I'm Ready Now - FowL

This week was a pretty great for Michigan hip-hop, we have some of the best of the best representing the mitten heavy down in Austin for SXSW. Now while the adults are away at SXSW the children will play, Young Detroit is hosting the second dose of the Red Cup Session tonight, and within the last 24,  three locals released mixtapes.

First up, we have FowL. In my last mixtape post, FowL's mixtape, the Commencement, was the one I posted using a super late pass, little did I know that he was releasing a new project a day later. He has already released a video for one of the tracks "Hello, Howya Doin." What's interesting about FowL is that he's only a college freshman and is getting kudos from the likes of Invincible and it seems with every bar he has spit, makes someone new a believer. 'For the Love' is pretty good and with nearly 700 downloads in the first 24 hours, FowL is definitely a force to be reckoned with.

Click HERE to download FowL's 'For the Love'.

Next up on the menu, we have two pre-tapes—mixtapes artists put out just to say "Hey, I know this sounds amazing but I have something coming that's better,  this is just to tie you over." Coincedentally enough both of the covers for these tapes were done by Nate Hickman.

We have K-Bunz, repping USR and Young Scolla's right hand, he's working on his mixtape '5 Miles to City Limits' which is set to release sometimes soon. The pre-tape features lines over songs like "Crush on You", "Show Me What You Got" and "Exhibit C."

Click HERE to download K-Bunz's 'One Way In, No Way Out'

Finally, we have P.L., lately he's been a lyrical machine. Besides getting this pre-tape together and working on Turning Lane and performing on the Flight Tour, he's been dropping freestyles close to every week. If this tape is "just a lil' something" I seriously can't wait to see what the Turning Lane is going to be like. The pre-tape, No Brakes, features some freestyles that have already release including the Charles Hamilton cover "Groupie Girls" and the recently released "Over" (yep, the Drake joint). It's hosted by DJ Mo Beatz and has some production credit to producing gurus The Olympicks.

Click HERE to download P.L.'s 'No Brakes.'