It appears we have the first official challenger to Eminem's "Detroit Vs. Everybody" collaboration, which he released to promote November's Shady XV package. After a rumored "LA vs. Everybody" collabo from Snoop Dogg, a group of Boston rappers has teamed up with producer Statik Selektah to produce "Boston vs. Everybody."
Boston native and MTV writer Adam Fleischer dished on the Boston rap scene in a story announcing the collaboration: Like a pre-Slim Shady LP Detroit, Boston has a hip-hop scene that's largely self-contained and rarely recognized on the mainstream or in larger rap conversations. And, also like the D, it's got a blue-collar, hard-working reputation, a complicated history of racial tension, and residents and MCs who would live and die for the love they have for their city.
The Boston rap attack features Edo G, Termanology, Reks, Ea$y Money, JFK, Smoke Bulga, Esoteric, Slaine, Sammy Adams, Millyz, Dutch Rebelle, Chilla Jones and singer Masspike Miles.
This is not Selektah's first response to a major city this year. In August, he called out New York producers for trying to make iffy trap music.
"All the great hopes of New York ended up making bulls**t wannabe trap records," Selektah, a native of Lawrence, Mass., told HipHopDX. "Everybody tried to make 50 Cent's 'In Da Club' 100 times, and it never worked. The only person who got close was Fat Joe with 'Lean Back.'"
Selektah moved to New York a long time ago, but he's clearly still got love for Beantown.
"Boston's like three-and-a-half hours away from New York, so we always grew up off it," he said. "And in the late-'90s there was a Boston underground sound. I grew up with 7L & Esoteric, Mr. Lif, Akrobatik and all that. There's a Boston sound in the underground, but it's sad because it's kind of faded away over the last 15 years. There's still a ton of talent out there though."
Here's proof:
