By now you’ve surely seen and heard about the new JAY-Z album, 4:44. It dropped last night, so you’ve likely heard it and love it. I was tied up last night, and when I returned to check social media, the project was met with rave reviews. The King is back, they say. Did he ever leave?…
The results are in, and the nominations for the 2015 Grammy’s have been trickling out throughout the day. As always, the nominees within the hip-hop/R&B categories have drawn plenty of controversy, but that hasn’t stopped many Chicagoans of being nominated for the most prestigious award in music. Kanye West, Common, BJ The Chicago Kid, Jennifer…
Earlier this week, I sat down with Just Blaze and Salaam Remi in front of a live studio audience at 1st Ward/Chop Shop for a Grammy Pro Session for the Chicago Chapter of The Recording Academy. It was a fantastic event, with multiple gems dropped by the two living production legends. Hopefully it will be…
Produced by No ID FSD meet the newest Artium/Epic artist to take flight, Snoh Aalegra. Today she makes her FSD debut with the heavenly single, “Fire’s All Around You.” With No ID handling production duties, Snoh shows off her amazing vocal abilities, and proves she has some of the best pipes in the biz. Looking…
A few weeks back, Minister Louis Farrakhan held a city wide outreach, inviting influential Chicago rappers, industry representatives and street figures to an undisclosed location for round-table discussions on how to curb violence in Chicago and abroad. Longtime friend of FSD, Antwone Muhammad b.k.a. Twone Gabz, played a big part in helping spearhead and organize…
I echo eskay’s sentiments that it’s about damn time this technology has been made available and implemented into album rollouts. If you have a budget to put out an album, then some of that should be allotted for digital content such as this. Not just vlogs about your vlogs. This is what I always thought the…
The promo trail continues for Com’s new album, Nobody’s Smiling, as today his camp unleashes the ‘making of’ video for his new single “Kingdom.” Com talks about hearing the sample via No ID (who produced the track), and then taking the beat back to Chicago to record at the famed Hinge Studios. Common also recruited…
Directed by Hype Williams. Produced by No I.D. Kingdom come. And it comes today in the form of this sleek new video from Com Sense with assistance from Vince Staples. Common’s Def Jam debut, and 10th solo album, Nobody Smiling, will be available on July 22nd — executive produced by No I.D.
Produced by No ID The triumphant new single from Common Sense is here. Vince Staples on the feature. No ID on the beat. Deep, introspective stuff right here. Check it out below, and stay tuned for the Hype Williams-directed video sooner or later. Nobody Smiling coming soon.
I’ve never in my life heard of Tassho Pearce (no shots), so I found it weird when an email popped up today including a song with a No ID beat and a Kid Cudi feature. That’s a massive feat for a Hawaiian artist who is brand new to the scene — at least on the…