Iconic Chicago poet and renaissance man, J. Ivy, is back with a brand new album: My Daddy’s Records. This project is a collection of poems from his Dear Father book, set to production from some of the game’s finest including Ski Beatz, JT, Marshall Knights, Chris Rob, Reality. But J. isn’t alone here, he’s brought some…
Skilled Eastside emcee, D2G, has connected with storied Chicago producer, Tony Baines, for a brand new six-scene EP, The 1st Hot Day, a project dedicated to the summer in the Chi. Both D and Tony ooze with creative energy, so calling these joints “scenes” instead of “songs” is too fresh. All raps by D2G. All…
Chance The Dad hooked up with Father Khaled for “I Love You So Much” — one of the lone solo songs from Khaled’s newly released album, Grateful. And true indeed, we are Grateful for this one. The beat is super bouncy and fun, and the track features Khaled and Chance gushing about their children Asahd…
Rich and Mykele start the summer off on the right foot with their new collabo track “No Clue.” You should get a clue and check it out now. And while this joint is just a one off, they should consider doing a full EP together or something because this joint is too smooth. It def…
Produced by The 25th Hour. Directed by Ryder Visuals & Julian Carter. Brill is back. After sporadic releases over the past few years, the rising SaveMoney R&B star is planning to drop his debut album TIMING IS EVERYTHING on Thursday, July 6th, 2017. The timing couldn’t be better. And in celebration of this announcement, Brill…
Produced By Presswood. Mixed By Rio. I miss that old Roc-A-Fella sound. To be honest, who doesn’t? I mean, I’m all for the new, but can never forget what the R-O-C brought to the game and how it made me feel throughout the 90s and early-aughts. Today, Goody Mob wants to bring that feeling back…
Words by Jabari Carter Famous Dex has spent the past few weeks rolling out a huge load of new songs and videos ahead of his upcoming Dex Meet Dexter album, which was supposed to drop last Friday but unfortunately saw a setback. While waiting for the album release, fans noticed Dex popping up unexpectedly in…
Update: now with Taylor Bennett and DJ Anthony “Twilite Tone” Khan opening up the show. Even more fire on deck! This Saturday (TWO DAYS!!!), hometown hero Common hits the legendary Ravinia outdoor venue in Highland Park — his first appearance at the historic venue. This is going to be crazy. Common has been one of the…
Nothing But Dope bossman, Traxster, is fed up. He’s had enough with rappers and the current state of hip-hop. He hates what it’s become and isn’t feeling the current state of the game. Shots fired? Indeed. He airs out the industry on this joint. Hear him get it off his chest below…
Ray Jr. is up for father of the year, as he just dropped a new project dedicated to his daughter, Lyric. And a movie featuring Christian Dobbs starring as his son, Christian. The album is called Lyric’s playlist, and serves as part two of his Gold Packs series. The short film is called Gold Packs,…