Category: Chicago

The upcoming mixtape/street album/project from Fake Shore Drive, Brainiac Society and Dope Couture. This five minute, self proclaimed, hood video, let’s us into the mind of Vic Spencer and enlightens us on the project.   The project is due out October 8th, 2009, so stay tuned for leaks on a weekly basis.

Some new music from an upcoming project from Mike 100s & Ruby Hornet.  Tony Baines behind the boards.  Mike 100s – “Cap It” (Prod. by Tony Baines)

Better late than never.  You can thank the guy who moved out of my building who I “borrowed” internet from for that one. Prod. by Boi – 1da.  Track courtesy of NR Drake feat. Kanye West, Lil Wayne & Eminem – “Forever” Related:  This is from the More Than A Game official motion picture soundtrack.  It’s a documentary…

Marc Moran has teamed up with Virgil and Don C to open the RSVP Gallery: “The Parallel Between Pop Art & Luxury” in Wicker Park.  I stopped by the store this weekend to check it out firsthand and I was more than impressed with what they’ve created.  The “curators” have kept the layout extra ‘minimalist’ and feature some…

Directed by the super talented Brandon Riley Here’s a birds eye view into the Red Bull Big Tune Beat Battle that went down in Chicago a few weeks ago.  Congrats are in order to J-Rell, who took home the trophy.  In this recap, lookout for appearances from Little Brother, Just Blaze, Rob Bates, Nascent and…

Produced by the homie Big D Beats… Nephew – “Pressure” (Prod. by Big D Beats)

And you thought it was never coming out! A short while back I teamed up with Drew from Enstrumental and Raphael Nash from Endangered Peace to pay homage to the 1995 finale of Yo! MTV Raps, where they had a room full of elite rappers passing the mic around in a giant cypher.  You may remember it:…

They did the photoshoot for this while they were all over in Japan for Swagger’s 10th anniversary party earlier this month.  You may remember the footage and pics I posted. via Sean

“Frozen” a collaboration from Mr. Halsted and Prolyfic is definitely one of my favorite Mikkey tracks.  Pro’s a beast, and I’m glad this record will be making The Photo Album.  When I first heard the beat I told Pro that it reminded me of an old Tom Petty (ayo!) song, that they used to run…

Damn.  Say it ain’t so.  Looks like Bump copped to the 2007 Oak Park bank robbery to avoid a potential life sentence.  He’s looking at 7 years.  This is tragic.  Hold your head, Bump. Faced with a possible life sentence in federal prison, Chicago rapper Terrance Boykin, aka Bump J, accepted a plea deal that…