Earlier this year, Common hit the Sundance Film Festival to premiere LUV which he stars in. The film, which also stars Michael Rainey Jr., marks director Sheldon Candis’ feature film debut and Com’s first starring role. The plot centers around an ex-con who’s released from prison and begins to mentor his troubled nephew who’s an orphan….
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Mixtape: St. Millie – No Religion But Up
St. Millie’s been making an name for himself with the quality music’s he been dropping over the past few months and today he finally delivers his debut effort, No Religion But Up. Not too familiar with Millie? Well, this project is the perfect introduction as it contains fifteen new and original tracks from the rising…
Video: Sneaker Pimps Chicago 2012 @ The Mid
Courtesy of Elevator. This past Friday, the Sneaker Pimps exhibition tour rolled into Chicago. Some of the Windy’s finest including Caleb James, L.E.P., King Louie, YP and more hit the stage. Missed it? Catch a bit of what went down up top.
Maserati Deeder – Kiss & Tell
DJ Honorz drops off a new joint from his forthcoming Midwest Invasion mixtape featuring none other than Maserati Deeder. Don’t forget to check out Deeder’s project with Blanco Caine, V-12 Muzik, if you haven’t yet. Kiss & Tell
Video: 2 Chainz Live @ Metro
2 Chainz’ Based On A T.R.U. Story Tour rolled into the Windy last night and Zae was on hand to catch it on film. With Cap-1 alongside him, 2 Chainz ran through his countless crowd favorites for the sold-out show at Metro. Catch the two performing “Turn Up” up top.
Sir Michael Rocks Covers Jenesis Magazine
For Jenesis Mag’s September issue, Sir Michael takes cover duty. Shot by Ten Photos. This month we’re featuring The Cool Kids member and Toothpick Clique leader Sir Michael Rocks. Also since signing with Jet Life Recordings last October, Sir Michael has been hard at work releasing Premier Politics 1 & 1.5 and Lap of Lux which…
Video: Freddie Gibbs’ Baby Face Killa Listening Event
Courtesy of ATL TV. Recently, Gangsta Gibbs held a private listening session for his highly-anticipated Baby Face Killa project at NY’s Premier Studios. There aren’t any previews of the music in the footage, but I can assure you that BFK will be a problem. The project (which is rumored to drop this Tuesday) is set…
Video: L.E.P. Bogus Boys Live @ The Mid
Last night, the Sneaker Pimps exhibition hit The Mid for it’s Chicago show which featured performances from L.E.P., YP, Treated Crew, Honey Cocaine, Skyzoo and more. Check out the footage above for a bit of Count and Moonie’s set.
King Louie f/ YP – Life
You may remember this Mr. E-produced track from Lou’s recently released Showtime mixtape, but this version doesn’t feature the Trap-A-Holics’ tags. Drilluminati coming soon. Life Related: YP & King Louie – Rub A Dub
Ibn Inglor – Gold
Produced by E.N.O.N. Jacobs. In preparation for his GawdsSpeed project due out later this fall, Ibn Inglor liberates a new freebie. I hope y’all still aren’t sleeping on the 18-year-old emcee. This one’s short, but tough.