Chicago hip hop blog
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Chicago Hip Hop Event! – Listening Party/Meet + Greet for Na$im Williams’ F.A.M
My man Na$im Williams always keeps me up to date on his new music, collaborations, and now an event that is a must attend. TODAY, October 15th, from 6-8pm, poppin’ Chicago clothing brand Iridium will be hosting the debut of his new conglomerate F.A.M. (Finest Among Many.) Na$im can take it from here: WE ARE A COLLECTIVE…
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Con – Fadeaway (Video)
Virginia native Con has a new visual on his hands in the form of track Fadeaway. Legicity directed the mostly continuous motion video while YNAB produced it. It’s a raw and honest peak into the life of the artist. Con has really peaked my interest with his unique personality and style. He’s honest in confident in his…
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Most Played Chicago + Baltimore Songs (TheDemoTape + flowsfordays Collab)
Justice, the co-creator of influential blog The Demo Tape, hit me up a few days ago wanting to exchange some of our favorite music from our hometowns. He’s from Baltimore and I’m from Chicago. We decided to write a collaborative article on the songs we are bumping from artists out of our cities. For me…
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Nike Boi + Cole Bennett – Know Me Now (Video)
Nike Boi made the track and videographer extraordinaire Cole Bennett banged it out. Know Me Now is a gritty track, and Cole knew exactly what direction to go in. You can’t go wrong with a C-Sick beat either. If this is what comes out of a Nike & Cole collaboration then I can’t wait to…
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Interview With Pavy on new music video ‘Drift’ (Dissection Interview Series)
This dissection series has been a blast for me. It’s such a fun way to learn about content that I find so compelling. For the last two posts (C$ + Säge The 64th Wonder) I asked about these artists about the way their new songs came to me. Today we are getting the low down on a…
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Charles Lauste feat. femdot – XXII (Video)
Chicago super emcee femdot has had an amazing run with his last two projects fo(u)r and thr(we). Both just blew me away with tons of creativity and dizzying lyrical skill. Everyone in Chicago took notice as it was featured all over the city’s most influential blogs. Flows For Days wasn’t up at that point so unfortunately I wasn’t able…
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Interview with C$’s on new single ‘Brand New’ (Dissection Interview Series)
We are back with another track dissection! We started off with Säge The 64th Wonder yesterday (read it here), and today we are talking to another Chicago artist named C$ (pronounced C Money.) I loved his new single Brand New which was even featured on Fake Shore Drive, so I decided to ask him a few more…
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ODIE – Dreams (New Track)
Nigerian artist ODIE has crafted a sonic wonderland incorporating his love for alternative and hip hop music. Dreams is an incredible musical representation of this multi genre collide. The lyrics are interesting, his vocals are transcending, and the production by UNITÉ is a match made in heaven for ODIE’s unique style. He promises new music is on the way.…
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