Produced by Big E of The Arkitekz The Young Prince welcomes you to the land with another leak off his upcoming mixtape, Next Up. Next up, yo I believe that’s me YP. Fresh off of the trip to NYC, YP releases a banger off the upcoming mixtape “Next Up” hosted by the Aphilliates DJ Head Debiase…
Month: February 2010
J. Hollins – The Soul Renaissance LP
Is now available for free download, albeit for a limited time only. This album is packed with phenomenal records with powerful messages. The album includes production by Anton Genius, Emmaculate, Ben One, Xtreme, Jamahl Rahid, Force One Seven, Sound Schemez, Harvy Allbangers and The Grind King. Features include legendary freestyle icon JUICE, Chicago hiphop main…
Q-Ball feat. Tone Capone & Mr. Blhunt – “The Avenue”
Produced by Q-Ball, of Crucial Conflict fame. This will be on Q-Ball’s upcoming project Conflict Muzik, which is set to impact shortly. This track in particular is dedicated to the Westside and Chicago Avenue. Q-Ball feat. Tone Capone & Mr. Blhunt – “The Avenue”
Video: XXL Freshmen 2010 Freestyle: Freddie Gibbs
Yep, Gangsta Gibbs is going to be featured on the cover of XXL next month as part of their Freshmen 10 ‘A New Breed Of Hustlers’ campaign, which someone from this area hasn’t been featured on since Lupe Fiasco a few years back. It’s pretty hard to hate on that. Clap for ’em. XXL
Video: Kanye West – “Coldest Winter”
Directed by Nabil Elderkin A year and change later and ‘Ye is still dropping videos from 808s & Heartbreak You’ll notice that this version of “Coldest Winter” differs from the one on the album. This video is extremely dark and Kanye isn’t even in it.
Jay iLLa feat. Erika Shevon – “Story To Tell”
I just got my hands on an unmixed copy of Erika Shevon’s version of Frank White’s “Story To Tell” , which will be featured on Jay iLLa’s Revenge of the Backpack’s Vol. 2. This is joint is nice and I like the way this project is coming together. Jay iLLa feat. Erika Shevon – “Story To…
NaPalm – “Put Me In The Same Room” (Asher Roth Diss)
Continuing with the trend of White on White rapper beef, Chicago rapper NaPalm hits Asher Roth with some napalm (zing!) over his Party Boy title. #ShotsFired?
JNan feat. Shawnna & Slim Thug – “Nuvo”
Damn, JNan called in some rather high profile features for this one. This is a smooth record – pour a glass of Nuvo and toast to JNan. JNan feat. Shawnna & Slim Thug – “Nuvo”
Video: Bighomie DOE – “The Flyest”
Finally, “The Flyest” has been unleashed. The video was directed by Mike Carson, while the song was produced by Chuck Inglish of The Cool Kids. The best part? The Duffmaster DOE, dropped this clip for “The Flyest” today at 4:20pm. Pass the dutchie! Look for the Bighomie’s project, DOE: The Chicago Bull, to drop very…
Mikkey Halsted + Rhymefest + Juice + Twone Gabz Back in the Lab
Looks like the 4 Horsemen of Chicago were back at it last night at Soundscape Studios with Michael Kolar. I reached out to a source who was in the building, to see about the track they were laying, and all I was told was “bars”. So it looks like this project might not turn out…