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ACROSS
1 Thom __: shoe
brand
5 Greek Zs
10 This, in Spain
14 Poi source
15 Motionless
16 Like spider webs
17 __ the Impaler:
model for
“Dracula”
18 One of a 1492
trio
19 Ritual flammable
stack
20 They’re juiced in
Jacksonville
23 Anteater’s sound
in the comic
“B.C.”
24 Mobster’s gal
25 Hawaiian wreath
26 Flood-control
project
29 Garbage barge
puller
31 Odorless gas
33 They’re baked in
Boise
37 Disaster relief
org.
38 Put the kibosh on
39 Exec’s “By
yesterday!”
42 They’re boiled in
Bangor
47 Sets aside for
future use
49 __ and improved
50 Barnyard home
51 Suffix with transit
52 “Green __ and
Ham”
55 Knock sharply
57 They’re shelled in
Savannah
62 One-liner, e.g.
63 Make __: get rich
64 Dining table
expansion piece
66 Degree recipient
67 Guts
68 Year-end
clearance event
69 Office note
70 Deuce toppers
71 One-named Art
Deco artist

DOWN
1 Network that
once employed
VJs

2 Muscle prone to
cramps
3 Devastated
Asian sea
4 Caffeinated pill
5 “Be quiet!”
6 Oklahoma city
7 Early brunch hr.
8 “Star Wars”
droid, familiarly
9 Hollywood
hopeful
10 “College Football
Playoff” network
11 Crow’s-nest
telescopes
12 Deep serving
bowl
13 Infant’s bodysuit
21 __-Rooter
22 Voice above
tenor
26 “What’s the __?”:
“So what?”
27 Fruity cooler
28 “Li’l Abner”
matriarch
30 Departed
32 Furnace output
34 Lukas of
“Witness”
35 “Shop __ you
drop”
36 Neural impulse
conductor

40 Museum collection
41 Would-be social
worker’s maj.
43 “__ your pardon”
44 NFLer who plays
at the
Meadowlands—
in NJ, ironically
45 Scolds but good
46 Ugly duckling, as
it turned out
47 Lumber mill
blockage

48 Bump from which
cactus spines
grow
53 Xbox enthusiast
54 Cathedral 
topper
56 Throb
58 San __, Italy
59 Jealous feeling
60 Rip
61 Word after sea or
before Lake
65 Doctor’s charge

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DETROIT ARTS COLUMN

Tyree Guyton’s 

‘Inextinguishable’ 
Heidelberg Project
I

t was almost 30 years 
ago 
when 
Detroiter 

Tyree Guyton had a 

self-proclaimed epiphany. He 
closed 
his 

eyes and he 
saw 
“it” 
— 

“it” being the 
street of his 
youth painted 
with 
bright-

ly 
colored 

polka 
dots, 

the 
hous-

es 
covered 

in 
records, 

clocks hang-
ing from trees, abandoned 
structures smothered under 
sagging 
stuffed 
animals. 

He wanted to create an art 
installment that would make 
the street safer by combating 
blight, and serve as medicine 
to his neighborhood. Guyton 
made the Heidelberg Project 
a reality, so that anyone could 
visit Heidelberg Street and see 
the “it” that he once only saw 
in his head.

That is, until the arsons 

started.

 
A rabbi and a prostitute 
visit Heidelberg Street
 
In an event titled “Inex-

tinguishable: A conversation 
with Detroit Artist Tyree 
Guyton” on the fourth floor of 
Rackham Auditorium on Fri-
day, Guyton made one of his 
first public appearances since 
the rash of arsons started 
in 2013. Clad in a University 
of Michigan hoodie and tan 
cargo pants, he sat between 
his wife Jennene Whitfield, 
and his friend, Social Work 
prof. Larry Gant.

A 
group 
of 
Heidelberg 

employees sat on the stairs 
of 
the 
auditorium, 
one 

wearing a shirt that reads 
“ART>ARSON.” 
Whitfield 

and 
Guyton 
explained 
to 

the audience and Gant that 
the Heidelberg faced adver-
sity well before the arsons 
began — back in the 1990s, 
under orders from the city of 
Detroit, several Heidelberg 
houses were demolished.

“If you’re going to do some-

thing in this world,” Guy-
ton said whimsically, “you’re 
going to have to pay a price.”

As they spoke, it was obvi-

ous that Whitfield works as 
Guyton’s foil. Guyton spewed 
artistic idioms and famous 
quotes like he was recit-
ing slam poetry and Whit-
field would take those ideas 
and bring them back down to 
earth. The two spoke of the 
project candidly, as if it were 
alive.

 “I know I talk about it like 

a thing, but that’s what it’s 
like to me now. It’s like a baby 
I wish would grow the fuck 
up,” Whitfield said, eliciting a 
laugh from the audience.

“What are you drinking, 

honey?” Guyton asked her.

The 
Heidelberg 
project, 

despite 
the 
numerous 
set-

backs, is a place where Guy-
ton hopes that art can bring 
people from different cultures 
together. Visitors from around 
the world can be found driving 
through Detroit’s East side to 
see the renowned art install-
ment. 
Whitfield 
said 
that 

sometimes there are ten coun-
tries on Heidelberg street in 
one day.

“The 
Heidelberg 
project 

reaches so many different 
countries, people, situations, 
circumstances … I mean we 
actually had a rabbi talking 
to a prostitute,” Whitfield 
said, making the audience 
laugh again. “I do think it was 
amazing that she felt comfort-
able on that street to talk to 
him, and he felt comfortable 
too.”

These things happen, Whit-

field explained, because art is 
the great equalizer.

 

A city on fire

 
From 2013 to 2014, there 

were 12 fires on Heidelberg 
Street. Despite crowd fund-
ing efforts and extra security 
measures, there are currently 
no leads on the culprit that 
has burnt down or severely 
damaged several parts of the 
installment.

“In order to get light you 

need negative and positive. 
There is something to be said 
about accepting negativity as 
a natural part of the process,” 
Whitfield said. “We accepted 
the fires. It was an unauthor-
ized transformation.”

With no leads, the Hei-

delberg 
Project 
has 
faced 

proposed 
conspiracies 
and 

non-stop 
questions: 
Who 

would want burn the houses 
down? To what end? Does 
the project’s staff know more 
than they are letting on? Is 
the city in some way involved? 
The questions are endless and 
the answers are unknown, 
but this doesn’t bother Tyree 
Guyton.

“Paige, I don’t even listen 

to it,” Guyton told me during 
a phone interview. “I listen 
to what’s in me. Because if I 
listened to that it would drive 
me crazy and have me run-
ning around here like a mad 
person. I’ve heard some of 
everything.”

Though Heidelberg is just 

one street, the arsons that 
have plagued the project are 
representative 
of 
a 
larger 

problem facing the city of 
Detroit. According to a recent 
Detroit News investigation, 
there were more than 9,000 
suspicious fires from 2010 to 
2013, and at least 66 percent of 
those burnt houses have yet to 
be demolished.

Neighborhoods in South-

west Detroit and Detroit’s East 
Side show the heaviest amount 
of arson damage, with more 
than 200 fires from 2010-2013 
in the Heidelberg’s zip code 
alone.

“I want to send love out to 

the person that has been set-
ting this project on fire,” Guy-
ton said to the audience at 
Rackham. “I want to do some-
thing a little bit different by 
sending out love, and that’s 
how you educate people.”

Professor Gant looked at 

Guyton incredulously. “Could 
we kick their ass a little bit 
first though?” he asked. Whit-
field agreed.

“Well then you guys do 

that,” Guyton said “and I’m 
gonna’ love. And I’m gonna’ 
kick their ass by loving them.”

 

“Heidelberg rising 

from the ashes”

 
Guyton and the project will 

be celebrating their anniver-
sary with an exhibition at the 
University of Michigan Muse-
um of Art called “30 Years of 
Heidelberg” in August.

“After 30 years what do you 

know now, Tyree,” Guyton 
said of the exhibition. “I know 
that I can do anything and 
everything. And then some-
thing that Socrates said: I 
know nothing. I’m still learn-
ing.”

Also in the works for Guy-

ton is a possible trip to Berlin, 
along with some Detroit tech-
no legends that have yet to be 
announced.

Whitfield said that while 

the rest of the Project’s staff 
continues to deal with secur-
ing funds and keeping the 
project safe, Guyton’s sole 
responsibility will be focusing 
on his art.

“It’s just a new canvas,” 

Whitfield said. “We will be 
there. And we will continue 
on.”

Pfleger is exploring new 

canvases in Detroit. To contact 

her, email pspfleg@umich.edu.

PAIGE 
PFLEGER

Big Sean stays true 
to himself on new LP

By KENNETH SELANDER 

Daily Arts Writer

Big Sean’s third album, Dark Sky 

Paradise, is an odd mix of classic 
Big Sean explicitness and unex-
pectedly 
deep 

songs, present-
ing a collection 
of catchy club 
tunes and emo-
tional tracks.

First 
and 

foremost, 
I 

appreciate that 
Big Sean stays 
true to himself 
on this album. It seems today that 
all too many rappers are trying to 
imitate the Atlanta sound that has 
been dominating rap recently. If 
Big Sean’s 2012 mixtape Detroit 
isn’t enough proof, mentions of 
Little Caesar’s on “All Your Fault,” 
among other Detroit, Michigan 
references in Dark Sky Paradise 
make it clear that he’s not try-
ing to claim that Atlanta adopted 
him. In “Paradise,” Big Sean raps 
“I’m from the D, fuck your A-list.” 
While this line means a number of 
things, I like to think on some level 
it’s a rejection of this trend.

The album’s musical content is 

diverse, which sometimes reates 
an odd juxtaposition. For instance, 
in the record’s first song, “Dark Sky 
(Skyscrapers),” Sean starts the sec-
ond verse with “Bitch, watch how 
you speak to me,” but by the end of 
the same verse makes an allusion 
to police brutality (a theme also 
brought up by his mentor Kanye 
West on “All Your Fault.”)

Perhaps the epitome of Big 

Sean’s self-absorbed, dirty talk 
rap that is ever-present on Finally 
Famous and Hall of Fame is his hit 
single “I Don’t Fuck With You.” 
The name says it all. In the cho-
rus, the line “I got a million trillion 
things that I’d rather fuckin’ do,” is 
just plain silly. Yet at the same time, 
it’s hard to deny how catchy the 
song is — a result of the production 
just as much as the simple chorus. 
Both DJ Mustard and Kanye West 
produce the song, and Kanye’s 
soulful sample meshes well with 
DJ Mustard’s catchy driving beat.

Beyond “I Don’t Fuck With 

You,” the album’s production is 
solid. Samples like “How Much I 
Feel” by Ambrosia and “Piece of 
My Love” by Guy add interest to 
songs otherwise dominated by 
the monotone sound of Big Sean’s 
voice.

Dark Sky Paradise’s features are 

nothing new. Big Sean has done a 
few songs with Kanye before (like 
“Marvin and Chardonnay”) and 
Lil Wayne (“Beware”). Big name 
Drake is featured on “Blessings.” It 
seems like he’s pulling on his big-
gest connections to boost record 
sales. I can’t blame him when, 
considering his emphasis on mak-
ing money, Hall of Fame didn’t sell 
many more than 100,000 copies. 

Looking back on Finally Famous, 

while the album was aestheti-
cally pleasing, it was mostly void 
of meaning. “Don’t Tell Me You 
Love Me” is probably the only song 
with some personal connection or 
emotion, and it’s about cheating on 
his girlfriend. Nasty club hits like 
“A$$,” and “Marvin and Chardon-
nay” definitely drive the record.

His sophomore album Hall of 

Fame gives off a laid back, stoner 
vibe. There are a handful of more 
thoughtful songs on the record, 
particularly “World Ablaze” and 
“Ashley,” which allows Hall of 
Fame to separate itself from Final-
ly Famous. Yet, filthy songs like 
“Mona Lisa,” “MILF” and the per-
verted skit “Freaky” are also pres-
ent on the record. What a mix.

While Dark Sky Paradiseand 

Hall of Fame share a juxtaposition 
of meaningful and explicit songs, 

in the former the balance tips in 
the direction of more meaningful 
ones. Tracks like “Play No Games,” 
and “Stay Down,” are void of much 
depth, but “One Man Can Change 
the World,” is extremely touch-
ing. Like “World Ablaze,” touch-
ing on his ex-girlfriends mother‘s 
battle with cancer (on his sopho-
more album), the passing of Big 
Sean’s grandmother provides a 
great platform for him to elevate 
the personal and artistic value of 
his work. Better yet, “Outro” gives 
off an uplifting feeling to finish the 
album, an effective transition from 
the heartache of “One Man Can 
Change The World.” On the other 
hand, “I Know” is also supposed to 
be a deep song about heartbreak, 
but lacks energy and I didn’t feel 
the execution. I do appreciate the 
concept, though.

It appears Big Sean chal-

lenges himself to progress a bit 
on Dark Sky Paradise, likely with 
the encouragement of Kanye. 
The album features some the-
matically substantive lyrics and 
music, but is still cautious about 
deviating too far from the Finally 
Famous mentality that got him 
big label money – he’s testing the 
bath water. If the record sells, 
maybe we’ll see more emotional 
songs from Big Sean. He has an 
ultra-smooth flow and certainly 
knows his way around a beat, 
giving him the potential to make 
hits that aren’t just meant to be 
banged at a party. Just please 
don’t write a grimy love ballad to 
Ariana Grande. 

DEF JAM

“I don’t buck with you.”

ALBUM REVIEW

B

Dark Sky 
Paradise

Big Sean

Def Jam

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