Produced by Hippie Sabotage. While we wait patiently for Monster Michael’s upcoming project, he digs in the vault and gives us his ode to not wearing capes. Remember — don’t save her, she doesn’t need to be saved. Give Mike’s latest drop a listen below.
Video: Childish Gambino & Chance The Rapper Freestyle Live @ Riviera Theatre
Childish Gambino hit Riviera Theatre last night for the Chicago stop on his Deep Web Tour and a few special guests did too. Vic Mensa opened up the show and Chance The Rapper surprised everyone by joining in a freestyle session that Childish and Steve G kicked off, which you can see in the video…
Danny Brown, ScHoolBoy Q, Earl Sweatshirt & More To Perform @ Pitchfork Music Festival
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…
Treazon f/ QuESt – Unsheathe
Cleveland representative Treazon grabs QuESt for this new Keeynote-produced “Unsheathe”, inspired by the Ruroni Kenshin film that bares the same title. Treazon’s new EP, Trust & Betrayal, is due later this year. Check out what Treaz and QuESt cooked up below.
New Album: Souls Of Liberty – 10,000 Hours
After a few drops, St. Louis duo Souls Of Liberty finally release their 10,000 Hours LP. The ten-track project is produced entirely by STL producer Klevah! and includes guest features from Nephari Burton, William H. and more. Hit the jump to get familiar with the Souls and give their new LP a listen.
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…
Mixtape: MC Keem – Once Upon A Time In Pimerica
Whenever I talked to someone about who I needed to keep an ear out for out of St. Louis, MC Keem’s name would come up. After waiting patiently for a full length project from Keem, it’s finally here. Once Upon A Time In Pimerica impacted late last week, but got lost in the SXSW shuffle…
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.