Chicago hip hop blog
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Jacksonville MC Mavrick Savvy Pushes Through Adversity On His Latest, ‘Paradice’
We’ve all been through adversity at some point in our lives. Although difficult, there are ways in which to lessen the pain, and possibly even turn it into something positive. That’s exactly what Jacksonville rapper Mavrick Savvy did on his new single and visual to Paradice. He’s been through the ringer, and promotes honesty and…
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Daylight Tone Hits The Airwaves Once Again For Lyrical Gem ‘PayRoll’
Daylight Tone is Chicago’s best kept secret, but the word needs to get out. He’s put out classic projects, brilliant singles, and never stops working on his craft. It’s been two months since his jaw dropping debut EP WWDD, and luckily for us, he’s back. To celebrate the success of the project, Tone has released…
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M. Whise Brings Metal And Hip Hop Together In Latest Effort ‘Powerful’
M. Whise is STILL unlike any emcee I’ve ever heard. Many rappers underestimate how important confidence, voice, and delivery are in a great song. Listen to any of Whise’s discography, and you’ll hear how effortlessly he weaves them all together. In his latest track, Powerful, he is just that. Producer jvst x went crazy on…
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Take A Trip To Long Beach With Mikey PX On His New EP, ‘Since You’re Here Now.’
Music is in one of the best places it’s been in decades. Detractors may try and say that, “mumble rap” has created a sub-genre not worthy of the Hip-Hop title, but I disagree. Right now we have the most parity in the genre, perhaps ever and it’s created a course of things you can listen…
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Armond WakeUp Does His Name Justice On Latest Visual – ‘Revelation is Revolution’
Armond WakeUp ‘doesn’t want to fuck with you weaklings’ – and I understand why. His latest visual, ‘Revelation Is Revolution’ is bold, creative, and lyrically insane. He speaks his mind on a number of topics, and uses his one of a kind flow and direct delivery to make one of the best tracks of the year.…
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Saint Parrish Does It Again With Second Track Gold Daytona featuring Jayaire Woods
Saint Parrish has only two SoundCloud songs to his name, and is a bit of a mystery on social media. He, rather smartly, reveals parts of himself through his songwriting and gritty, yet melodic vocals. It was just a week ago that Parrish dropped an absolute jam titled Gold Daytona, which featured the OG Chicago…
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Musa Reems Drops Flodge’ As The First Single Off Upcoming Project
Chicago mainstay Musa Reems can do it all. He’s proven that in the last few years with bursts of short EP’s that are incredible works of art, AND never sound the same. His lyrical game is ALWAYS on point – he can rap on any beat, and his creative mind has grown with every drop.…
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Oakland Rep RonnieMac Stops By With The 3rd Installment of His, ‘Weekend With Mac’ Series.
They day sequels are never as good as the first, but that’s not the case in Hip-Hop. Tha Carter II was by far the best of the bunch & I can go on and on about other until you stump me with Hov’s Blueprint series…. Either way, I said what I said. That’s why when Oakland native RonnieMac released the third…
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