Category: Chicago

Naledge Born pays homage to the late-great James Yancey. To celebrate the release of J Dilla’s new LP, Naledge lets go of a couple Dilla Freestyles. These were also contenders for The Chicago Picasso, which is dropping June 30th featuring Jay Electronica, Bun B, Rhymefest, Mickey Factz and others. Naledge – “Flow From The Go”…

You guys remember the Drake show from a few weeks ago, right? The concert was one of the most talked about, and discussed shows that I can remember in Chicago, and Timbuck2, who spun at the event, was smart enough to record it. Tim got with Mike Kolar masterer (is that a word?) extraordinaire to…

G.O.O.D. Music has pretty much just pwned this week, no? Big shouts to Dre, the technical genius, for the rip game proper.  This is not the CDQ, but you get the idea.

A Gangsta Grillz Special Edition, brought to you by DJ Drama and DJ Skee. So Kells is dropping mixtapes these days?  Why is is called The Demo?  Are Boo & Gotti on it?  Is Rockland still a label?  When you say teenage, how old do you mean? R. Kelly – The Demo

via GLCity: First off, I’d just like to thank everyone for believing! There’s a lot of people saying where we could of been if this was released in 04. I no longer wanna deprive the people of their rights! You have the right to embrace my concept as well as those of Kanye, Consequence &…

Follow Mikkey Halsted and the Uncrowned City fam, as they rotate through the Windy City to do a magazine photo shoot, put the finishing touches on “The News Pt. 2” video, and hit the DJ RTC and Friends event at the Do Division Fest.

I knew GL and the Christian Rich brothers went in a recorded this Saturday night while both parties were in Chicago, but I didn’t know it was going to leak this soon.  I guess Church was in fast forward.  Ding! Oh yeah, this was produced by Christian Rich, to boot. GLC feat. Christian Rich –…

I’ve been in the mood to post classic/unheard/rare/hidden gems as of late, so here’s another one.  Now, before all of you Twista stans start to go ape shit, yes, I know that some of you may have it, but I’m guessing a large percentage of the FSD readers don’t (or haven’t…in a long time), and I…

Da Internz take the track they brought Mims back with, and put a Chi-Town spin on it, enlisting the services of Hot 2 Def and Kells. The Chi Mix is crazy! Hot 2 Def feat. R. Kelly – “Move (Chi Mix)” (Prod. by Da Internz) Props to Kosine!

The King of the New School chats with Wayne MT of UpSide of DoWn News.  They discuss Mic T being named the Chicago Reader’s emcee of the year and we hear what Mic T has in store for the future, his influences and more.