Category: Features

Fin. This is the final installment of FSD’s interview with Chicago music legend, George Daniels. Thanks to everyone who has stuck around and watched the entire series. This is definitely one of those interviews where I’m out and about and people say to me “Thanks for doing this, I learned so much, this was really…

In part 4 of our extensive interview with Chicago music man George Daniels, he gets down to the nitty gritty and explains his role in the retail biz. Do you want to learn some good game and hear a true hustler school you on his wise ways?   Well, then you’re gonna want to tune in….

As you know, I rarely interview out-of-towners on FSD, since…this…is a Chicago site after all.  But sometimes you have to make exceptions when heavy hitters come to the table.  And when the Doggfather comes calling, it’s imperative that you answer.  It was an honor and pleasure to be able to interview one of my favorite,…

In part 3 of the Fake Shore Drive interview with George Daniels, George talks the age demographic of music and how his generation has just been swept under the rug. He also discusses timeless music, “gangster” rap, when Hip-Hop first came about and how negative music effects the younger generation. Later in the interview he speaks…

“Back then there was one Frank Sinatra. One Tony Bennet. One James Brown. One Aretha Franklin. One Temptations. One Gladys Knight. One Bobby Womack. One Al Green. And if you sounded like someone, God bless you, but you didn’t get recorded, because radio wouldn’t play you” In Part 2 of my interview with George Daniels,…

Filmed and Produced by Brandon “N2ition” Riley I know you guys have been waiting on this, and we’ve had a bit of a delay, but I promise you it’s worth the wait. I recently sat down with legendary Chicago music icon, George Daniels, for an exclusive and in-depth interview. If you’re unfamiliar with George, you should know that…

Part 2 of Dallas Wright’s interview with legendary Chicago emcee Juice. Here he talks “Freestyle vs. Written” and even kicks a freestyle for us at the end. Smarten up. Previously: FSD Interviews Juice [Part 1]

FSD checks in with Gary, Indiana’s own Freddie Gibbs, while he was in Chicago on Monday night (more like Tuesday morning) to record a track with Mikkey Halsted for Fake Shore Drive & producer Maja 7th’s collaboration mixtape The Breakout. Here we find Gangsta Gibbs live from Soundscape Studios after laying his verse and hook for…

As you probably know, Rahid Hadee’s 808s & Hadee is hands down one of my favorite projects to drop in a very long time. You’ve probably seen or heard me raving about over the past few weeks.  Dallas and I were talking about some upcoming interviews and features we’re going to be doing for the…

I’d like to first introduce everyone to the latest addition to FSD, our new intern Dallas Wright.  His first order of business was to interview with storied Chicago battle emcee and lyrical acrobat, Juice. In Part 1, Dallas and Juice catch up in Hyde Park to discuss a wide array of topics, including Juice’s career, his history…