Author: Andrew Barber

More from Lu on the red carpet for his Summit on the Summit climb event. Here he talks why he got involved in this project in the first place.

The title of this song just sounds inappropriate, F.A.B.  We’ve got kids reading. This track is off of Yellowmask Music’s upcoming Smoke Is Everywhere Mixtape. It features and is produced by Yellowmask Music’s & The CoLLecTiVe’s own Average Joe!!! Just wanted to let u guys know that starting Jan. 13, 2010, I will be hosting…

Age ain’t nothin’ but a number, so I have no problem admitting that Vic Mensa is one of my favorite emcees doing it right now.  Not that I rap (or have ever rapped), but I wouldn’t have wanted to see this kid in a lunch room battle.  #imjustsayin via the Brain Gang Lately Vic Mensa…

In case you missed J-Hud’s Holiday special, I’ll Be Home For Christmas, here it is for your viewing pleasure. The Grammy and Oscar award winning star brought her tour bus back to Chicago to film performance shots at various locations around the city including her old high school (Dunbar), the Chicago River and Navy Pier….

P.A. Smooth – “Right Back”

20 years after the Berlin Wall drops, Pugslee comes through to crush the buildings with a quick 16 from his hotel room.  I swear Pugs has been in Europe for about 4 months.  Word on the street is that he returns next week?

“If I wanna have 10 hoes, I can have 10 hoes” I caught a few minutes of this on Friday morning, and I kept thinking to myself “Damn, Diddy sounds delirious.  I don’t think he’s slept in a few days”.   It’s pretty evident dude was exhausted while making his Chicago rounds.  At first I…

Off Scheme’s upcoming mixtape, Same Rebel, New Cause.  Dropping in February 2010. Scheme – “Follow The Leader” 

Young Verse borrows his Westside bredren’s beat for his own rendition of “Shining Down” Off the 5th City Bandits mixtape. Versatile – “Shining Down”

The above quotes were lifted from Fest’s Twitter page today.  For his tweets to make sense, please read from the bottom up. If you didn’t already know, Jay iLLa is working on his latest mixtape, Revenge of the Backpacks 2: Welcome To Chicago, and one notable track is a remake of LL Cool J’s legendary 1997 posse cut…