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FSD Feature: 100 Great Chicago Rap Songs Of 2013

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Words by Andrew Barber (@fakeshoredrive), Ty Howard (@someguynamedty), Elyssa Czynski (@czynskers), Alex Gleckman (@andfeedingyou) & Holiday Kirk (@HolidayKirk) With all of the press and media attention Chicago Hip-Hop received in 2012, many thought the scene would fall off or dry up completely in 2013. Too much hype, not enough output, some claimed. The good news,…

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FSD Beats: Von Vuai

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Follow Von Vuai (@VonVuai) FSD Beats sets out to build awareness of Chicago’s top up-and-coming producers — something we have an abundance of. No need to seek other cities for your sound, we have the cream of the crop right here. We’ll be offering up new instrumentals from rising producers weekly — free of charge…

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FSD Songs Of The Week 12/13/13

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It’s that time of the week again. Do remember, that if the song dropped anytime since last Friday (12/6) it’s eligible for the list. Now we aren’t saying these are the BEST songs of the week, but they are the staff’s faves and joints you can catch us bumping in the office.

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FSD Songs Of The Week 12/6/13

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It’s that time of the week again. Do remember, that if the song dropped anytime since last Friday (11/22 — we had last week off) it’s eligible for the list. Now we aren’t saying these are the BEST songs of the week, but they are the staff’s faves and joints you can catch us bumping…

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FSD Feature: The High Road With HighLife

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Interview by  K. Sims (@kae_pasa) Fresh off the release of his popular and jamming new project, HighLife (which has amassed a bit of a cult following), FSD sat down with the man behind the project, Mr. HighLife himself. He dissects a handful of songs from the album, talks his musical influences as well as his…

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FSD Round-Up 12/4/13

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Jo Jo Capone Vlog #6 Weasel Sims – December 4th (Peanut Day) [Prod. by MikeJaxx] MdRuckus f/ Kembe X – A Tribe Called E.M.C.E.E. Jonny Yayo – Loose Squares [Instrumental Album Preview] Hona Costello f/ Tiahna Gennae – TR1P$ Kush Papi f/ Lil Herb – Let’s Get It DJ Honorz – We Major 3.0 [Mixtape]…

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FSD Feature: Would You Rather With Kami De Chukwu

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Created by Cameron Chapleau and Matthew Andreasen for Fake Shore Drive Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, readers, friends, Romans, countrymen. We’re very excited to introduce a brand new series and feature on FSD: Would You Rather? The brainchild of Cameron Chapleau and Matthew Andreasen, this new video segment will feature the Chi’s rising stars answering a…

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FSD Feature: Copyrights & Wrongs – Chance’s Acid Rap Billboard Charting & How Indie Artists Can Combat Bootleggers

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Words by John Miranda, a Chicago-area lawyer and consultant (jmiranda988@gmail.com) Chance the Rapper has famously suggested, much to the delight of industry futurists, that he may never sign to a label. But this summer, Chance’s camp experienced at least one downside to flying solo with a major release. In August, Billboard reported that Acid Rap…

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