Author: Andrew Barber

The Replacementz were just released from their deal with DJ Drama’s AMG, and are back on the indie scene with a vengeance.  Here’s a brand new track from them, entitled ” I’m Hollywood”. The Replacementz – “I’m Hollywood”

D.o.e. addresses his nay-sayers with “Beast from the East”, which is not to be confused with this.  (Sorry, I had to) D.o.e. Boy – “Beast from the East”

It looks like Rhymefest is about to take it back to his battle roots and take someone to task on a record.  If you’ve heard or seen ‘Fest in a battle, then you know he’s a BEAST with it. via Che’s Twitter: I’m about to diss another rapper fir the first time ever on a…

The Champ of ’08 is back with a brand new, hot off the press, FSD freestyle.  Mick goes ahead and tears Group Home’s “Supa Star” to shreds.  There are way too many quotables on this one for me to even begin to start dropping the jewels on you, so do yourself a favor and check…

The vaults are open today.  Here’s one from Chicago’s hope, Mikkey Halsted.  The track is old, but the title still holds validity to this day.  People, without a doubt, enjoy lying to kick it.  Don’t you? Mikkey Halsted – “Lie 2 Kick It” (Prod. by Needlz)

Some throwback Phil G.  New to some, old to others, dope to all. Phil G – “The Essence”

Here’s some footage from a session GLC hosted featuring Grammy Award winning spoken word artist J. Ivy, singer Tarre Torae (Talib Kweli) and producer Keezo Kane. I see Versatile lurking around as well.

Here’s the original version of Charles Hamilton’s “Starchaser” which was featured on the It’s Charles Hamilton mixtape.  When the mixtape dropped Gerald was no longer on the track, but he was nice enough to shoot this copy over. Gerald Walker & Charles Hamilton – “Starchaser”

The voice of choice has spoken and the people have selected The Legendary Traxster as the Top Chicago Producer of 2008 in this weeks poll. As usual, the poll sparked quite a bit of controversy from all angles, where I fielded many emails, phone calls and comments, so you can consider this the very last…

All Natural Inc’s DJ Sean Doe has a brand new mixtape on the horizon entitled, Midwest Grit,  which features all new material from Midwest emcees and producers.  Above is the artsy-ish trailer which features a preview of a remix to Astonish’s “Life Ain’t Sweet”. As an added bonus I’ve included a rare Astonish track for…