Chicago hip hop blog
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Richie Bux – Early Infamy (New Project + Review)
After a string of loosies, Richie Bux just dropped his highly anticipated debut studio album. It’s difficult to bring something new to the table, as hip hop fans are becoming overwhelmed with a constant stream of music Yet, Richie stands as a unique presence. He doesn’t stay in one lane, as especially evident in Early Infamy. Let’s run through each…
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DRTYLAUNDRY – ‘Dog’ + ‘Darks Ceas’ (Double Drop + Review)
I’ve been following DRTYLAUNDRY since he dropped his free EP So Far This Sucks. It hit SoundCloud just 4 months ago, and has racked up over 80K views (in total.) He has always stayed true to the music he wants to create, as evident by his entire discography. While a host of talented people were…
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Yun Fajita (feat. Juice Bruns) – Buncha Hoes (New Track)
Yun Fajita hit our pages back in February with a flowsfordays staple, emcee SQUiRE. While we named State Of Mind Fajita’s best collab to date, Buncha Hoes is a significant contender. He uses his own production again, and the results are just as successful. The instrumental is more abstract, and subject matter upbeat…even celebratory. Fajita…
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Goody – Know How (New Track)
Photo Credit: @iamzjb Chicago’s Goody has been making big moves, especially with his newest record Know How. It was premiered by Fake Shore Drive, (the legendary Chicago blog that inspired me to create flowsfordays in the first place) and even included in their “best songs of the week” series. Fakeshore has been showing love to Goody for…
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10 Billboard Chart Toppers I Disliked in 2017 (So Far) (Editorial)
Hip hop has had a strong start in 2017. With an album from Migos, back to back Future LP’s, an upcoming Drake playlist, and much more, we’ve been spoiled in just 3 months. Collectively, music fans usually use the aux chord to listen to music, and radio has become a dying industry. Most of us…
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Student 1 – paint (New Track)
For the second time today, another Minneapolis talent has hit our pages. In just 3 minutes time, mega talent Student 1 incorporates drum n bass, electronica and abstract hip hop into his new song paint. There is so much energy to this one, as I noticed my heart beating faster with each passing second. A huge contributor to paint…
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BrownBoi Maj + JusXJustice – Loser (Video + Extensive Write Up)
At certain points in our lives, we don’t feel like hitting the bar or club with our friends. This is usually the case when we are going through something personally troubling, but often because we are becoming more mature, or tired from a day at work. I usually keep to myself when I’m going through…
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Malcolm Anthony – Dipset Anthem Freestyle (New Track + Video)
Malcolm London spits gold whenever he records over a previously recorded instrumental. In 2 weeks time he’s dropped 2, along with a video to accompany it. I loved his Money Aint A Thang freestyle so much that I included it in my top songs and videos of February. The second comes today in a freestyle to the classic Dipset Anthem…
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