Tag: chicago
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femdot. – to(u). (New EP + Extensive Review)
femdot.’s debut project femdelacreme was my introduction to the young emcee. I lost touch with his music as he dropped the king dilla EP, but jumped right back in with fo(u)r. I wasn’t expecting three more releases…and that they would all be connected. 2016 has been his year as thr(we). hit us in the summer. We’ve just gotten another EP…
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Ajani Jones – Liberators (New Track)
Ajani Jones is back again with another single featuring orgenA. If you didn’t read our last post, let’s catch you up. Ajani is the new featured artist on the award winning Columbia College Chicago record label AEMPP. He’s taken a different approach to his music career this time around and it’s been working very well…
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Mpulse – Denial (New Track)
Mpulse. Back again. Any surprises here? Week 12 has given us a song titled Denial with production from frequent (and solid) collaborator, Keef Boyd. Mpulse can body any track and exhibit any flow, and he switches it up once again with this one. Not much else I can say on Mpulse as he delivers every…
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Pavy – Until The Morning (Video)
Pavy has proven he’s no stranger to funk, r&b, hip hop and disco. Just give Me, by Jonathan McCoy a spin. It’s a genre bending record that has done extremely well. (There’s a lot to take in, so check out our interview with him breaking down each track.) I applaud Pavy for doing a visual to…
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Ajani Jones (feat. Femdot) – The Fall (New Track)
Ajani Jones (formerly Anak1n) has been steady in the local scene, but seems to be going through a pretty big transformation. He proves this with his recent (and only song on his SoundCloud account) The Fall. It features Femdot, an incredible emcee that once again shows his potential to be the next star out of Chicago. Side note:…
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C$ – Dial Tone (New Track)
C$ always gives us that soulful shit, and today’s new drop Dial Tone is no different. Beatsmith Hooligan throws us some dusty 60’s grooves cut with a few samples. C$ continues the nostalgic trend with his greatest asset: His bars. The line: “Say you cold but its hard to give a couple fucks” sums up…
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It’s Just The Start For Lukas G of New Kingz (Exclusive Interview)
Chicago’s hip hop market is wide open. It has been for some time but as SoundCloud has progressed in features and popularity, music fans have a better ability to discover new sounds coming out of their respective cities. SoundCloud has been an amazing tool for flowsfordays; and continues to be. Young Chicago artist Lukas G…
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Interview with Chicago’s Ibra on track ‘Get Yours’ (Dissection Interview Series)
It’s been awhile, but we are back with another installment of the Dissection Series. This one comes from Ibra, a Chicago emcee that continues to grow with every release. It’s nice to see an artist that is influenced by A Tribe Called Quest and 90’s hip hop. In his submission he wrote “I am trying to…
