Words by Marisol “Pinqy Ring” Vélez (@PinqyRing) There’s always going to be the “Great Hip-Hop Debate.” You know it: Is Hip-Hop dead? What is “real” Hip-Hop? Is what’s on the radio right now ever going to satiate the purists palate? Isn’t Hip-Hop evolving? What’s so wrong with change? Regardless of that (seemingly endless) discourse, my qualm lies…
Category: Chicago
FSD Beats: Blockondatrakk
Follow Blockondatrakk (@Blockondatrakk) FSD Beats sets out to build awareness of Chicago’s top up-and-coming producers — something we have an abundance of. No need to seek other cities for your sound — we have the cream of the crop right here. We’ll be offering up new instrumentals from rising producers weekly — free of charge…
Video: Tha Pope f/ Boss Woo – Go Up
Directed by DGainz. Tha Pope and Boss Woo link for Pope’s latest visual. Turn up? No, M.U.B.U. and go up.
Pitchfork Music Fest Announces Full Lineup, Set Times
‘Tis the season for Chicago music festivals, and in mid-July (July 13-15 to be exact) we’ll be getting the seventh edition of the Pitchfork Music Fest. Held annually at Union Park, this years installment boasts hip-hop acts such as Big K.R.I.T., Kendrick Lamar, Danny Brown, ASAP Rocky, Schoolboy Q and ARAABMUZIK. Today they released the…
Video: Spenzo & Chance The Rapper In The Studio
Shot and chopped by DGainz. Recently, Spenz and Chance The Rapper hit Pressure Point studios to go in over a King Kito-produced track. This one sounds pretty serious. Can’t wait to hear the finished product.
Longshot f/ Big Zach, Slim Chance, & Tammi Love – Lazy Dayz
Produced by TGIK Long launches something for the summer — he calls this one “Last Dayz,” and it’s set to appear on his Live From The Gravebomb Vol.2, which drops on June 12.
Gzus Piece – Ain’t This Some Sh**
Produced by Mike Jaxx Over a nicely chopped Do or Die sample, Gzus Piece drops a new track, that may or may not appear on his Closed Sessions EP entitled, F*** Y’all. Asterisks everywhere. Be sure to check out his show with Suli tonight at Alive One (6/8). Details on that below. aint this some shit bounce
Preston San – Serve You Up
Produced by Mojek Save Money representative Preston San offers the first track from his upcoming EP Community Service scheduled to drop mid June. The Save Money army is alive and well. Serve You Up
Plug x Katie Got Bandz – Throwin’ Bandz
Produced by Snapbackondatrack The Plug gets with Snapback and KGB to throw some bandz. And for a band anthem, who better to get than KAATIEEE? Good look getting that ad-lib out of your head tonight. 01 throwin bandz
Residue Reed – Where The Stove At?
On his new leak, Reside Reed asks the ever-popular question: “Where The Stove At?” …For dinner of course. They Call Me RESIDUE on the way.