The good people over at Vinyl for a Cause dropped a very limited vinyl seven-inch called VFAC 004 in collaboration with Chicago’s Reverb LP. It’s a two-sided outing featuring this new Jamila release on side A, with a new Kevin Coval release on side B. The partnership is to benefit legendary Chicago nonprofit, Young Chicago…
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Check out Jamila Woods’ Tiny Desk concert for NPR
Jamila Woods joins the increasing club of Chicago artists invited to do a set at NPR’s famous Tiny Desk concert series. Jamila and her band cruise through a breezy set that includes “Blk Girl Soldier”, the Nikki-inspired “Giovanni”, and ending on a heartfelt performance of “Holy”. This one’s almost like being there for HEAVN live. Aside from…
Saba remixes Jamila Woods’ “Emerald Street”
Jamila Woods HEAVN album has been a critical smash since its release last year. And as the saying goes, fine art only gets better with time, and that seems to be the case here as it continues to pop up seemingly weekly with new videos, spins and takes. Today, Saba is the culprit as he…
Fya Man drops a footwork version of Jamila Woods & Chance The Rapper’s “LSD”
After seeing some significant success with his Juke/Footwork version of Vic Mensa’s The Autobiography album, he steps back in the ring to take a crack at Jamila and Chano’s great and still bubbling “LSD.” Fya went back to the lab to put a very Chicago twist on an already very Chicago record. No complaints here….
Jamila Woods releases her great “LSD” video featuring Chance The Rapper
Directed by Sam Bailey + Vincent Martell Jamila and Chano bless us with the official video for their great “LSD” record, and of course it’s beautiful. It’s visually stimulating not to mention vibrantly shot and edited. A cookout is involved, as well as a trip to the beach. A real Chicago day set to a…
oddCouple announces debut album, drops new record with Jamila Woods & Kweku Collins
It’s a Closed Sessions family affair on “Love Above,” the new single from producer oddCouple, who pairs up with Kweku Collins and Jamilia Woods. Yeah, the team is strong and the bench is deep. They show there’s power in numbers with this new single from odd’s forthcoming debut, Liberation, dropping next Friday, November 11th. The…
Saba, Eryn Allen Kane, Joey Purp, Austin Vesely, and More Featured in Chicago Magazine
In a piece on the red-hot art scene within the city, Chicago Mag did a spread on some of our favorites that are making waves. Bios on Eryn Allen Kane, Towkio, Joey Purp, theMIND, Mick Jenkins, Bryan Allen Lamb, The O’My’s, Lili K., Saba, Liam Kazar, Homme, Austin Vesely, E’mon Lauren Black, Jamila Woods, and…
New Project: Jamila Woods – Heavn
Almost a year ago to the day, I wrote a review for Complex Magazine of Chance The Rapper and The Social Experiment’s set at Pitchfork Music Festival. I made it a point to make sure the reader was aware of Jamila and her performance that night. To me, she was the breakout star of the…
Jamila Woods f/ Chance The Rapper – LSD
Produced by Odd Couple Jamila Woods’ star continues to rise, as she gears up for the release of her Heavn LP. Today she graces our pages with the drop of the project’s latest single, featuring none other than Lil Chano From 79th himself. Jamila also recruited Closed Sessions family Odd Couple to handle the soundboards….
FSD Feature: Jamila Woods’ Fake Shore Drive Interview
Words by Quentin Yarolem After much critical acclaim, and having features on hit songs such as Donnie Trumpet’s “Sunday Candy” and Macklemore’s “White Privilege 2,” Jamila Woods is set to release her debut album, Heavn, this summer. Her talent has been able to cut through the crowded competition within the Chicago scene, and she is…