Ahead of his headlining show at Township tomorrow evening, Westside favorite Saba stopped by the Sun Times Network office to talk about what it was like to perform with Chance The Rapper on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, the city’s hip hop scene and more. In an excerpt from the interview, Saba speaks on…
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Video: SD – Rush Hour
Directed by Cole Bennett. Produced by 808 Mafia. No Chris Tucker or Jackie Chan here. SD returns with the latest visual offering from his Just The Beginning project, which dropped back in August. Watch the clip for “Rush Hour” below and download Just The Beginning here after you’re done.
Video: Black Ralphy’L – No One
Black Ralphy’L delivers an official clip for “No One” (a.k.a. Lanes Pt. 1) from his V VI XI EP, which you can watch directly below the jump.
Twista f/ Jeremih & Lil Bibby – Models & Bottles
Produced by Cardiak, Mando, Hitmaka and The UC. Twista’s back with a new single and a brand new EP, Livin Legend, on the way. That’s right — a new EP from the living legend Twista is on the way and for the first single from it, he’s joined by Jeremih and Lil Bibby. Doesn’t get…
Goodbye Tomorrow – eXplosions
Goodbye Tomorrow follows up the awesome “2 Many” with another dope new joint, “eXplosions.” I’ll let GT take it away from here: ‘eXplosions’ is kind of like that same frustration level as ‘2 MANY’…but refocused into a different frequency.The end of ‘2 MANY’ says “fuck you, your perspective is irrelevant, you’ll never take me out my…
Video: Rockie Fresh – Tell Me
Directed by Ryan Chun. Produced by Sevn Thomas. Rockie Fresh serves up the first official offering from his new project, “Tell Me,” in visual form. Watch the video below and look for The Night I Went To…, which serves as the prequel to his MMG debut, to impact in the very near future.
Taylor Bennett f/ Chance The Rapper – Broad Shoulders
The Bennett brothers are back. Although they rarely (if ever) collaborate together, their family ties run deep. And today, they finally give us some brotherly love with “Broad Shoulders” — a new track which will land on Taylor’s forthcoming album of the same name. Taking power from Chicago’s nickname as the city with “Broad Shoulders,”…
Watch ‘Meet The Era,’ A Documentary by THUMP
Directed by Wills Glasspiegel Storied Chicago footwork crew, The Era, got down with Vice’s dance site, THUMP, to film this crazy and in-depth documentary on the troop. It shows the Chicago footworking scene from a footworkers perspective. The film was shot and edited over the last year with director Wills Glasspiegel, the short features dance…
Freddie Gibbs f/ Gucci Mane & E-40 – 10 Times
Produced by Sid ‘Speakerbomb’ Miller. Finally, it’s here. This is an obvious standout from Gibbs Shadow of a Doubt album, which drops tomorrow. Rejoice. I’ve had some time to sit with this project, and this is one of the songs I’ve continued to go back to over and over. It features a street legend and…
Sicko Mobb f/ Jay 4 – Hustler
Produced by 3700 Trav and Ceno are back, this time alongside their compadre Jay 4. This is straight hustler music set to a bouncy autotune-lined back drop. Yep, these Westside riders give us some everyday theme music as we continue to wait for their official RCA/Polo Grounds release — hopefully coming next year. Listen to…