One of Chicago’s most talented beatsmiths and MCs, Rashid Hadee, drops a brand new mixtape, Hadiesel: The Fuel Up. The project features 17 new tracks including collabos with Hi-Tek, Big Wiz, Melatone, J. Slikk and The Primeridian. Now, if we could ever find out what happened with that United Center album… Hit the jump for…
Amilcar – Alive
Amilcar has been off the scene for quite a long time, but he proves it’s alive with “Alive”. The track was produced by Wattz and will be featured on Amil’s upcoming EP, Lake $hore Drive, dropping 11/16/10. Amilcar-ALIVE_(prod by wattz) [Download]
Mixtape: cap D – PolyMath The Mixtape
cap D from the legendary All Natural crew, drops a brand spanking new mixtape as a prelude to his PolyMath album, which drops in two weeks (October 25th). The project features all previously unreleased material as well as cap going in for the kill on some industry beats. Download this free project and pick up…
Twista’s Mr. Immortality: The Life and Times Twista Documentary Drops 12/7/10
Twista’s long awaited documentary Mr. Immortality: The Life and Times Twista, will finally see release on December 7th, 2010 – just in time for the Holiday’s. Vlad Yudin of The Vladar Company will tell a story of Twista’s upbringing in Chicago and the city’s impact on his development as an artist and his inspirations in…
Tennille feat. Sir Michael Rocks – Yellow Haze
Tennille’s EPK courtesy of Lee “Shark Fins” Larkins Last night at 10:10pm on 10/10/10, Tennille (get it?) dropped a new record featuring Sir Michael Rocks. Forget the purple, these two are off that yellow. Lemons… Tennille Yellow Haze (Ft. Sir Michael Rocks) [Download] Shouts iLLRoots
Video: Lupe Reveals “Don’t Stop!” Is 2 Years Old
Friday night, the once-hyped supergroup CRS (Kanye, Lupe & Pharrell) dropped a new track that sent the internets into a frenzy. I’m sure thousands of fans envisioned the trio in the studio cutting new records and breaking bread together, but it turns out the record is two years old. Lupe revealed to MTV: “We went…
4 New Gaggie Joints
The grind doesn’t stop for Gaggie, who released four new tracks this week. No word on if these will make his upcoming mixtape, Politickin Wit Tha Politicianz or not, but check them out regardless. Gaggie feat J. White – Stack Regardless Gaggie – Straight Ryder Gaggie – Bag It Up Gaggie – Phone Games
FSD Turns 3
10/10/10 marks the third anniversary of Chicago’s first ever hip-hop blog, Fake Shore Drive. And yes, the illuminati planned it to Fall on this date. Duh. It honestly feels like we’ve been doing this longer than 3 years, but hey, three calendars it is. Thanks to all of the loyal supporters and readers who’ve helped…
Mixtape: GLC x Sean Mac – Best of the ISM
*ISM* Gangsta L and The Kid Sean Mac link to present a collection of GLC’s greatest hits with the Best of the ISM. I can attest that this collection is damn near perfect with the exception of “Honor Me” missing. Mac snapped on the sequence and selection, so if you’re late on GL this is…
GLC feat. Twista – Cold As Ice (Prod. by Xcel)
This will be the one and ONLY song from GLC’s Love, Life & Loyalty that I’ll be posting. This joint leaked and I feel it’s worth a look. Stream only. In May of ’09 GL shared with me an early incarnation of Love, Life & Loyalty, which has changed drastically since that time. However, this…