Chicago hip hop blog
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Illect Recordings: The Independent Hip Hop Label You Need To Know (And Their Latest Songs)
Josh from Illect Recordings has been sending me exciting, diverse content from his signee’s for years now. It is very rare that I don’t write about it because the music is so unique, creative, and beautifully blended with a host of influences. The label and the artists’ desire to create the best music possible oozes…
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Amerigo Gazaway Challenges Systematic Racism In New Single ‘Indivisible’
A perfect way to enter back into the blogging game – Amerigo Gazaway’s new single Indivisible. So much time and thought went into a song that both uplifts and challenges. Every time we see another atrocious hate crime, a death by racist cops or rednecks, and everything inbetween, eventually our pain, hurt, and anger cannot…
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C. Shreve The Professor Borders On Insanity In Bombastic New Song and Visual ‘Minds Outta Order’
The most impressive song/video this side of April goes to C. Shreve The Professor’s Minds Outta Order for obvious reasons once you press play. From the opening visual of the needle hitting a vinyl record, Shreeve goes into beast mode with chaos so impressive that every bar, metaphor, simile, and description borders on literal insanity.…
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Catching Up On Submissions Part 7 (Best Of)
Supreme Sol – Sunshine (Music Video) Over lively, atmospheric production by Handbook, Supreme Sol packs brags, boasts, deep thoughts, metaphysical manifestations, and more into tight bars that showcase his personality and unique flow and style. You’ll receive the gift of inspiration for the tough times we are in. KINETIK & Newselph – The Simple Life…
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California Rapper, Singer, & Producer brbn Drops Hypnotic New Love Song ‘Let’s Go Home’
It’s rare in this confined, claustrophobic time to connect with a song (and for that matter a visual) so deeply. Sure enough, California artist/producer brbn gave me that feeling on his latest single Let’s Go Home. He has cultivated a sound all his own while managing to grow his fan base at a rapid rate.…
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Chicago’s Own Dav Paris Digs Deep on Incomparable New Music Video ‘SOMEDAY’S (I GOT ISSUES)
It is impossible to put Chicago writer, rapper and vocalist Dav Paris inside of a box. When discussing music, it’s almost too easy to attach someone’s sound to a particular genre or label it as such and such. Even if I spent hours writing about his latest music video, SOMEDAYS (I GOT ISSUES), it is…
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Up and Coming Bay Area Collective The Shankles Drop New Music Video/Vlog ‘Uh-Uhh’
Bay Area Collective The Shankles are destined for greatness. You can see it in the way they interact, crack jokes, and move together. They are the homeboys next door, the group you want to party with, the dudes you see around the way and can’t help but embrace. All of the aforementioned is displayed in their…
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B1GJuice Shows Optimism In The Face Of Adversity With New Single ‘WINDOWS’
In these hard times it is hard to stay positive and remain calm, yet artists far and wide are using this situation as fuel to create their best music yet. This is the case with flowsfordays favorite B1GJuice on his latest track WINDOWS. I became familiar with the Canadian emcee back in April of 2019, positing…
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