Detroit native Paradime, born Freddie Beauregard, has been a force on the Detroit music scene well before its emergence in to the world\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s limelight. From his first time touching the microphone as a teen-ager, Dime earned and secured his title as Detroits own “Microphone Bully.”
Discovered by rock/rapper Kid Rock in 1996 in a Detroit studio, Paradime was taken under Rocks wing and played small club dates and bars with Rock and honed his live performance with the soon to be super-star, later co-writing with Rock and eventually taking on the role as Rocks DJ, hypeman and all-around go-to guy on stage with T.B.T.
In 1998 Dime formed his own independent label, \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Beats at Will,\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" and since then has released four full-length albums. His first solo album in \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'99 was referred to by the press as a “Detroit Hip Hop Classic”, and it was named the top selling independent album in Detroit in 99-01 by the Detroit Music Retailers Collective. Paradimes following records did nothing short of topping the first when it came to receiving critical acclaim. Dime won two Detroit Music Awards in 2002 for \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Best Hip Hop Artist,\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" and \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Outstanding Live Performer,\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" and then followed up in the 2004 DMAs with three awards including \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Best Hip Hop Artist,\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Outstanding Live Performer,\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" and the coveted \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Album of the Year\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" for Vices. Later accumulating 7 more DMAs through 2009. He took home Real Detroit Magazines \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Hip Hop Artist of the Year\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" three years in a row from 01-04, and topped it off by receiving \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Solo Artist of the Year,” “Live Performer of the Year,” and “Lyricist of the Year,” from the annual Detroit Hip Hop Awards in 2004-07.
To truly get the feel of Dime\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s power and charisma, one only needs to see him live. Dime commands crowds with powerful, foul, and funny lyrics over either a live band or straight with the DJ. His shows are amazing, and offer a view into his twisted comedic and aggressive mind. A trip no one will soon forget.
Archive for March, 2010
“Lovely Day” Video World Premier
Paradime hits the westside of the state
Check out Paradime hitting the westside of the state with a show in Muskegon on Friday night March 26th, and don’t miss Freddie on the morning show friday, his first appearance was an instant classic.
Paradime’s perfect St. Patty’s Day
Check out the article on Detroit MetroMix where Dime lays out the perfect St. Patrick’s Day plan
Paradime in the new Chief video “Days I Remember”
Mr. Dime makes an appearance in Chief’s new video, doin’ what Dime
Paragraphs (1999)
The debut full-length from Paradime, aka the Chubby Jon B, out of the dirty depths of Detroit is further claim to the wealth of hip-hop talent from the Great Lakes State. This gruff, self-proclaimed boorish boozer brings a fierce gargling flow to the mic coupled with the signature Detroit twisted wit. Dime’s lyrics and concepts are wickedly clever backed by a kaleidoscope of beats and compositions provided by the Beats-At-Will production squad. Paradime represents Detroit with a brash and unique sound by combining the abstract with just plain rowdiness. Tracks like “Fire and Ice” outline Dime’s schizo niceness on the microphone while cuts like “The Shining,” “Gimme Mine,” and the hip-hop drinking anthem “Ode to Guinness” feature tight lyrics over well-crafted beats. More entertaining and innovative than 75% of major-label material. (source: allmusic)
Tracklist:
1 Intro
2 i know what you did last summer
3 Paragraphs Remix
4 Ode to guinness
5 aint gonna stop
6 Grey Matter w/TelepathMath
7 Fire & Ice
8 same ol’ same
9 who want some
10 the pick up line
11 the shining
12 gimme mine
13 Broke interlude
14 Broke
15 C’mon after ya
16 clash of the titans w/S.U.N., Bugz (D12), Invincible, & Bizarre(
17 Guinness reprise
18 Paragraphs
Vices (2001)
Vices was the 2001 follow-up to Paradime’s Detroit classic Paragraphs. The album ultimately earned Paradime the following awards and nominations at the Detroit Hip-Hop Awards:
- Nominee – Urban/Funk Songwriter (Urban/Funk/Hip Hop) – Detroit Music Awards (2001)
- Outstanding Hip-Hop MC (Urban / Funk / Hip-Hop) – Detroit Music Awards (2002)
- Outstanding Hip-Hop Artist/Group (Urban / Funk / Hip-Hop) – Detroit Music Awards (2002)
- Outstanding Hip Hop MC (Urban/Funk/Hip Hop) – Detroit Music Awards (2001)
- Nominee – Outstanding Hip Hop Artist (Urban/Hip Hop/Funk) – Detroit Music Awards (2000)
- Outstanding Hip Hop Artist (Urban/Funk/Hip Hop) – Detroit Music Awards (2001)
- Nominee – Urban/Funk Vocalist (Urban/Funk/Hip Hop) – Detroit Music Awards (2001)
- Nominee – Urban/Funk/Hip Hop Recording (Urban/Funk/Hip Hop) – Detroit Music Awards (4/6/2001)
- Outstanding Hip-Hop Recording (Vices) (Urban/Funk/Hip-Hop) – Detroit Music Awards (4/19/2002)
Tracklist:
1. Intro
2. What I’m All About
3. EP Interlude
4. Sultan Of Slang
5. Armor All
6. Honda Interlude
7. The Sentences
8. Girls I Like
9. Alan Allnuts Interlude
10. All That
11. Proof Interlude
12. Skull Therapy 2002
13. Dime’s Theme
14. Rollin Dope
15. Dirt
16. Brawlin’
17. Uncle Kracker Interlude
18. Cut Throat
19. Hex Interlude
20. Vices
21. Closure
11 Steps Down
Paradime’s fun-loving attitude shines through most of his music, but especially on the album’s first cut “Mr. Dime”. The chorus parodies the well-known Christmas song “You’re a mean one, Mr. Grinch,” running down a laundry list of ‘Dime’s negative qualities. This is by far the real standout of the disc, although I’m sure somewhere Dr. Seuss is turning in his grave. Kid Rock appears on “Foul Mouff,” a track named for a quality he seems particularly proud of. Here ‘Dime spits vicious disses and internal rhymes mixed with a humorous look into his childhood – a time when he “kept 40’s in his lunchbox.”
‘Dime switches gears for “No Good For You,” a slower, gut-spilling jam detailing the emcee’s feelings of inadequacy and appreciation for his lady. A somber piano loop plunks away behind the heavy words, which although very personal are easy to commiserate with. Serious cuts are few and far between on the album, but Dime makes sure to shout out the family and friends he has lost along the way on “No More,” which comes off a lot less generic than many tracks of its kind.
Other standouts include the title track, one of several cuts dedicated to Paradime’s apparent favorite pastime – drinking. Tash of Tha Alkaholiks and Swifty of D-12 add to the drunken party, spitting over the track’s heavily distorted bass thuds – one hell of a party jam if you aren’t easily offended. Dime explodes on “Round Here,” a hometown pride track interspersed with vicious wordplay, spit over top of a gritty hard rock riff. Quotable punches include the lines “Come on guy, you don’t wanna go the dangerous route/ I’ll leave your brains loitering, you know, just hanging out.”
Paradime brings the total package on 11 Steps Down, no question. Flow and lyrical creativity is on point throughout and Dime’s delivery and charisma are off the charts. Production has its ups and downs, but most often takes a backseat to the emcee’s mic savvy.(source: ign.com)
Tracklist:
1. Intro – Paradime, Blowfly
2. Mr. Dime
3. We Gone Wile
4. Betters Days
5. Foul Mouff
6. The Pharmacy (Interlude) – Paradime,
7. Prescription Pillz feat Uncle Kracker
8. No Good For
9. Hotel Zaza (Interlude) – Paradime,
10. Rockstar Shit
11. 11 Steps Down
12. Live
13. K.T.F.O.
14. Round Here
15. Dirtee Girlz feat Guilty Simpson
16. H8
17. Hypno N Henry
18. No More
Spill At Will (2008)
Tracklist:
1. Whiskey Bar
2. They Already Kno
3. The Days
4. Irish Eyes
5. The Reaper feat. King Jazzy
6. What I Got
7. Self Made Man
8. Last Call feat. Trick-Trick & Cadillac Dale
9. The Water feat. Kenny Tudrick
10. Ruude feat. Marv Won & Guilty Simpson
11. Drunk Again
12. People Who Died feat Twisted Brown Trucker