BlueCollar Gentlemen & USM presents…. W. DRAZTIK & SLEEPY BIGGS “SMOKERS COUGH” Album Release Party!!! the lineup looks a little something like this: W.DRAZTIK & SLEEPY BIGGS (of course) MIZ KORONA (hell yeah!) USM (why not?) MAZ (formerly of Draztik Meazures…. ya know we had to take it back) & more TBA suprise type shit [...]

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Whaddup my people, As I was only able to do the Midwestern leg of the Clipped Wings Tour the last show I appeared on was last night in Milwaukee.  I am writing this from my friends apartment in Chicago taking a day of rest here before I head back home to Detroit.  Yeah, I know [...]

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D. Allie on April 29th, 2010

What’s up people, So I was aimlessly wandering around the internet as I normally do and decided to stop home for a minute at http://unitedstatesofmind.bandcamp.com/ and all I see is album covers.  Sometimes I forget that we really do put in a lot of work at USM to get this music out to the people.  [...]

Continue reading about USM got More Releases Than Overcrowded Prisons

it’s coming up in the next couple weeks so be on the lookout and spread word.

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D. Allie on April 16th, 2010

Hey All, I usually write all my own ish, but the homie A. Biggs over at the USM blog (www.usmdetroit.com) took the words right out of my mouth so I figured I’d just copy and paste his words over here. So here we are mid april 2010 Yes USM is gonna try to make that [...]

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D. Allie on March 18th, 2010

Whaddup People, It’s that time of year again where the Metro Times sends out their Best of Polls.  Of course these things are silly, but per usual I’m petty enough to want to win some shit so I can front to my parents like I’m making progress in this world.  And I happen to belong [...]

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D. Allie on December 21st, 2009

whaddup people, if you’re just tuning in to the blog you might not know but the group I have the privilege of being a part of, United States of Mind, has released our debut album “Kill The Bullshit” as a free download. As nobody really reads this blog thankfully our good friends at our favorite [...]

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Take That…Take that — See you guys on the 26th

Continue reading about What Would We do Baby Without Us: Shalalala the REmix (word to @iamdiddy)

Whaddup my people, About a year after it’s initial release we have decided to put our debut album up for free download. Why you ask? I’m sure there are some very good reasons.   Here are a few I can think of. 1) Everybody seems to be doing it these days 2) We put a subliminal [...]

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D. Allie on December 12th, 2009

Yes yes yall, ya don’t stop, USM crew rock on. What is up my peoples and most importantly what’s good?  I write this from the confines of beautiful AJ’s cafe in the heart of downtown ferndale after enjoying a delicious vegan philly steak and cheese sandwich.  As I’m about to be off to work at [...]

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