Directed by Hype Williams Out of left field comes Yeezy with the Saturday afternoon premiere of my favorite song off MBDTF ,“All of the Lights”. Leave it to Kanye to drop a video via Vevo with no announcement or forewarning. That man can do as he pleases, I guess. As the Brothers Rosenthal have pointed…
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Video: Kanye West in Kobe Bryant’s The Black Mamba
The main reason I’m posting this is because it apparently gives us a sneak peak of second edition Air Yeezy’s, that are to come out at some point in the future. You can’t see much, but you can tell they are different from the O.G.’s.
Video: Vic Mensa Tells His Story
In conjunction with Nike’s City of Win mixtape, Vic Mensa tells his story, explains his contributions to the project, freestyles for the camera and tells the tale of how he almost died last summer by getting shocked by 15,000 volts of electricity. The segment is hosted by the legendary Juice. Shouts Wayne MT
DA Smart – Who’s The Boss (Phuck Yo Couch) [Rick Ross Diss]
Produced by Joe Blacula Perhaps set off this morning by Rick Ross’ announcement that he’s inked a deal with Warner Music Group for his Maybach Music imprint (or just pure coincidence), Chicago pioneer DA Smart lets this Ross diss record fly. Apparently, Mr. Walk Wit Me isn’t too happy with all of Ross’ Larry Hoover…
Lupe Fiasco – Girls [Radio Rip]
Wasalu is going all the way IN right now. He just “premiered” this joint on Semtex’s show, but apparently he’s been playing it on his sets overseas, so some may be familiar with it. Lu tears apart the Prodigy’s instrumental. Lupe Girls
Update: Lupe Fiasco – Fire Flame x Monster [Freestyle]
Mixtape? Fuck a mixtape. Who needs that when Lu is dropping freestyles left and right across the pond. Here he goes in over Baby and Wayne’s latest, live on Tim Westwood’s show. Spit hot fire. Update: Lupe is on a roll right now. Here are two other new joints from Mr. Fiasco, which he premiered…
Visual – Chicago Hip Hop History [Episode 2]
If there ever such a thing as the ‘Art of Chicago Hip-Hop History Storytelling’ , Vis could be a professor. In part 2 of His-Story, he tells tales of his Chicago roots and how the local scene shaped his life, despite tragedy. Class is in session. visual-chicago-hip-hop-history-episode-2
Pulled Over By The Cops (The Cool Kids, Freddie Gibbs, Chip Tha Ripper) feat. Nate Santos – Authority (Prod. by Blended Babies)
I’m very proud to introduce the world to Pulled Over By The Cops, the new hip-hop supergroup consisting of Chuck and Mikey of The Cool Kids, Freddie Gibbs, Chip The Ripper, production-duo the Blended Babies and sometimes Bun B. This conglomerate (sans Sir Michael Rocks) first made their mark on Gibbs’ “Oil Money” last year,…
Teefa Launching New Show on Power 92
Tonight, Chicago hip-hop luminary, Teefa, is debuting her new radio show on Power 92, entitled Ladies Night. Teefa will be hosting alongside Niena Drake and Frankie Robinson, and they’ll be putting a ladies touch on hip-hop culture and all things Chicago. Everything kicks off tonight from 10pm-2am on 92.3, and I’ll be a guest on the progam, so be sure…
Mixtape: Boss Kane – Unity Vol. 2
Anytime I hear or see the word “unity” all I can think of is Dave Chappelle playing Rick James with that Unity ring on and belting out “UNIIITTAAAY”. Don’t judge me. Anyhoo, back to the lecture at hand. Boss Kane drops off his new mixtape which features Shawnna, Diamond and Waka Flocka Flame. Hit the…