresh off a string of successful
shows at SXSW in Austin, TX, Finale will be hitting the road again to promote
and support the new album, performing spot dates around the country throughout
April and into May. Although not an official tour for A Pipe Dream And
A Promise, fans will have a chance to see Finale perform tracks from the new
album, which has already garnered strong reviews. Accompanying Finale for
a number of the dates will be fellow Detroit emcee, Invincible, whose long-awaited
2008 offering, Shapeshifters was met with high acclaim.
Finale, who is renowned for his intense live shows, looks forward to the upcoming
dates. "I'm excited about hitting the road steadily again. It's going to
be dope because most of the dates are with Invincible." In particular, Finale
is excited for his album release party because of the NYC-centric line up,
including DJ House Shoes, 5 Ela, Niacal Youngstarz, and many more artists who
will be performing at the show.
Finale recently released Super Finale, an innovative,
Super Mario Bros-themed video game, starring Finale as the main character,
in which fans can win track the track "One Man Show" from
the album upon completion of the game. A Pipe Dream And A Promise features
production from J Dilla as well as Nottz, Flying
Lotus, Oddisee, MPhazes, and Black Milk, who produced the
album's lead single "Motor Music."
The
Dates:
Finale & Hassaan Mackey
What: Hip Hop Discussion Panel
When: March 27,
2009
Where: Western Michigan University
Finale, Invincible, 5 Ela, Niacal
Youngstarz
Special guests: Spier1200, Apollo Brown, The Gorilla Funk Mob with
Allan Barnes, and many more; DJs: House Shoes, K Fresh, Sicari & Sean Doe
What: A Pipe Dream and a Promise Album Release Party
When: April 4, 2009 @ 9pm
Where: Elements Gallery, 2125 Michigan Ave, Detroit, MI 48216 Age: 18+
The
Palestinian hip-hop crew Dam, Rebel Diaz, Invincible, Finale, DJ Oja
What: Homeland
Hip Hop: A Benefit Show for the Indigenous Youth Delegation to Palestine
When:
April 7, 2009, Doors open @ 8pm, Show begins @9pm
Where: Southpaw, 125 5th Ave,
Park Slope, Brooklyn NY
How much: $12 in advance, $15 at the door
Finale & Invincible
What: A Pipe Dream and a Promise Listening Party
When: April 8, 2009 @ 9pm
Where:
Homebase NYC Wednesdays
Finale, Marv Won,
Sincere
Where: Mac's Bar, Lansing, MI
When: April 9, 2009 @ 9pm
Finale,
Vandaylyzm, Black Spade, Gotta Be Karim & Rockwell Knuckles
When: April 10,
2009 @ 9pm
Where: The Gramaphone 4243 Manchester Avenue, Saint Louis, MO
Finale & Invincible
When: April 11, 2009 @ 3:30 pm
Where: Ohio University,
Athens, OH
Finale, DJ Sean Doe, Prime, Thaione Davis and more
When: April
12th, 2009
Where: Dark Room, 2210 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL
Finale, Moe
Dirdee and more
When: April 16, 2009 @ 9pm
Where: The Bullfrog - Redford, MI
Finale & Invincible
When: April 18, 2009
Where: TBA, Baltimore, MD
Finale & Invincible
When: April 21, 2009
Where: TBA, Washington, D.C
Zion I,
Thaione Davis, Finale
What: Thaione Davis Album Release Party
When: May 7, 2009
@ 9pm
Where: Morseland, 1218 W. Morse Ave., Rogers Park Chicago, IL
Finale, Invincible, Hassaan Mackey, DJ Quarter Pound
When: April 22, 2009 @ 9pm
Where: Dubland Underground, 315 Alexander St, Rochester, NY 14607
Play
the game: http://www.imculture.com/_superfinale
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The
Background:
Before
making his entrance into hip-hop, Finale worked as an automotive engineer promising
to one day follow his dream of becoming a rapper. Making the rounds at local
Detroit open mics and emcee battles, Finale began to mingle with local talents
like Guilty Simpson and One.Be.Lo. After emailing some joints back and forth
with J Dilla, Finale finally met him backstage at the DEMF (Detroit Electronic
Music Festival), where Dilla introduced him to Madlib, saying that he was one
of the best in the game. “It was an honor and definitely a defining moment," says
Finale. After realizing his passion and talent for hip-hop, Finale decided
to finally quit his day job, follow his true passion, and make music a full-time
career. After a handful of Fat Beats released singles, an album released with
European producer Spier 1200 as a part of The Rawkus 50, and numerous appearances
on independent releases from Invincible, eLZhi and
others, Finale's official debut LP, A Pipe Dream & A Promise, will be released in stores and online
on Aptil 7th via Interdependent Media.
Web editors contact Nora for interview requests. Print editors contact Michelle.
About
Interdependent Media:
Founded in 2006 in the Bay Area by Evan Phillips, Interdependent
Media has built unique strengths in the development, production, and
marketing of recorded music via new methods of marketing and promotion. Armed
with a comprehensive understanding of both traditional and emerging methods of
marketing, iM has successfully created multi-faceted methods
of raising awareness and interest in their projects. Industry veterans Ian "ID" Davis and Dominic
Del Bene head operations at iM and are credited with discovering and/or
developing artists such as 9th Wonder, Little Brother, Tanya Morgan,
Blackalicious, Del the Funky Homosapien, the Hieroglyphics and more.
In 2009, iM will be releasing multi-media projects from artists Finale,
Canibus, K'naan, Truthlive, and Tanya Morgan. For more information,
please visit http://www.imculture.com
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