Produced by No I.D. Common’s tenth studio album, Nobody’s Smiling, has finally hit shelves and Target‘s offering up an exclusive bonus track with the deluxe edition of the LP titled “City To City”. If this one sounds familiar, it’s because Com originally premiered the song in an trailer for CNN’s Chicagoland series earlier this year….
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New EP: Fluffy – Who Is Fluffy
After dropping her super fresh “Best Friend” single last week, Fluffy returns with her brand new EP, Who Is Fluffy? But there’s no more asking questions, you’re about to find out today. Fluffy shall not remain nameless anymore. Find out who she with this action packed EP, which you can stream (and buy for $3)…
Video: DotKom f/ D.jbari – Bees In The Back
Directed by George Sol I gushed about this song when it dropped a few months back. The beat was solid, Dot’s verse was crazy and D.jbari came out of nowhere with an amazing contribution. Today they emerge with the video and it makes the experience even better. If you couldn’t already tell, I enjoy bugged…
The Boy Illinois – Off Shore Banking
“We don’t chase banks, we just ship it overseas” The Boy Illinois takes it back to the BET Uncut era and utilizes the instrumental from Benzino’s “Bellowzino” as the canvas for his latest drop, “Off Shore Banking”. This joint is just another loosie to prepare people for Illi’s new project, Pointe: New Age Colonialism, scheduled…
Video: The Remix Project Opens @ Lacuna In Pilsen
A big salute to our friends over at the Lacuna Artist Lofts in Pilsen and the Cacciatore family for giving back by opening up a school for Chicago’s at-risk youth. The Remix Project, which just kicked off their first program of the year, was profiled today on ABC7. What is the Remix Project you ask?…
Video: SCC – Small Circle Cliq
Directed by Josh Martin. Produced by Montana Macks. I swear if this was 1995, this video would be getting some heavy spins on MTV on some YBT type steez. The beat is definitely a throwback, but super fire. Some unique raps and snaps as well, as these three amigos give it up for the town…
Video: Drunken Monkeee – Sin
Directed by 85mmAway At this rate, we’re only getting new Drunken Monkeee pieces once every two years. Looking back into the FSD files, the last two posts from him were in 2012 and 2010 respectively. Then 2009. Well, even after a hiatus, Monkeee still goes apeshit. Here’s his latest from the belly of the beast….
Video: Brian Fresco f/ Tree – Rose
Soul Trap. SaveMoney. What happens when you mesh the two camps together? Well, you get SoulMoney, that’s what. With Brian Fresco on the mic, and Tree on the tracks, these two have teamed up to drop an EP of epic proportions. No seriously, this joint is about to be crazy. Today they bless us with…
FSD Feature: Vic Lloyd Talks New Ventures, Improving Culture & Possible Boardroom Reunion
Video by Hooli (@HooliYNO) Chicago fashion legend, Vic Lloyd, sat down with FSD last week at Fat Tiger Workshop to talk about his new boutique, improving urban culture and a possible reunion of the now-disbanded supergroup, Boardroom (you know you’ve been waiting on that!) He also talks about how Boardroom and FSD had an interesting encounter back in 2007 that…
Novacane f/ Ty Money, Chin Chilla Meek & Bodi Deeder – Cash Out
Producer Novacane unleashes some ‘get rich to this music’ with his latest endeavor, Cash Out. The all-star posse cut features the ensemble of Ty Money, Chin Chilla Meek and Bodi Deeder. Novacane laces the beat and the hook, and gives out as a small taste of what he can put together.