Follow A-Villa (@AVillaMusic) 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 Feature: LDRSkate: A Different World
Words by Leland Bonner (@LelandBFresh) Date back 10 years, the location of 1354 E. 53rd street in Chicago’s historic Hyde Park community housed a small and quaint clothing shop that just like any burgeoning business experienced its growing pains. 10 years later and after several location changes, that same 1,700 square foot storefront would amass…
FSD Feature: Fatboi Fresh Bans Five Things In 2013
Words by Fatboi Fresh (@FatandUGLYaseva) Out with the old and in with the new. Although the hip-hop media usually reserves these conversations for artists, I feel like we’ve been in limbo the past few years when it comes to trends. Nowadays, it’s never been cooler to do exactly what everyone else is doing within hip-hop…
Food & Liquor II: Lupe Fiasco’s Fruition of Revolutionary Rap
Words by Marisol Vélez (@PinqyRing) Opening with politically-driven spoken word intro “Ayesha Says”, it is imminently implied that Lupe Fiasco is a man on a mission in his newest project Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album. The 16 song release, which dropped on September 25th, is a prodigious pill to swallow if you’ve…
Another Kanye West Sextape Surfaces
Wow — they just won’t let this man live. After the news broke last week that a 20 minute sextape starring Yeezy was lifted from a computer and was being shopped, TMZ reports that yet another video has surfaced and is making its rounds. This one is 40 minutes long and features an ex-girlfriend. This…
Is This The Girl From Kanye’s Alleged Sextape?
As the rumors surrounding Kanye’s alleged sextape continue to swirl — mainly, does it exist — Global Grind is reporting that the co-star is likely Monyy Monn, a 25-year-old model from California. The model does bear a striking resemblance to Kim Kardashian, and is without a doubt a banger. In other news, Vivid Entertainment is…
FSD Songs Of The Week
*Week ending 9/21/12 We’re rolling out a new weekly feature on FSD, where we’ll be highlighting our favorite songs of the week. If it dropped anytime since our last list (9/14) it’s eligible. Now we aren’t saying these are the BEST songs of the week, but they are the staffs faves and joints you can…
FSD Beats: Boogie Tip Top
Follow Boogie Tip Top (@boogietiptop) 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…
Kanye West Sextape Being Shopped
It appears some people will stop at nothing to slander or damage Kanye’s name in some shape or form. This morning Radar Online is reporting that they’ve seen a Kanye West sextape that’s currently being shopped for purchase. People can watch legit tapes from real people at amateur onlyfans accounts. Kanye or not, the last…
14 Chicago Projects We’re Anticipating In Fourth Quarter
Like it or not, fourth quarter 2012 is here. Hoody season, holidays and the fall are all currently staring us in the face. And in music, the big guns — signed and unsigned — usually show up in 4Q to drop projects before the year comes to a close. With the summer over, listeners are…