Category: Chicago

The primeridian midway through a show @ the Darkroom goes live on a Freddie Hubbard tribute with a flip on the classic “ring round the lyrical.” it was a great night… r.i.p. Freddie Hubbard…

The treater of sensitive thug rappers, Japcity, explains himself on Turbo City Radio. Listen here: Japcity Interview

Ruh-roh!  Guess who’s bizack.  We turned over a rock and look what we found! I’m joking people, but hey, it’s nice to see them back together again (even though this is probably just a one-off type of deal), but I hope to hear more in the future, as I always enjoyed their chemistry (pause?).  Ladies and Gentlemen…Boo…

I just got a sneak preview of the video ‘Fest and Konee Rok just filmed for “Rhymefest vs. Big Daddy Kane” from ‘Fest’s latest mixtape, The Manual.  And yes, Big Daddy Kane is in the video.  Warm it up, Kane! This is all I’m able to share with you for the time being (shouts to…

E makes a rare on camera appearance on this one, and it’s straight comedy. What’s he going to do with that belt? “Don’t hurt ’em”

Yes, of course Mick Luter is going to shoot a video for “Dumb it Down”, from the upcoming mixtape he’s doing with Fake Shore Drive and DJ G-Spot, entitled Righteous Kill.  Why?  Why not. Mick recently teamed up with camera wizard and Vimby point person, Noah Banks, to shoot the clip for “Dumb it Down”,…

Reno is omnipresent.

Last week I first received a message from Sean over at the LupEnd blog, asking me if I knew what was going on with GemStones.  Apparently, his Twitter account has been deleted, and his Myspace page no longer bares the GemStones moniker and he’s now going by his government, Demarco Castle. I tried contacting Gem but was…

Today, OG Neckbone (no seriously, that’s his name), sent me some throwback footage of a young Kanye West working in the studio as well as spitting a few bars. I’m guessing this is 6-7 years old, but it could even be older than that.  It even features some footage at Baseline Studios in NYC with…

You’ve got to understand, Com love the kids. Here Rash reads to a classroom of children in Dayton, OH. And this won’t get one comment.