Smackdown: New York vs. Detroit

Soundcheck | Sep 30, 2011

Two cities duke it out on the baseball diamond – and in our studio. In this Soundcheck Smackdown, we pit the music of New York against the music of Detroit. On Motown's team is music journalist, author and Detroit resident Gary Graff; playing for the home team is Rolling Stone senior critic and author Will Hermes.

Listeners – we want you to offer up your New York vs. Detroit musical matchups. The Strokes vs. The White Stripes… Eminem vs. Jay-Z… who do you think should go head-to-head in our Smackdown? Leave your suggestion below!

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