As we await JDott Trife’s new album, TRIFE, he’s decided to cut loose a documentary on his life titled the Trife Life. Tonight we get the first episode to kick off the Fourth of July weekend. This episode finds Trife and DJ O-Zone in the lab talking about their creative process and how they met….
Year: 2015
New Project: Mike Schpitz – Topeka, High
Topeka-born, Chicago-living emcee Mike Schpitz returns with a brand new 14-track project (18 if you count the bonus joints) titled Topeka, High. It’s a look back in time, with a 2015 twist on it. Slot-A, Maja 7th, Ill Brown and many others show up to assist in making this high school reunion a success. Get…
Eminem f/ Gwen Stefani – Kings Never Die
Marshall returns with another new one from the Southpaw Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, a flick starring Jake Gyllenhaal, that’s due out later this summer. Em’s first record, “Phenomenal,” dropped last month, and he returns just in time for the holiday with “Kings Never Die” featuring the first lady of No Doubt. Crown them.
Problem f/ Cash Out, Freddie Gibbs & Bad Lucc – I Just Wanna Be Loved
“I’m just looking for love, I know somebody got it” – Hov Produced by Seige and Problem. Problem, Freddie Gibbs, Ca$h Out and Bad Lucc just want to be loved on this new joint from Problem’s newest project, Mollywood 3: The Relapse (Side B). Gangsta Gibbs and Problem always deliver solid collaborations and this joint is…
New Project: Wu Allah – No Cross No Crown
Money Block Ent.’s Wu Allah steps up to bat with his new project, No Cross No Crown. Wu keeps it short and to the point by delivering six solid tracks (“Goin’ Outta Style” is a personal favorite), which you can stream directly below. Not familiar with Wu Allah? Now’s the perfect time to change that.
DeJ Loaf f/ Big Sean – Back Up
Produced by iRock. After dropping “Shawty” with Young Thug last week, DeJ Loaf returns with another new joint — “Back Up” featuring Big Sean. The record just premeired in Detroit on WJLB and the good people over at DJBooth have already come through with the mp3, which you can check out below. No word on if…
Pics: Mountain Dew & The Remix Project’s ‘Chicago Ball’ Charity Event
Photos courtesy of Amanda Huerta of The Remix Project and Ture Morrow. Lacuna Artist Lofts was the place to be this past Friday as Mountain Dew and The Remix Project presented The Chicago Ball, an unique photography exhibit and fundraiser featuring the work of local photographers Elise Swopes and Trashhand in support of The Remix…
Video: Malik Yusef – All Day Negus (Remix)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xx-KzMOzGk Directed by Forman James Malik Yusef was a writer on Kanye’s 2015 single, “All Day,” so it’s only right that he drops off his very own rendition just in time for Independence Day. Malik’s remix naturally has a heavy political hand, so listen to him air out societies ills on this new one. All…
IAMSU! f/ DeJ Loaf & K Camp – Famous
Produced by JUNEONABEAT. IAMSU! brings it to the Midwest for his new single, “Famous,” featuring DeJ Loaf and K Camp. No word on if this joint will be included on Su’s upcoming Kilt III project, but you can bet that this record will be in rotation over here for a while. Su, DeJ and K…
Verse Simmonds f/ Jeremih – All I Want
Take it back now y’all. Verse Simmonds connects with two of Chicago’s own for the new single from his upcoming project, Sextape Chronicles 3. “All I Want” features Jeremih and was produced by J.Hill, who flipped Mr. C The Slide Man’s “Cha-Cha Slide” for the record. Yeah, they snapped with this joint. Check it out…