Yesterday evening, Gangsta Gibbs took the stage at Pitchfork’s 2010 Festival and absolutely shut it down. I actually had a handful of people tell me that he’d had the best set of the weekend at that point. Fans of all origins and background packed around the stage to watch G.I.’s finest run through a string…
Category: Chicago
Video: The Boondocks [Episode 12, Season 3]
This week we find Robert mixing up the medicine and healing the herbal way. Just say no, kids.
Video: Mikkey Halsted Beat Battle – July 21
The latest installment of Mikkey Halsted’s beat battle will be July 21st at Reggie’s Rock Club. The headlining act will be former FNF soldier GemStones, and there will (as always) be a handful of surprise guests. Be there.
Billy Boi – Superclean (prod. Xcel)
Billy Boi from Shorty Capone’s camp drops his Excel produced single, Superclean. He recently shot the video directed by Alvin Elmore. Expect that to drop closer to his upcoming mixtape, Billy Boi’s Life. Billy Boi – Superclean (prod. Excel)
Video: Yelawolf Live In Chicago
During the mayhem of Pitchfork weekend, Yelawolf slid through Chicago and headlined a set at the Darkroom and brought down the packed house. Yela is absolutely under the rock star act, complete with downing a fifth of Jack Daniels on stage, inviting the females of the crowd to join him, and headbanging like Riki Ratchman to his hits. …
Video: Vic Mensa – Follow Me
One shot. One take. One verse. Directed by Davy Greenberg
Video: O.D. – Real Recognize Real
Directed by Fly Kite Media
$160k Worth Of Fake Jordan’s Seized In South Loop
Well, they weren’t all Jordan’s, but you get the idea. The Sun-Times is reporting that $160,000 worth of bogus Nike’s were confiscated in a raid of a South Loop store called E. Pretty Inc. on 626 W. Roosevelt. The culprit apparently had 1,700 pairs of bototleg Nike’s and if you wanted a pair you had…
ELO feat. 3 Piece – Gettin’ It
Produced by Trailblazerz MPC You should be gettin’ it. No Todd Shaw. ELO feat. 3 Piece – Gettin’ It
Video: GLC, Larry Hoover Jr., Bang & Whiteboy James Speak Youth Salvation [Part 2]
Here we find GLC, Larry Hoover Jr. (the real Larry Hoover Jr.), Bang and Whiteboy James talking youth salvation in Chicago and how to put a stop to the senseless violence. I’ll let GL tell it: Chicago is need of change! Not only Chicago but the entire country is need of progress & prosperity! Larry…