Finale

Pushed to try harder by a scene filled with talent, Detroit rapper Finale began his career trading rhymes with the likes of <a href="spotify:artist:0Zji66LHK0QCC8AUMuyp3h">Guilty Simpson</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:2wQR86xNE8mkPaffnClYAj">One Be Lo</a>. After trading tapes and eventually meeting local legend <a href="spotify:artist:0IVcLMMbm05VIjnzPkGCyp">J Dilla</a>, Finale quit his day job as an automotive engineer and devoted his time to writing, rapping, and promoting. An appearance on <a href="spotify:artist:6YIllbHGkgifcCut5A6Nrl">B.R. Gunna</a>'s 2004 effort Dirty District, Vol. 2 led to work with respected locals <a href="spotify:artist:6g0jIZjw9GHR6J5wO1FD0u">Invincible</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:1tVRa7YiCwE6hTGsqqb4Te">Dabrye</a>, including an appearance on the latter's 2006 <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Ghostly%22">Ghostly</a> release, Two/Three. The year 2007 saw him collaborate with producer <a href="spotify:artist:0y3y6dn7V5VTNzNSmZ1euV">Spier 1200</a> for Develop, an album released through the <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Rawkus%22">Rawkus</a> imprint <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Rawkus+50%22">Rawkus 50</a>. A year later he would land on <a href="spotify:artist:6g0jIZjw9GHR6J5wO1FD0u">Invincible</a>'s Shapeshifters album and Vandalyzm's Megatron Majorz mixtape, plus his own single "Don't Sleep," guest starring <a href="spotify:artist:6g0jIZjw9GHR6J5wO1FD0u">Invincible</a> and producer <a href="spotify:artist:77zgRkcehIGCAtROXkXkb3">Black Milk</a>. His debut album, Pipe Dream and a Promise, appeared in 2009 on the <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Interdependent%22">Interdependent</a> label. The album was promoted with the online game Super Finale, a clever redo of Super Mario Bros. with Finale playing the role of Mario. He then took a break to focus on his wife and their newborn son, but after five years with a regular job he returned to rap and hooked up with producer <a href="spotify:artist:72tRiBHei5G9M8it4h4sfC">Oddisee</a>. In 2015 the duo released the album Odds & Ends, with guest spots from <a href="spotify:artist:5s1QeAf7U5ELP9PTeLaicb">Homeboy Sandman</a> and Big Tone. ~ David Jeffries, Rovi