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    <description>Every time I step in the booth, I&amp;#8217;m tryna make some classic shit," promises Phat Kat, a pioneer of the Detroit hip-hop scene who was putting it down for the underground long before anyone ever heard of Eminem, Proof, D12, Slum Village, Natas, or Royce the 5&amp;#8217;9.&amp;#8221; And while rap from &amp;#8220;the D&amp;#8221; has come into the national limelight in recent years, few of Detroit&amp;#8217;s current crop of MCs boast a track record or reputation as credible as Phat Kat. Back in the early &amp;#8216;90s, Phat Kat helped to put the D on the hip-hop map as a member of First Down, pairing with legendary DJ/producer J Dilla (R.I.P.), then known as Jay Dee, years before Dilla&amp;#8217;s involvement in Slum Village. After meeting Guru and Premier during a promotional stop through Detroit in 1994, Phat Kat gave them a demo tape &amp;#8211; the first demo he had ever passed on to industry folks, he says -- and First Down ended up getting signed to Payday records on the strength of one song, the now-classic &amp;#8220;Front Street,&amp;#8221; which appeared on the Representing the Streets compilation. First Down seemed poised to be one of the first Midwestern groups to blow up nationally; unfortunately, their label was folded into a much larger company and they were lost in transition. Undeterred, the MC also known as Ronnie Cash stayed on the grind in the ensuing years, appearing on albums by Dilla and Slum Village, hitting the road frequently, and releasing his first solo album Undeniable in 2004, followed in Spring 2007 by Carte Blanche, his first release for Look Records. At long last, Phat Kat notes, &amp;#8220;I&amp;#8217;m with a label that sees my vision.&amp;#8221; Dilla contributes five tracks, but the work of up-and-coming producers Nick Speed, Young RJ, and Black Milk is nearly as impressive. Other guests include SV&amp;#8217;s Elzhi and T3, Truth Hurts, Melanie Rutherford, Fat Ray, Loe Louis and Guilty Simpson. Rather than pursuing cameos and features from overexposed stars, Phat Kat chose instead to work with his peoples from the D, figuring &amp;#8220;the people I got on my album is just as hot as people that&amp;#8217;s out.&amp;#8221; With its mix of original, streetwise rhymes that fall somewhere in-between gangsta, conscious, and backpack, grooves that can take you from the gutter to the VIP and back, and production that innovates rather than imitates, Carte Blanche is like no Detroit album you&amp;#8217;ve ever heard before. It maintains the standard for excellence set by Phat Kat&amp;#8217;s cohorts Dilla and Slum Village, but with a much more hardcore thrust. Asked what the album&amp;#8217;s title means to him, Phat Kat says with a laugh, &amp;#8220;Absolute authority. Full power,&amp;#8221; adding, &amp;#8220;It&amp;#8217;s a good thing.&amp;#8221;</description>
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      <description>&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://synthesisradio.net/2007/06/28/phat-kat-june-2007/"&gt;http://synthesisradio.net/2007/06/28/phat-kat-june-2007/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Phat Kat Interviewed by Corey Bloom @ Synthesisradio!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TW1oLkWDVJs"&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TW1oLkWDVJs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Phat Kat Interviewed by Hip Hop Official!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.ListAll&amp;friendID=15234101"&gt;http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.ListAll&amp;friendID=15234101&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Phat Kat will be performing with Slum Village at 3 Rock the Bells Shows!!!&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/cold" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/carte" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/bells" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/dj" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/blanche" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/detroit" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/elzhi" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/dez" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/hop" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/hip" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <link>http://www.imeem.com/phatkat313/blogs/2007/06/29/F1yqSHhc/new-videos</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2007 22:01:06 -0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Win Phat Kat Tickets</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2007 21:19:03 -0000</pubDate>
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      <title>whats really good?????</title>
      <description>hello everybody,its me phat kat the man himself....this my first offical blog....and all i want to say is get ready for a amazing ride....carte blanche bitches!!!!!!!</description>
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      <link>http://www.imeem.com/phatkat313/blogs/2007/05/04/-8tUVb_f/whats-really-good</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2007 19:37:54 -0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Phat Kat Brings Detroit's Finest Hip-Hop Across The US On "Carte Blanche" Tour</title>
      <description>05.03.2007&lt;br/&gt;www.audibletreats.com&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;(Brooklyn, NY April 30, 2007) – Detroit-based hip-hop artist Phat Kat has just released the dates for his Carte Blanche Tour, to take place this May in all major US markets.  The tour will support his upcoming Look Records album Carte Blanche, which will be released on May 8, 2007.  Joining him are Slum Village, Illa J, (younger brother to the late great J Dilla), and DJ's Dez and Design.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Phat Kat, also known as Ronnie Cash, has been a longtime veteran of the Detroit scene.  As far back as his days with Dilla in First Down, Kat has been a fixture in one of the nation's most vibrant and unique cities for hip-hop.  Though the success of the group would be stalled due to the collapse of their label Payday Records, their influence on hip-hop music brought Detroit into the spotlight.  This association with his hometown comes through in his music – all of the guest artists on his album as well as the tour call the Motor City home.  Now, three years after the release of his solo debut Undeniable, Phat Kat is ready to take his music to the streets of America.  His new tour is lined up and his new album is primed for a breakout - watch for the sound of Detroit coming to your city this summer.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Fri., May 11 – Poleng Lounge, San Francisco - CA&lt;br/&gt;Sun, May 13 – Key Club, Los Angeles – CA&lt;br/&gt;Mon. May 14 – The Glass House, Pomona – CA&lt;br/&gt;Tue. May 15 – Launchpad, Albuquerque – NM&lt;br/&gt;Wed. May 16 – Cervantes, Denver - CO&lt;br/&gt;Thu. May 17 – Suede, Park City - UT&lt;br/&gt;Fri. May 18th – Berbati's Pan, Portland - OR&lt;br/&gt;Sat. May 19th – The Columbia, Vancouver - BC&lt;br/&gt;Sun. May 20th – Chop Suey, Seattle - WA&lt;br/&gt;Wed. May 23 – Alvins, Detroit - MI&lt;br/&gt;Sat. May 26 – Little Brothers, Columbus - OH&lt;br/&gt;Mon. May 28– Sonar, Baltimore – MA&lt;br/&gt;Tue. May 29 – Southpaw, Brooklyn - NY&lt;br/&gt;Thu. May 31 – The Middle East, Cambridge - MA&lt;br/&gt;Sat. June 2 – The Saints Show Bar, Montreal - Quebec&lt;br/&gt;Sun. June 3 – Grog Shop, Cleveland – OH</description>
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      <link>http://www.imeem.com/phatkat313/blogs/2007/05/04/YSpJgfoO/phat-kat-brings-detroits-finest-hip-hop-across-the-us-on-carte-blanche-tour</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2007 00:23:07 -0000</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2007 13:46:15 -0000</pubDate>
      <title>Cold Steel</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2007 21:51:36 -0000</pubDate>
      <title>Nasty Ain't It? by Phat Kat</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2007 17:18:23 -0000</pubDate>
      <title>Cold Steel feat. Elzhi, produced by J Dilla (dirty) by Phat Kat</title>
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