Common’s Common Ground Foundation and Kanye West’s Donda’s House Inc. will be teaming up with the Chicago Urban League for a new youth jobs initiative and a new music festival, AAHH! Fest. Common made the announcement during a press conference yesterday at the Museum of Contemporary Art alongside Rhymefest of Donda’s House and later released…
ProbCause – Chicago Style
Produced by Fortified Sounds and Drew Manita. ProbCause goes hard for the hometown on “Chicago Style”, the first single from his forthcoming WAVES LP. A nod to “Adrenaline Rush” and juke in the same song? Job well done, Prob. Check out “Chicago Style” below. WAVES drops later this year.
Blood Money – Believe In Da Glo
DJ Hustlenomics lets go of an unreleased record from the late Blood Money a.k.a. Big Glo, which was set to appear on his upcoming project. Give “Believe In Da Glo” a listen below.
Chella H – Clarification
Produced by Boogz This is one of Chicago’s favorite instrumentals. Seriously. Bump and Sly rocked over this years ago, and then two years back there was a popular posse cut that dropped over this beat featuring Mikkey, Bump, Sly, Chella and many more emcees. Well today, Chella gives us an entire joint over this Chi…
Icy Duck – Shabba Ranks (Freestyle)
New Lawless Inc. recruit, Icy Duck, kicks some heavyweight bars over one of the best beats from last year: “Shabba Ranks.” SHABBA!
Ill Legit f/ E. Jones – No More
Produced by Mike Rich That weak ish? They don’t wanna hear that no more. Ill Legit and E. Jones pontificate on how the game would differ if all the wack emcees were to perish. Check out Ill Legit and E. Jones opening up for MC Eiht tonight at the Shrine at 9pm.
C. Rich – Beautiful
Produced by Na$im Williams & DC Singer/songwriter, C. Rich, connects with Treated Crew producer Na$im Williams and producer/engineer DC to craft the beautiful “Beautiful.” This a tale of heading to storied gentlemen outlet, The Factory, with your lady friend. This is interesting to say the least. Check it out below. Grab C. Rich’s last project,…
Video: Verbal Kent – Body The Beat
Produced by Khrysis. Directed by Arvid Wuensch. A fresh new video from Verbal Kent and Khrysis’ collaborative album, Sound Of The Weapon. Buy that right here, right now.
Meet Future On Tuesday April 15th @ DTLR In Chicago
On Tuesday, April 15th, Chicagoans will have a chance to meet acclaimed star, Future, up close and personal at DTLR at the River Oaks Center from 4p-6p. Future will be in Chi City promoting his new album, Honest, which is due to hit stores on April 22nd, and is making a stop at DTLR to…
Rapper Blood Money Passes Away
Tonight, Chicago Twitter is mourning the alleged loss of Glo Gang rapper Blood Money, who recently appeared on Chief Keef’s latest single, “F*** Rehab.” We do not have details at this time, but sources confirm his passing. His cousin, rapper Matti Baybee, took to Twitter to express condolences. Our thoughts go out to his family and…