If you’ve got the Mayor on a track, you’re doing something right. Off Hood Life: The Street Album HoodStarz feat. Cold Hard (of Crucial Conflict) – “Like A Movie”

Kaos, of Sly Polaroid’s N.W.O., quietly dropped this project all the way back in 2004 (a.k.a. when I was still in college.  Yikes!), and distributed it from the trunk (No Too Short).  Here, he’s offering it up for free, 6 years later.  The pic is from ’04 as well. Kaos (of the NWO) – Self…

Produced entirely by Infamous of the Black Table Committee Tragedy Tha Beast + Infamous – Music of the Mind 

DJ Absolut and Lupe Fiasco are almost set to drop a mixtape titled Vintage Fiasco, which will contain 12-unreleased tracks from Lupe’s days at Arista Records. Knowing Absolut used to showcase Lupe’s early work in New York City, it’s no surprise that Lupe gave the go ahead to release this official mixtape of previously unreleased…

Last night, most of “The Chicago All-Starz”, as they’re being dubbed by Dame Kash & The Smash Bros. were on hand at Timbuck2’s Go iLL Radio on WGCI to re-premiere (is that a word?) their “Where Ya From” track, which features Sly Polaroid, Mikkey Halsted, Twone Gabz, Mic Terror, MarVo, Juice, L.E.P. and YP.  The…

The alternate version of Mr. Hud’s “Anyone But Him” Mr. Hudson feat. Kanye West – “Anyone But Him” [Single Version] One again: Perajok

Many propers to Sprite for putting on a real dope event Saturday night at the Regal Theater. Almost forgot that the Sprite Step Off was a corporate event. Talented Greek performers plus sets by Wale and Ludacris – and a really random cameo from O-Dog Larenz Tate – equaled a pretty wild show in a…

Perajok  shot it over to me but I can’t read whatever language he types in, so I really don’t have an explanation for you, other than it’s a demo of song Kanye did with one of T-Pain’s groups, Sophia. That’s what it is. Kanye West – “What It Is” (Demo)

Behind the scenes with Skooda & Twista at the Battle of the Sexes show in Chicago. Courtesy of Knowledge and UrbanWireTV.

Another leak from DaWreck’s upcoming mixtape, Chicago’s Illest Noize.  Over Bronald’s “Always Strapped” DaWreck – “Strapped”