Words by Leland Bonner (@lelandbfresh) If you’ve been keeping up with the emerging Chicago rap scene as of late, I’m sure you’ve noticed that there is a pool of undiscovered talent that’s just waiting for their turn. It seems like everybody’s clicking up and urging listeners to get down with the movement that’s brewing. Enter…
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Video: BJ The Chicago Kid – I Want You Back
Words by Leland Bonner (@lelandbfresh) Directed by Davy Greenberg BJ drops a visual for “I Want You Back (Chicago Version).” Be sure to grab Pineapple Now & Laters which drops tomorrow via iTunes, just in time for Valentine’s Day. Kendrick Lamar, Prolyfic and Battlecat all show up to contribute.
Kanye West Grammy Count, Sweeps Rap Categories
1 2 3 4 Update: Ye sweeps the rap categories… The show hasn’t even started yet, and Ye already has three: – Best Rap Album for My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy – Best Rap Song for “All of the Lights” – Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for “All of the Lights” – Best Rap Performance for “Otis”…
Spenzo – Keep It Lowkey
Words by Leland Bonner (@lelandbfresh) Produced by Ju Cannon The young kid Spenzo (only 15!) leaks a track from his upcoming mixtape Ain’t U Spenzo set to release soon. If he keeps making tracks like this, I’m sure he’ll have a hard time keeping anything lowkey. Check out Spenzo’s visual for “Windy City,” in case…
FSD Feature: BJ The Chicago Kid: The Real Is Back
Words by Leland Bonner (@lelandbfresh) Not too many can say that they’ve shared the stage with James Brown, toured around the world with the likes of Usher and Jill Scott, and even worked in the studio with Snoop Dogg. To what many seem like a dream, is nothing but reality for singer/songwriter BJ The Chicago…
Video: eGo – Dear Ex….
Words by Leland Directed by Cholly of High Vision Films eGo and High Vision Films team up to drop a visual for “Dear Ex…” off of his debut mixtape “All Work No Play.” Word around town is that eGo has some major collabs coming in the near feature. No question that he’s been working, but…
Video: Bag Money Boys f/ Veto – Kush Blunts
Directed/edited by Young Wonder. Color correction by Danny Manhattan. The Bag Money Boys drop “Kush Blunts” shot in Studio 11, featuring Veto. Produced By Cryptonite.
FSD Feature: Rockie Fresh: Drive Slow, Homie
Words by FSD contributor Leland Bonner (@lelandbfresh) Chicago. The city of ‘Broad Shoulders,’ hella haters, and up-and-coming rap sensation Rockie Fresh. The 21-year-old rapper originally out of Homewood-Flossmoor, Illinois isn’t doing too bad for himself these days. After the release of his debut mixtape, Rockie’s Modern Life, back in 2009 and promptly followed by a…
Uncommon Longevity: Analyzing The Drake vs. Common Beef
Words by FSD contributor Alan (of Hip-Hop Snobs) (@SnobWorthy) Let’s go way back to 1991. The average cost of gas in that particular year was $1.95 and Michael Jordan and the Bulls were on their way to winning their first NBA championship. Before there was such a thing as the XXL Freshmen List or being…
Ebone Hoodrich feat. Shawnna & Bo Deal – Plug Talk (Prod. by Tony Baines)
Produced By Tony Baines. Ebone Hoodrich’s new mixtape Books and Kush is coming soon and he is back with another Tony Baines produced leak — this time featuring Shawna and Brick Squad Monopoly’s Bo Deal.