Produced by Apollo Brown. Verbal Kent grabs Gangsta Gibbs for “Suitcase Switch,” the first single from his upcoming Anesthesia LP. Kent’s new solo effort is set to arrive on September 11th via Mello Music Group and feature production and appearances from Oh No, Marco Polo and Skyzoo just to name a few. September 11th may be…
Year: 2015
Video: Alex Wiley – Heaven’s Gate
You want a video? Or do you want a Soundcloud link? Pick your poison, because Wiley blesses his fans with both today. You wanna watch or do you wanna listen? Or do you wanna do both? Either way, find your way to heaven’s gate courtesy of your tour guide Alex Wiley. And no, we’re not…
Goodbye Tomorrow f/ Lil Herb – NoOne or NoThing
World Premiere. Bet you never saw this coming? Goodbye Tomorrow and Lil Herb? Yeah, it’s THAT serious. The mysterious Chicago troop gets down with one of the illest emcees in the city for their latest offering, “NoOne or NoThing.” It’s a clash of two worlds, over a slow-rolling intergalactic instrumental, featuring both harmony and hard…
TONIGHT: J. Cole, Big Sean, Jeremih & YG’s ‘Forest Hills Drive Tour’ Hits Chicago
First and foremost, this lineup is absolutely insane. J. Cole, Big Sean, Jeremih, YG, Bas, Omen and plenty of other special guests? Wow, this is something you won’t want to miss. The good news is that they blow through Chicago TONIGHT (Tuesday, July 28th) — Tinley Park to be exact — for the Forest Hills Drive…
Chance The Rapper Reveals Kanye West Almost Narrated ‘Surf’
In an in-depth piece penned by Dan Hyman for The Guardian, Chance The Rapper reveals that Kanye West was slated to narrate Surf, and his vocals were even recorded for the project. In the end, it didn’t work out, but it’s cool to know Kanye was the first person to actually hear the project completed. Not that…
Mick Jenkins Covers the Red Eye
Mick Jenkins is the latest Chicago artist to garner the coveted cover of Chicago’s Red Eye newspaper. As he gears up for the release of his new album Wave[s] (August 21st) as well as his high profile slot at Lollapalooza over the weekend (8/1), he has a lot of things to get off his chest….
Video: Matti Baybee f/ We R Charm – Leave Me Alone
Directed by Hued Productions. Produced by SupaCrankIt Matti Baybee connected with the all-girl group out of Atlanta, We R Charm, for his latest video for “Leave Me Alone.” No Mike Jack. But seriously, they looked like they had a blast filming this clip. Watch them enjoy themselves up top.
Video: ManeMane4CGG f/ Capo & King 100 James – Posted On The Block
Directed by Lil E Films The unreleased Capo material continues to roll out, as this morning a new video has surfaced from ManeMane4CGG which features Capo as well as Chop Squad’s own, King 100 James. Check out how they post up in the video above.
Video: Zona Man f/ Future & Lil Durk – Mean To Me [BTS]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0X8bygzaYs Go behind the scenes of Zona Man’s new video for “Mean To Me,” which features Lil Durk and the FreeBandz boss, Future. C-Sick handled the beat and it’s sure to be one that we won’t soon forget. Now thanks to this behind the scenes video, we can see what actually went down on set….
Do or Die f/ Rick Ross – Love In The Sky
World premiere. Do or Die is back in a major way in 2015. Fresh off their collabo project with Twista, Withdrawal, they announce that their new album, Picture This II, will be released in the very near future. It’s only right seeing as we’re on the heels of the 20 year anniversary of the first…