While visiting Tim Westwood’s radio show in the UK in ’05, ‘Ye spit for thirteen (yeah, thirteen) minutes over his own beats. Classic footage, classic ‘Ye. Check it out above. Kanye’s new LP, Yeezus, drops June 18th.
Category: Chicago
Doe B – WTF [Prod. by Young Chop]
Alabama represenative and Hustle Gang affiliate Doe B borrows a Chop beat for this new joint, which can be found on Trap-A-Holics’ Trap Music: Gold & White Edition mixtape.
Grade Aplus – Red Velvet
Produced by Mike Jaxx. Grade Aplus smooths it out for his latest drop, “Red Velvet”. And no, this isn’t a song about cake — or is it? Press play below and find out for yourself.
Vyle – FLASHBACK
It’s been a while since we’ve heard from Vyle on FSD, but he reemerges today with “FLASHBACK” a futuristic joint from his forthcoming project, #NORMA, which drops on May 28th. The album includes new joints, loosies, rarities and unreleased gems featuring Flosstradamus, GLC, Teki Latex, Mickey Monday, G.O.D. Jewels and Anti-Pop Consortium. Sounds solid, no?…
Video: TI at Power 92’s Power 2 Change Event
On Monday, May 20, Chicago’s Power 92 (92.3) launched a new initiative called Power 2 Change. The event kicked off at Gwendolyn Brooks College Prep with the Grand Hustle boss, TI. Tip spoke on the violence plaguing the city as well as how programs such as Power 2 Change can have a positive effect. He…
Giftz f/ Tree & SaveMoney – Nino [Remix]
Produced by Tree. Giftz’ “Nino” was one of the best tracks to drop last year. So good that, Giftz rounded of a few of SaveMoney’s finest and MC Tree to give the track the remix treatment almost a year later. Better late than never, right? Joey Purp, Kami de Chukwu, Dally Auston, Brian Fresco and…
Video: L.E.P. Bogus Boys f/ Lil Wayne & Mase – Commas
Directed by The Ghettonerd Company. Produced by Southside and TM88 of 808 Mafia. After running as MTV Jams’ Jam Of The Week and premiering a few days ago on 106 & Park, the official visual for L.E.P.’s collaboration with Lil Wayne and Mason Betha is finally on the net. What’s better than commas? Commas after…
Le$ f/ Smoke DZA – Autobahn [Prod. by Thelonious Martin]
Houston emcee Le$ takes it to Harlem and grabs Smoke DZA for this new joint, produced by the Windy’s own Thelonious Martin. The autobahn isn’t anywhere to be found here, but you can definitely cruise on the Dan Ryan or Lake Shore Drive to this one. Check it out below.
Jhene Aiko – Comfort Inn Ending [Prod. by No I.D.]
Def Jam songstress Jhene Aiko liberates a new No I.D.-produced track via her Tumblr. Jhene’s Souled Out LP is scheduled to impact later this year. Props to Mikey for the heads up.
Chance The Rapper Headed On European Tour w/ Macklemore
Chance recently announced he was headed on tour with Mac Miller this summer, but what you didn’t know is that he’s linking with another Mack to hit Europe. Yeah, he’s taking Acid Rap overseas as support for Macklemore and Ryan Lewis’ journey across the pond. Chance and Macklemore took to Twitter to announce this just…