Chicago hip hop blog
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Mpulse Keeps It Coming With Track 41 in His 52 Week Campaign
I’ve never met Mpulse, so there is no affiliation in that regard. He’s not our most posted artist because he’s a good friend. It’s because he’s proven, 41 weeks in, that he can consistently put out quality music. If you haven’t been keeping up with the Chicago OG, you can check out all of our…
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Portland’s Finest Al-One the Remedy Drops His Best EP Yet in ‘Sharptongue’
Can you imagine an emcee rapping for 13 years, and never dropping a bad project? It almost never happens, and if it does, there’s probably a reason for it. This is the case with Al-One The Remedy, one of the most consistent rappers out of Portland. He’s progressed every year from his singles, to his visuals,…
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Cali’s spill.rah Drops Another Exceptional Single in ‘party 4 u’
Since the inception of flowsfordays, I’ve received a countless number of PartyNextDoor imitators. Many standout out on their own, offering catchy audible treats that rack up thousands of plays. Still, copycats stay in my inbox, and they are often disappointing at best. San Fernando Valley’s spill.rah is the rare exception. Fresh to my ears, the…
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ANXT Dropped One Of The Best Projects of the Year, And I Had To Learn More (Dissection Interview)
Hey ANXT! So happy to talk to you. How are you? What’s going on Julie? Hopefully everything continues to go well over on your side. As for myself, I can always do better, but I’m not complaining. Can you give us an introduction on who you are? A little about myself? I’m from the south…
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Rising Chicago Group Manwolves Drop A Summer Anthem in Roses (Group Spotlight)
It’s hard to imagine any genre bending Chicago band more prolific than The Social Experiment. Their debut album Surf was an incredible success, as it was the first free album on iTunes, and just the start of the group breaking music norms. New(ish) band Manwolves might just be the next significant collective to combine hip hop,…
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Houston’s T2 Rises Above The Hate In His Newest Single ‘IDGAF’
More and more artists are speaking on injustice, political strife, and racial tensions throughout America. There is much more to discuss, as atrocities continue to happen in the country we used to call “the land of the free,” but I’ll save that for later. While these issues have persisted since the dawn of time, more…
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Zip Dot Drops His Best Visual Yet in the Alternate Version To ‘Back Up’
7 features and a double premiere in, and Chicago’s Zip Dot is still going strong. Zip is a master at bringing high energy rhymes, and making minute long tracks sound like 4 minute epics. In March we premiered his new track and video to the same song you see above, but was full on animation…
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2Ru3 – Life’s A B**** Freestyle (Revisited Track)
South Carolina isn’t known for their bourgeoning hip hop scene. There are a lot of dope underground artists, but they largely go unnoticed. Emcee 2Ru3 isn’t much concerned with the spotlight, as his main mission is to spread truth and knowledge to the world at large. He hasn’t quite popped yet, but the elements are…
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