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Category: Chicago
Kanye West Drops My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy T-Shirts
Yeezy pairs with contemporary visual artist George Condo for a series of t-shirts inspired by his My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy album. He first introduced these at Coachella 2011, but they are now available for the masses now over at Karmaloop. Hit the jump for more pics. Source
BAINESGOD feat. Boo Sledge & Julio – MCMC
New BAINESGOD produced by Tony Baines, who is, well, the same person? Baines season has returned. Featuring Boo of Boo & Goitt and Julio. Celebrate their car and their chain with them. You can expect a new song from BAINESGOD every Sunday as part of his #BibleStudy series, and lookout for the full mixtape on…
Video: Kanye West feat. Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Nicki Minaj & Bon Iver – Monster
Finally, out of nowhere we have the official clip for “Monster”, via Kanye’s site. Directed by Jake Nava
Video: Grant Parks – Parkstrumentals [Trailer]
Producer Grant Parks is set to drop his new album, Parkstrumentals, on July 26. The album will be available in stores and online and features Sadat X, Grand Daddy IU, KRS-One, Masta Ace, Project Mayhem, Phil G and more. The first single “Know Your Role”, featuring Grand Daddy IU and Sadat X, drops on Tuesday…
Mixtape: DJ MoonDawg x Head Debiase – Midwest Kush 3
MoonDawg and Debiase bring out some heavy hitters for their Midwest Kush 3 mixtape. New joints from Bo Deal, Bump J, Lupe Fiasco, Willie the Kid, MarVo and Naledge. This is serious B.I. Hit the jump for the tracklist and DL link.
Rhymefest Rushed To Hospital After Diabetes Scare
Late last night, a Rhymefest associate took to his Twitter account to announce that ‘Fest had been rushed to the emergency room at risk of falling into a diabetic coma after his sugar levels were 739 (normal levels are around 80). Apparently, the Chicago emcee/activist had the disease for years and had no idea. Scary…
SmooveSmoove – XBox (Prod. by Hurt-M-Badd)
Obviously, I get a ton of artist submissions everyday, and it can be quite the daunting task to try and sort through them all. However, this submission in particular grabbed my attention, as it’s not everyday you get something with “Produced by Hurt-M-Badd” in the subject line. I’ve never heard of SmooveSmoove (he’s from Chicago),…
Mixtape: Billy Da Kid – Audio Mature
Eastside-representer Billy The Kid recently inked a deal with D&D Management (the Chicago label that has a digi deal with Def Jam), and just dropped off his new mixtape Audio Mature. Check it out, and also view his new video below the hop.
Kanye West & Jay-Z Spotted In SoHo, Album Dropping on Def Jam?
It’s not uncommon to see celebs strolling the streets of SoHo, but to catch Kanye and S. Carter wandering around with no security? Well, that’s a site to see. Thursday, TMZ caught the duo on a ‘business walk’ with Bu Thiam, the brother of Akon and exec at Def Jam; presumably discussing Watch The Throne?…