Tag: review
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Destiny Roberts – Moon Melanin Mami (New Project + Review)
Destiny Roberts is Minnesota’s new Lauryn Hill. We have posted her music countless times, even sitting down for an insightful interview with her last year. This girl can do it all – from neo soul record to vicious rhyming. She’s soulful, and most importantly a positive force in music. There is spirituality to her persona…
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Blaqrock – Southside + About The Music (Interlude) (New Tracks + Review)
0 The group Blaqrock are a KILLER band out of Chicago that incorporate political angst, hard rock, stunning instrumentals, and fierce vocals. They also use hip hop into their tracks, especially in their first official release Southside. The song touches on violence in the inner city from city crime to police brutality with gravely vocals that…
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Kay Eye – 44 Barsss (New Track + Review)
Another day, another talented Chicago artist. Kay Eye’s mixtape 90’s Baby dropped some time ago but at 17 tracks it proved his work ethic and capacity to make banger after banger. Just a few days ago Kay decided to show his versatility in new track 44 Barsss. Kay goes full combat mode spitting on his detest for…
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Jay Wonder – World Premier (New EP + Review)
Jay Wonder is the essence of classic hip hop. His newest EP World Premier is out of this world and took me back to the 90’s cats who freestyled on Stretch and Bobbito (please look them up if you haven’t heard of the radio show…there is also an excellent documentary on them on Netflix.) It’s a…
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Ajani Jones – astrals (New EP + Review)
We’ve been writing about Ajani Jones for quite some time. He’s been featured on a few of our Better Half playlists and was included in our favorite Chicago songs of 2016 article. Just a recap: Ajani has been chosen to be the featured artist for AEMMP Hip-Hop (Columbia College Chicago’s award winning student run record label)…
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Aaron Alexander – Storm (New Track + Review)
Let me start of by saying this. Kansas City’s Aaron Alexander went through 9 mixing phases to get to the current audio you are hearing. He’s a perfectionist in his work as his upcoming project, Memento Mori, has been in the works for a year and a half. This is true dedication. The trials were worth…
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yugi boi Drops Crazy New Instrumental ‘Hold Up’
I heard Hold Up by yugi boi through the magic of suggested picks on SoundCloud and it blew my mind. As it was 11pm I decided not to post until the next afternoon so I could have some time with the record. It is the most complex instrumental I have heard on SoundCloud this year. Quote…
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WiLL iS CHiLLiN’ – Moody (New Project + Extensive Review)
I’m just gonna say this right now. This is one of my favorite projects out of Chicago EVER. It is the perfect album for a number of reasons; the first being the quality all of the elements involved. WiLL iS CHiLLiN’ knows how to craft a full song. There is structure to every one of the…
