Directed by Jonah Schwartz. Produced by Young Chop. Spenzo’s gearing to release his new project, In Spenzo They Trust, and today, Infared Music liberates the first offering. Star in the making? We couldn’t agree more. Get ’em, Spenzo.
Category: Chicago
Paypa f/ Troy Ave – Grinding
Produced by Vinylz. After releasing “R.P.M.” last week, Paypa returns with the second official offering from Henny On The Rocks 3: Kim Jong Ill. NY’s own Troy Ave joins Paypa this time around. Kim Jong Ill impacts early next month. You’ve been warned.
New EP: Giftz x Lokey – Back II The Basics
Rapper Giftz and producer Lokey collide for a seven song EP entitled Back II The Basics. We got an early listen of this project a few weeks ago, and I can attest that it’s quality street music. Lokey’s beats are as pounding and eerie as ever, with Giftz delivering knock out blows with his menacing bars….
DJ Pharris, DJ V-Dub & Sean Mac Win Big At Global Spin Awards
Musicians have the Grammy’s. Actors have the Academy Awards. And now DJs have the Global Spin Awards. The now-annual awards ceremony went down last night in NYC and was hosted by MTV and Shade 45 personality Sway. Big names DJs from across the country were honored, and DJs like Funkmaster Flex, Whoo Kid and DJ…
Video: John Monopoly & Jay Boogie Talk Chicago Hip-Hop History
During a recent encounter in Los Angeles, two legends of Chicago Hip-Hop, John Monopoly and Jay Boogie, reminisce on the ‘golden era’ of rap music in the city. In fact, John John got his first opportunity in the biz back in the early 90s working with Jay Boogie and Da Brat. Here, the OGs loosely…
Video: Guttaville Dough – Where Is My Mind
Directed by Bo G Gutta’ Hard To Kill mixtape, hosted by DJ V-Dub & DJ Citi drops on Black Friday. Here’s a heartfelt record to hold you over until then.
Tony Cartel f/ Mikkey Halsted – Money & Power
Chicago MC recruits Mikkey Halsted to craft on ode to the two things all humans crave: money and power. Newcomer Cartel more than handles his own, and Halsted obviously does his thing, too. Look for this joint to land on Tony’s The Takeover mixtape, due out in the next few months.
French Montana f/ Future & Chinx Drugz – Yayo [Prod. by Young Chop]
Here’s one more Chop-produced track from French’s Mac & Cheese 3, which just hit the e-streets. Super Future and Chinx Drugz assist this time around. End result? A banger. Word has it that French and Future are working on a collaborative project, so hopefully they enlist the talents of Chop for a few more tracks.
dope.boy.magic Unveil The ‘I Wanna F*** Rihanna’ Hat
You may want to tuck your kids into bed before you continue reading this post. If you follow the dope.boy.magic team or any of the various Chicago fashion mavens on Twitter, then you’ve surely seen chatter about #TheHat. Well, today those not in the know got to see just exactly what #TheHat was. Well, from…
The 30 Best Young Chop Beats Of 2012
Words by Bryant Bowens (@arete88) In 2012, Chicago emerged as the ‘it’ city in hip-hop. We’ve witnessed unknown-12-months-ago artists become household names, with many receiving critical acclaim for their mixtapes, and others landing the biggest prize of them all — major label record deals. With all of the accolades and praise Chicago rappers have garnered…