Chicago hip hop blog
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B. Mills Touches Souls & Minds In Exceptional LP “The Life & Times of an Eternal Optimist”
A plethora of successful artists are exceptionally talented at rapping, producing, or singing. They may have just started their career, or have been grinding for quite some time. These individuals often deserve the accolades and fame. Only a few souls have touched me in ways I could have never imagined. Someone who I feel was…
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Rising Virginia Artist DANVHEFNER Spares No Energy On, ‘Speak Of The Devil.’
Hear no evil. Speak no evil. See no evil. It’s one of the must uttered spooky phrases of all time and rising rapper DANVHEFNER could honestly give a damn about all of that. Closing out spooky season the right way, the Virginia native checks in with his new EP, Speak Of The Devil. Produced by a…
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Take A Trip To New York With Jacques Laine & His Dope New Song, “Check In”
The journey to the top could be a tedious one. While America encourages us to work as hard as we can to achieve our dreams, it could be easy to get caught with your head down and blinders on, completely unaware. Although New York native Jacques Laine might do just that, he never forgets to, “Check…
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FFD Premiere: No Face, Rapper – ‘GFNS’ (New Track)
In the last two years the ever versatile No Face, Rapper has blessed me with an incredible single and a top notch EP. The project, Never Fear Rejection, impressed me so much that I wrote an extensive review without any edits. We haven’t been able to link for a FFD premiere yet which has always…
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FFD Premiere & Exclusive Interview: REY – ‘Hold Me Back’ (New Track)
Talented singer/songwriter/MC REY doesn’t put out music until it’s perfected. That’s why his latest song, and our newest premiere ‘Hold Me Back’ sounds as good as it does. He kept me in the loop in the entire process, sharing demos and different versions until he was completely happy with this final version. I typically can’t…
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Sin City Native Leanin Lo Taps Z Money For His New Video, “No Wallet.”
Las Vegas is one of those cities that never sleeps. Vices run the town & the one thing that drives that market more than anything is money. Both on the books and off, cash is king like anywhere else & Eastside Las Vegas native Leanin Lo has plenty of it. He taps buzzing rapper Z Money for his wild…
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Budding Colorado MC Sam Jay Isn’t Taking No For An Answer. Find Out Why (Exclusive Interview)
Hey Sam, thanks for talking with me. How’s it going today? Doing great today, yourself? Doing well. For those that are unfamiliar with you, give them a rundown. I’ve been making music for awhile. I’m from Denver, Colorado. The artists that inspire me range from Nas to Lana Del Rey, to Jeezy, to MGMT and…
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Izzy Strange Links Up With Mick Jenkins and Nate Fox For Dope Collab ‘Halfway Crooks’
Most of you know flowsfordays is based out of Chicago, although we cover artists from around the world. I was a young adult when I directly experienced it becoming the most prosperious city for hip hop. Chief Keef, King Louie, Lil Durk, and more were the most prominent, until Vic Mensa, Chance the Rapper, and…
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