After making various guest appearances and sliding out the occasional single, Bari (Allen) is ready to be the next member of the Zero Fatigue gang to step out into the light. The St. Louis native keeps it in the family with a feature and production credit from Smino. Monte Booker of course also masterminds the…
After releasing his debut Just Like the Movies last year, followed by the Superstar EP shortly after, Kami went into radio silence mode for a few months. Now he’s linked with frequent producer Smoko Ono for Very Slight, and it’s anything but. Aside from the Chance the Rapper and Joey Purp assist on Reboot, the…
Produced by UG Vavy UG is back at it. After dropping an “Upgrade” on us a couple weeks back, the double threat rapper-producer returns with “Baller Vavy”, and yes, it goes hard per usual. Word on the street is he’s got quite the vault filled with heat, so be on the lookout for more…
For the past several years, Melo Makes Music has carved out himself a spot as one of Chicago’s most unique voices, and he’s gearing up to show this to the world with the release of his first full-length, Hold Your Tongue, due out this week. After dropping off a couple of cuts that didn’t make…
Produced by Nez & Rio and the Social Experiment Joey Purp’s new full-length is only a few days out, but he still decided to hit us with another taste, and this one’s a banger. Click play on “Elastic” below, then expect it at the function this weekend. QUARTERTHING hits September 7th, in case you still weren’t…
Singer, poet, and activist has been on indie radars, Chicago and otherwise, for some time after the release of her EP a couple of years back. Today, she makes her grand entrance with “Kind of Love” the first single from her debut album, Alone at Last. This first drop from the project is a love song…
Ghosts. Blood. Werewolves. Murder. Pizza. Yeah, all of those are colliding as Slice, Austen Vesely’s first full-length feature, releases its first trailer. The film stars Zazie Beatz and Chance the Rapper (also making his film debut), a werewolf, as they work to solve a mystery involving the murder of a local pizza delivery boy (played…
Iris Temple have been mostly taking it easy on the new music front this summer, preferring to do a handful of performances and of course, work. We’re finally seeing the fruits of those labors as the duo has dropped a brand new jam on us, plus announced that a fresh EP is imminent. No word…
It’s official. Reeseynem and Chance have extended the Summer with another banger for the season. Word is the two are set to perform this one on MTV’s Wild N’ Out tonight, so expect to not be getting away from Reeseynem’s latest anytime soon. And that’s the hook.
Z-Money is currently one of Chicago’s best-kept secrets, consistently ranked as one of the favorites of the streets, the arena that really matters. Today, the 1017 signee returns with a new 16-track release that’ll likely put an end to that “secret” part in the very near future, because this is straight fire that can’t be ignored….