July isn’t that far away and today, Pitchfork decided to give everyone another reason to look forward to the summer. The second round of artists announced for this year’s Pitchfork Music Festival includes plenty of familiar names — Danny Brown, ScHoolboy, Earl, Hudson Mohawke, SZA, Isaiah Rashad and Chicago’s own DJ Rashad and DJ Spinn…
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Mic Terror – I Can’t Hear You
Produced by Mike Jaxx Closed Sessions Records recently partnered with Spotify for a deluxe and reloaded version of Mic T’s debut, Fresh Prince of Darkness. The project dropped a couple of weeks back but now it’s back bigger and deffer. Included on the redux is a remix of “15 Minutes” featuring a new Hollywood Holt verse,…
Frankie08 f/ Rockie Fresh – Lake Shore Drive
Frankie08 smooths things out and grabs Rockie Fresh for his latest drop, “Lake Shore Drive”. It might be a little too chilly to bump this one on LSD with the windows down right now, but we strongly recommend doing that once it warms up. Frankie’s new project, Creme Brulee, is scheduled to impact later this…
Video: Soul Food For Thought w/ Tree & CharlieRED
During a recent trip to NYC, MC Tree posted up outside of Sylvia’s Restaurant with Chauncy Sherod of CharlieRED and spoke on Soul Trap, his place in Chicago’s music scene, the reality of the city’s street culture and much more. Creative Control was on hand to catch it all on film, so press play above,…
JDott Trife – Funeral Muzik
Produced by DJ O-ZoNe JDott Trife is back with a new project aptly titled, Trife. The Trife life is back. Today we get the first shot, and it comes in the form of “Funeral Muzik,” produced by Trife’s righthand man, DJ O-ZoNe. Listen to the song of the dead below.
FSD Feature: 10photos Goes IMAX 3D
Today, we bring you an FSD Feature of another kind—this one coming from famed Chicago photographer, 10photos. If you know 10, then you know he’s been putting in work for years with his unique photography and keen eye for shots. In fact, many times his style is so distinct that you can immediately tell it’s…
Video: Rockboy K9 – #PRAISEGOD
Directed by LOAF With Rockboy Bam on the assist, K9 praises the Lord with this technically advanced offering.
Jesse Medina f/ Ab-Soul, Sir Michael Rocks & Anya Kvitka – Riddims 2.0
Sir Mike joins a distinguished group of artists for this new joint with Jesse Medina at the helm. This is “Riddims 2.0.” And you’re probably gonna like it. I know I do. Ab-Soul and Anya Kvitka join in on the fun.
Video: ZMoney Talks 3MPIRE @ SXSW
ZMoney made his presence felt down in Austin last week, as he was seemingly at all of the major events, and even posted up for a whole evening at Ruth Chris to take meetings. Boss move. Fact TV was able to catch up with the Westside don for a quick interview, where he gives us…
FSD Feature: So Awesome: The ShowYouSuck Interview
Interview by Holiday Kirk (@HolidayKirk) Towards the end of our interview as I was packing up my equipment I asked ShowYouSuck (Clinton Sanford) when he first heard he had his own Wikipedia page. “I have a Wikipedia page?” was his truly awestruck reply. He drew his iPhone with the speed of a old west gunslinger…