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
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…
FSD Round-Up 12/4/13
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]…
FSD Feature: Would You Rather With Kami De Chukwu
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…
FSD Feature: Copyrights & Wrongs – Chance’s Acid Rap Billboard Charting & How Indie Artists Can Combat Bootleggers
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…
FSD Songs Of The Week 11/22/13
It’s that time of the week again. Do remember, that if the song dropped anytime since last Friday (11/15) 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.
FSD Feature: ZMoney: Mo Money, No Problems
Words by Charne Graham (@88nae88) In just a little over a year, ZMoney has taken the Chicago rap world by storm. This past summer, the 20-year-old artist released two mixtapes, Rich B4 Rap and Heroin Musik on the same day — a bold maneuver for any artist — let alone one introducing his debut project[s] to…
FSD Feature: The 50 Greatest No ID Beats
The music business is quite possibly the most fickle of all industries known to man. One day you’re hot, the next you’re dropped from your label, destitute and Charlemagne’s “Donkey of the Day.” It’s a tough, unforgiving and competitive line of work. The average shelf life for an artist is somewhere between 3-5 years (if…
FSD Feature: Pivot Gang: Where Art Thou Jimmy?
Words by K. Sims A short while back, your twitter timeline might’ve been flooded with the hashtag #JIMMY. Sure, Jimmy was the title of the then-upcoming mixtape from Chicago collective, Pivot Gang. But clearly Jimmy was some sort of shadowy figure associated with the group. Who exactly was Jimmy? Was he a person? Was he a state of…
FSD Songs Of The Week 11/15/13
It’s that time of the week again. Do remember, that if the song dropped anytime since last Friday (11/8) 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.