Celebrated Chicago artist, Hebru Brantley, will take his talents across the pond this week as he makes his official solo debut in the UK with this ‘Everyone’s Everything’ exhibit in London. The exhibit is presented by Mead Carney and kicks off tomorrow night, April 10th, and runs through May 3rd. For those readers who happen…
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Video: Danny Brown f/ Purity Ring – 25 Bucks
The latest riveting visual from Danny Brown is here. This time he’s brought Purity Ring along for the ride. Be sure to catch The Old Danny Brown Tour when it slides through your city.
Wandering Angel & Frank Leone – Howlin’ Wolf
Produced by Le’aire Frankie Leone joined forces with spoken word artist Wandering Angel for the introspective “Howlin Wolf,” which may or may not have anything to do with the Chicago Blues legend of the same name. You can find this on Angel’s forthcoming album, Memoirs of a Lyricist.
Video: Dope Fantasy – Evil Vibes
Directed by Visual Meccaent. Produced by C-Sick. Some evil trill vibes from the Dope Fantasy collective. Watch them craft their own real life rap Frankenstein in the hazy video you see above. Be afraid, be very afraid.
New Album: J-Rell – Beat Tape For Nothing
Chicago production wiz J-Rell was in the giving mood today and decided to gift the world a brand new, never-before-heard beat tape for free.99. Yes, it’s the Beat Tape For Nothing. Nada. Zip. Spend your money on something else — like his Respect The Midwest concert at Sub-T tomorrow night (4/9.) Add-2, MarVo and many…
Video: Johnny May Cash f/ Lil Dave – This How We Do
Produced by Young Chop Something new from Johnny May Cash, produced by his brother Young Chop. You can expect this menacing monster to appear on Johnny’s forthcoming EP due out later this year on Chop Squad Records/8 Tray Music Group. This is how he does it where he’s from.
Nicki Minaj f/ Lil Herb – Chi-Raq
Okay, well this is a curveball. Nicki grabs Herb and kicks the Herb/Bibby flow for this new joint called “Chi-Raq.” We told you this years ago, but Herb’s officially out of here now. He pretty much just wrote his own check with this one. Unbelievable.
Future f/ Kanye West – I Won
Produced by Metro Boomin’ Yeah, Future definitely won with this one. Honest drops April 22nd HHNM
The Guys – Pinky
Produced by ultrabeatz4eva The Chicago duo of The Guys are back with a fresh new track dedicated to their favorite porn star adult film actress, Pinky. I thought she was retired? Well if she still is, The Guys brought her back. Wearing the 4-5. The Guys debut mixtape, hosted by Dj Amaris and DrillMasters, should be…
Lucki Ecks On Vocalo Radio’s ‘Block 2 Block’
Lucki Ecks was recently a guest on Vocalo Radio’s (90.7 FM) Block 2 Block segment, where various Chicago artists talk about the neighborhoods and areas in the city that had significant and profound impacts on their musical careers. On this episode, Luck touches on a number of topics, places and events that helped mold the…