It appears a few press/promo copies of Rhymefest’s sophomore album, El Che, have been shipped out to select outlets, writers and industry tastemakers. I snatched these pics from one of the Executive Producers of the project, Shadowkat Nightson. So yeah, here’s further proof that El Che is done and will be dropping on June 8th…
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Twista Documentary Set To Begin Filming In June
NYC-based company Vladar is headed to Chicago in June to begin filming a 90 minute documentary on legendary Chicago emcee Twista. The documentary which focuses on Twista’s career, impact on the community and contributions to hip-hop and will accompany his new album, due out in November. The documentary will be available with the album and…
Mic Terror Planning ‘Fresh Prince Of Darkness’ For July
Fresh off the release of his super dope (and experimental) mixtape Can I Borrow A Feeling (with DJ RTC), Mic Da Terrible has already announced a new project – The Fresh Prince of Darkness – which is due out sometime in July. I had to reach out to Mic to find out the details and…
Common Plans Greatest Hits + New Song with Queen Latifah
Since Common has recently hit the A-List, I guess the powers that be have decided to capitalize on what got him here in the first place. Why not, right? Not that Common isn’t a good actor (because he’s damn good in Just Wright. [II]), but he’s a better rapper. One of the best ever, actually….
Scarface Signs Chicago Emcee Griffen
Griffen Gilgamesh may be new to the FSD crowd, but in the immortal words of Mikkey Halsted “those that know, know”. Griff told me that this deal was going down, it was just a matter of when. The dope part about it is that Scarface discovered Griffen via Twitter, which very well could be a…
DJ MoonDawg Is Now Aphilliated
I’ve been meaning to post this since yesterday when I heard the news, but congratulations are in order to DJ MoonDawg who recently joined DJ Drama as part of the Aphilliates crew. That’s definitely big news and a major step for the Chi City DJ. I’ve watched the man grow from a college DJ to…
You’re Bogus of the Day: Gov. Quinn To Tax Downloads?
Well isn’t this something. As if Chicagoans aren’t already taxed enough, Governor Quinn is trying to pass a 6.25% sales tax on downloaded music and movies. You think we have a problem with people downloading free music now? Pssh. I know we have to take steps to bail out the states $13 billion defecit, but…
#RIPGuru
I’m sure most of you know by now, but late last night/early this morning we lost a true Hip-Hop legend – Guru (best known for being one half of Gangstarr and his Jazzmatazz series) – who succumbed to a bout with cancer. Today is a very sad day for Hip-Hop. Adding insult to injury, Guru’s “life partner”…
It’s Official: Shawnna Leaves DTP, Signs With Nappy Boy
Yes, we’ve known about this for a while, but it appears the ink is now dry with Nappy Boy and DTP is history. Moments ago Shawnna took to Twitter to share the good news with her fans and followers. Congrats to Shawnna and best of luck at the house that T-Pain built. It’s been…