For track eight from Lu’s F&L2, he urges everyone to put their hands up high over a soundscape provided by 1500 Or Nothin’. Saying that this one’s dope is an understatement. Food & Liquor 2: The Great American Rap Album, Pt. 1 hits stores and digital retailers September 25th.
Category: Chicago
Video: Thello Jay – His Era
Directed by Tyler Jones. The title track from Thello Jay’s recently released His Era receives the visual treatment for his latest offering. Look closely and you’ll see Bad Boy representative Los, who Thello performed alongside at Reggie’s this past weekend. Check out a preview of Thello’s upcoming vlog series after the jump, also.
Martin $ky – Elevator
Produced by The Fortified Sounds and Doc Da Mindbenda. Martin $ky’s rising to the top like elevators and he’s reinforces that with this new joint.
G.O.O.D. Music’s Cruel Summer First Week Sales Projections
After a few delays, last week’s leak and yesterday’s weird absence from the iTunes store, the G.O.O.D. Music LP is set to sell in the 170-190K range it’s first week according to HDD. Not bad considering all of the minor issues the LP faced upon release, right? Right? The remastered version of Cruel Summer is…
Mikkey Halsted – Getting To The Money [Prod. by Traxster]
Produced by The Legendary Traxster One of my most anticipated projects for the remainder of 2012 is without a doubt Mikkey and Traxster’s long-awaited collaboration album, MMM Season. Under the moniker (and sometimes rap alias) Money Making Mikkey, Trax and Mikk explore a new sound with all new records and concepts. With this and Castro…
Video: Travel to Chicago w/ Mountain Dew to Meet the City’s Rising Music and Art Stars
A few weeks ago, the good folks at Mountain Dew and Complex Magazine hit Chicago to speak with some of the figures within the music and art communities as part of Mountain Dew’s This Is How We Do Chicago campaign. The campaign is part of the DEWeezy launch, and also to celebrate a Chicago-centric can…
Video: Neak f/ MC ADaD, Rashid Hadee, Slot-A & Sincerely Yours – Who Do You Believe In
Directed by Domi V & APJ Films. The gang’s all here as Neak drops off the eighth visual from his Love Greater//The Prequel LP. Produced by Rashid Hadee. This is pretty nice.
New Album: Thelonious Martin – MCMXCII
Presented by RubyHornet and Dope Couture. In honor of his 20th birthday, Windy city beatsmith Thelonious Martin drops off a new instrumental album. Stream/download below and be sure to wish Thelonious a happy born day.
Jeih Rill f/ D-Edge & Tre-G – My Last Beat
Str8 Slammin’ representative and Gary native Jeih Rill recruits his Slammin’ brethren D-Edge and Tre-G for this joint from his recently released project, Loyalty. You can check out the full project here.
Kamilah Sumner – America
Chicago songstress Kamilah Sumner has a new project dropping on October 1 entitled, Life & Love. It includes production from Needlz, Sweat Box and more, with one sole feature — that being Mikkey Halsted. Here’s one last leak produced by David Ferretti entitled “America.” Check out what she had to say about the record: “America” is a…