Tonight, Nike kicked off the Chicago high school hoops season with their yearly event at the United Center, which highlights and honors athletes from 30+ local schools. Simeon, Crane, Boling Brook, Whitney Young, Marshall and Morgan Park (among others) were all honored and students were able to celebrate at the Madhouse on Madison. The event…
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Mixtape: DK – Shy State of Mind
Reppin’ Depaul, rapper Dk drops his debut mixtape Shy State of Mind featuring Probcause among others. Tracklist after the jump. Mixtape: DK – Shy State of Mind
Video: Tee Jay – Letter 2 L
Tee Jay returns with a record and video dedicated to his personal G.O.A.T., the man who coined G.O.A.T.–Uncle L Future of the Funk.
Video: King Louie – Too Cool [Behind The Scenes Pt. 2]
“What you know about those extendos?” Drop the video already. We’re impatiently waiting. Shouts to the Smoke Booth.
Jay Stonez feat. J. Holiday – Get Go
Produced by Gift (of The Cartoonz). Jay Stonez returns with a new joint that won’t be featured on his upcoming project, A1 Fishscale, featuring none other than J. Holiday. Get Go
R. Kelly Unveils Cover of Autobiography
Crucified on microphones? Yep, only Kells. Here we have the cover for what’s sure to be one hell of an entertaining read, Kells’ SOULA COASTER: The Diary Of Me autobiography. Must be this tall to read? The book drops next week. Picture me coppin’ [Best Week Ever]
Young Diesel f/ Boss Kane – Crime Pays [Prod. by Lokey]
Young D has two projects on the horizon–both helmed by producer Lokey. The first being Oliver Stone which drops this Friday (11.11.11) and the second entitled Natural Born Killa (get it?) which drops in the near future. Diesel also has plans to drop a movie in 2012 called 200. Crime Pays-Young Diesel feat.Boss Kane (prod.Lokey)
Que BILLAH – Tunnel Vision 2094
A tunnel banger for the 21st century. BILLAH is on a roll. Tack produced by Chuck Lawayne. Maintaining his feverish pace of new music releases, Que Billah returns with a retro-futuristic ode to the world famous Tunnel nightclub in NYC. A firm believer in history repeating itself, Que explains that “Tunnel Vision 2094 represents a…
E.C. Illa Planning A Comeback?
Chicago rap luminary E.C. Illa vanished from the music business all together in 2008, only granting a few publications (FSD included) insight to his whereabouts and goings on. Last year we caught up with ECilla for a brief interview, where he stated he had no interest in returning to the rap game. However, just this…
Ill Legit f/ Juice – Money Makers
Illy locked down Chicago vet, and quite possibly the greatest freestyle rapper of all time, MC Juice, for his new track “Money Makers.” Look for this to appear on Illy’s Thou Shalt Not Sleep Vol. 1, which is due out soon. Check out the ‘making of’ video above, including some freestyles from both artists. 10…