Words by Taylor Greer. Directed by a_royal_payne. Detroit is unleashing an arsenal of artists equipped with live ammunition. Detroit’s Calicoe, who is no stranger to the battle rap circuit, has a lot of buzz coming off his recent BET Hip-Hop Awards cypher. Nonetheless, Calicoe is betting it all with this new joint 10-4. Shout out…
Kehlani f/ Chance The Rapper – The Way
Produced by Jahaan Sweet. As Chance just said via the Twitter, he’s on his Dwayne Carter 2008 ish right now with the features. You’re dying for Surf, right? Well, relax with this intricate verse. Slow down and spend some time with it. And truthfully, he’s batting 1000 at the moment, and “The Way” is another…
Clark Airlines f/ Goozy – No Options
Produced by Superstaar Beats Another new joint from Sir Airlines. Off his upcoming sky high release, Trill Air — the first with his new label, Rich America. Check a bag and enjoy the complimentary entertainment below.
FSD Feature: Saba in the ComfortZone – A Review by Kevin Coval
Words by Kevin Coval (@KevinCoval). Photo by Rene Marban Welcome to a new FSD Feature from Chicago poet/activist/artist/philanthropist Kevin Coval, where he uses “verse-journalism” to review shows, events and other dope activities and ongoings in the City of Chicago. Kevin sees this as a way to document and practice what Gwendolyn Brooks calls verse journalism….
Sulaiman & Chris Crack – Another 1
Produced by Ikaz Two of Chicago’s finest linguists take it to Paris to link with Ikaz for this slapping release, “Another 1.” They truly it there on this one, which is full of haymakers and uppercuts. You’re gonna run this one back a couple times — and another one. Grab it below.
Video: Hurt Everybody Live @ Portage Theatre
Video by Yakub Films Yo, this looked super crazy. Hurt Everybody played a high profile slot at the Homegrown Fest this past weekend at the Portage Theater. Here’s a quick recap if you missed. It lowkey looks like a movie/documentary. Feast your eyes up top.
Dinero Dynasty – Rain
Produced by Shazey. Westside tag team Dinero Dynasty are gearing up to release their Everything Local 2 project soon and today, they drop off the first offering from the project — “Rain.” We’re good on any actual rain, but this one’s good in our book. Check it out for yourself below and look for Everything Local…
New Project: BoneLang – Pleasure Palace
After dropping off “Lilacs” with Supa Bwe a few weeks ago, Windy duo BoneLang return with their Pleasure Palace EP. This project is the third EP from the pair in the past three months and features three records for your listening pleasure. And now a few words from BoneLang themselves: The third three song EP in…
FSD Giveaway: Makonnen @ Metro – Saturday, May 9th
Makonnen will have Chicago going up on a Saturday. Saturday, May 9th to be exact. Sorry, I just had to. Temptation got the best of me. Anyhoo, Makonnen’s Loudest of the Loud tour blows through Chicago on May 9th at the Metro, with KEY! and Sonny Digital in tow. It’s going to a crazy night….
Video: Chief Keef – Sosa Chamberlain
Directed by Northstar and Brandon Zeher. Produced by DP. Sosa Wilt Chamberlain unleashes the accompanying video for track three from his Sorry 4 The Weight project, which is now available for purchase on iTunes via RBC Records. Keef’s new project, Tha Cozart, is on the way.