It’s been a few weeks since my last FSD Three column, but I had to hold out to bring you something extra special. A piece of history, if you will. For this edition I got with one of Chicago’s most legendary hip-hop groups, Crucial Conflict – more specifically their DJ, QBall – to discuss his…
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Video: The Cool Kids @ Lollapalooza 2011
The Cool Kids along with Kids These Days were easily my two favorite acts at Lollapalooza 2011. Chuck and Mikey’s set was bigger, faster and stronger than anything I’ve ever seen from them in the past, and they had the thousands of crazy kids at Perry’s stage going absolutely apeshit. Unfortunately, the powers that be…
Pics: Hard Rock Hotel’s Miami “Express Yourself” Oasis & EXPRESS ROCKS! SUITE
Year in and year out, the Hard Rock Hotel in Chicago is the place to be over Lollapalooza weekend. I believe this is my fourth year in attendance and probably the most fun yet. With two areas to enjoy, the first being the Miami “Express Yourself” Oasis, you can partake in great products from companies…
Chicago Gives Buddy Guy His Own Street; Shawnna Reacts
Congrats to the Guy family for this honor. Sure people have streets named in their honor, but Wabash? That’s major. Tonight, his daughter Shawnna took to Twitter to praise her Father. CBS: Chicago blues great Buddy Guy now has his own street. The city of Chicago has renamed the stretch of Wabash Street in front…
Video: Power Of Sound Documentary
Salute to everyone involved in this program. I’ll let Javin have the floor: The Power of Sound is a music workshop that provides Chicago Public Schools’ students, involved in the Mentor Advocacy Program, with hands on experience with music industry professionals in an effort to develop and hone their musical talents and industry experience. This…
Tee Jay – I’m A Boss
Mr. Windy City makes a plea for Chicago unity on this freestyle over MMG’s “I’m A Boss.” Tee Jay calls out a handful of rappers by name (mainly artists he’d like to record with), and requests that the hip-hop community in Cook County come together for a greater cause. He raises some interesting points and…
Lupe Fiasco Named Brand Ambassador For Vans OTW
If you’re pushing a product and you want it to be perceived as cool, then there’s no doubt you’d like to pair up with Lupe Fiasco. Well, Vans OTW did just that for 2012 as they’ve named Wasalu their new brand ambassador. Complex: Vans has enlisted the services of Lupe Fiasco for a collection of…
Watch The Throne Projected To Move 400-500k Copies In First Week
In what will no doubt be labeled as the success story of the year, Kanye & Jay’s unleakable collabo album, Watch The Throne, is expected to move around 400,000-500,ooo copies in week one – with the majority of these sales coming digitally. Looks like their idea to upload straight to iTunes was a stroke of…
Video: L.E.P. Bogus Boys – Church Is In Session
Directed by T.E.H.O. Media This is COLD. Now or Neva coming Fall 2011.
Video: GLC Talks Chicago Gangs
GLC sat down with Greedmont TV as part of their “Better Ourselves” series to speak with GLC about the various impacts of Chicago gangs. GLC makes a handful of good points here…