A Pipe Dream And A Promise

The career and personal sacrifice of Finale is captured on A Pipedream And A Promise, featuring the producers Black Milk, Nottz, and J Dilla. The album pulls from the artist's conviction amidst unstable times. "They'll criticize what I do, but when I'm in the papers or on radio, they'll support me," admits Finale of friends and family witnessing his "Pipe Dream" of making it with-in hip-hop.

The conviction in Finale's lyrical delivery is as abrasive as any Detroit gangster rapper's bars. Whether "Jumper Cables" or "Motor Music," they local flavor comes alive, with the inside looks that only Finale's life experience could possible provide. "Heat," of one of the Dilla-produced songs, used a crisp vocal presentation of the bragging, battle-tested emcee with the electronic music that's made Motown famous in the last decade. Finale bridges the gap between the street rappers of his region and the abstract luminaries of the underground with a universal tour guide of Michigan, its betters and blemishes.