It’s that time of the week again. Do remember, that if the song dropped anytime since last Friday (7/3) it’s eligible for the list. Now we aren’t saying these are the BEST songs of the week, but they are the staff’s faves and joints you can catch us bumping in the office.
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FSD Feature: Do What You Love: How Netherfriends Never Ends
Words by 119’s Jackson Duncan (@119Chicago) From the suburbs of northwest Philadelphia, born and raised, this is a story where Uncle Phil and Beverly Hills are replaced by the adopted city of Chicago and its current incarnation of a budding hip-hop scene. Making heads turn at every show with his unique style and explosive on stage…
FSD Feature: Pass Me The Aux Cord – What We Heard This Weekend
Words by Ryan Chandler (@NayrRyChi) Chicago’s 4th of July weekend is always explosive. People throughout the city took in many events the city has to offer. Whether you watched the lakeside fireworks (or your eyelids), chowed down at a cookout 0r went to the Grateful Dead concert — there was plenty to do. Chicago’s traffic was…
Reddit User Claims To Have Recorded Kanye West’s Entire New Album
Ruh roh. While we all wait patiently (and impatiently) for Kanye’s new album, it appears that a Reddit user may have gotten an early preview. A Reddit user posted a thread a little over a hour ago claiming that he heard and recorded Kanye’s entire new LP from outside of a building and uploaded the…
FSD Calendar: 5 Things To Do This Weekend & Beyond
It’s the weekend and you can’t figure out where you’re going or what you’re getting into — sound like an issue you’re having? Well, that’s where the FSD Calendar comes in. Every weekend, we’ll be highlighting concerts and other events worth checking out over the weekend and the following week. Want to know what’s going…
FSD Songs of the Week 7/3/15
It’s that time of the week again. Do remember, that if the song dropped anytime since last Friday (6/26) it’s eligible for the list. Now we aren’t saying these are the BEST songs of the week, but they are the staff’s faves and joints you can catch us bumping in the office.
FSD Feature: The 20 Best Detroit Songs of 2015 (So Far)
Words by Detroit’s own Taylor Greer Yeah, we know that FSD is primarily a Chicago site. But if you’ve been paying attention, then you know we’re showing the entire Midwest love these days. We’re highlighting every market located in the middle of the map — especially the Motor City.
FSD Feature: Frank Leone – Into The Wild
Photos courtesy of Transmental Words by Tara Mahadevan (@mhdvn) It isn’t often that cleaning leads to rapping, but that was the case for 19-year-old Frank Leone, who, one day while tidying up his bedroom, thought, “I would rather be rapping than cleaning my room right now.” So at 15, he took a pen to paper and…
Hebru Brantley Covers Michigan Avenue Magazine
Amazing. Chicago artist Hebru Brantley can’t be stopped right now. The boy behind the Fly Boy continues to float sky high — this time gracing the cover of this summer’s Michigan Avenue Magazine. They honor the Chicago painter by giving him a multiple page spread, and an interview conducted by none other than Lupe Fiasco. Yeah,…
FSD Feature: Geniuses Need Love Too: An Appreciation of Kidz in the Hall
Words by Alec Siegel (@bigasiegs) When the subject of the most influential Chicago hip-hop artists of the ‘90s and ‘00s is brought up, I can guarantee mention of the usual suspects: Kanye West, Common, Twista, Lupe Fiasco, Crucial Conflict, Do or Die, etc. But when is the last time you heard someone mention Kidz in the…