Words by Aaron Navarro (@aaronlarnavarro) Produced by THEMPEOPLE and Kaytranada The Artful Dodger is a character from Charlie Dickens’ novel, Oliver Twist, who is best known for being skillful and cunning. Mick Jenkins is a rapper from Chicago, best known for his skillful flow and cunning wordplay. Everything is connected. #staywoke Check out Mick’s latest…
Category: Chicago
Towkio and Joey Purps – Body Bags Freestyle
Produced by Smoko Ono While down in Austin for SXSW, Towkio and Purps got with DJ Booth/Audiomack for a studio session which lead to the freestyle track you can find below. Smoko Ono killed this beat — this joint absolutely slaps. There’s also an accompanying vide below. Get both now.
Snoh Aalegra – In Your River
Produced by Christian Rich Snoh is back with the second release from her Don’t Explain mini-album, which is due out on April 8th via Artium. Today’s release was produced by Chicago’s own Christian Rich, with some assistance from Badbadnotgood. Float on below.
Video: Bryan Ford f/ Pugs Atomz x Killah Priest & Awdazcate – FOHH
Produced by Bryan Ford Pugs’ band leader, Bryan Ford, put together this dope track/video called “FOHH” — which basically calls into question the Future of Hip-Hop. Where are we going? Where have we been? Well, he assembled the team of Killah Priest, Pugs Atomz and Awdazcate to tell it like it t.i. is. Apparently this…
Lud Foe – Rollz
A DJ Victoriouz Exclusive Lud Foe’s name has been ringing as of late, and rightfully so. He has a unique style — especially in the Chicago scene. So it’s no surprise that fans and tastemakers are starting to pay attention. Today, the rising artist links up with DJ Victoriouz to hit K.O.D and throw some…
Video: Lil Mouse – Take Somethin
Directed by Basik Da Kidd. Produced by XJ Beats. The city keeps on making it, and Mouse keeps on taking it. And today, he takes it a step further with the video for “Take Somethin.” Don’t be Mouse Myers’ next victim — stains will be hit. Check out the vide below.
Kweku Collins f/ Jamila Woods – Ego Killed Romance
The Closed Sessions crew offers up another excellent collaboration as Kweku Collins links up with fellow CS signee, Jamila Woods, for this smooth self-produced release, cleverly titled “Ego Killed Romance.” Kweku has been steadily building himself quite the buzz over the past year or so, and 2016 is looking to be a huge leap forward…
New Project: Adamn Killa – Back 2 Ballin’
Adamn balls til he falls on his new release, Back 2 Ballin’, which features 13 new tracks alongside Blank Body, Shlomo, DJ Smokey and many more. There’s also a song called “Shawn Kemp” which is awesome for obvious reasons.
Zaramela f/ Eryn Allen Kane – Sober Up
Artwork by Nick Appel Continuing the run they started with their Saba-assisted last joint, genre-bending band Zaramela is here with a new single for us. This time, they decide to recruit rising star Eryn Allen Kane for some sultry vocals. The result is an oh-so sweet blessing for all of us — intoxicated or not….
Sir Michael Rocks Announces ‘Populair 2’ & Drops “How Are You So Calm”
Good news for fans of Sir Michael Rocks — he’s dropping a brand new album in a matter of days — April 8th to be exact — and it’s the follow up to the very great Populair he dropped last year. This one is part deux and today he kicks his promo campaign into motion…