Produced by Saba The Westside meets the, well, Westside on “West,” the new collaboration from Bay Area-representative Ben Earl Turner and Chicago’s own, Saba. The West raised both of them, so listen to them wax poetic about their various affiliations to it. Keep an open eye for Saba’s forthcoming album, Comfort Zone, due out later…
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John Walt f/ Noname Gypsy – Touchdown
Produced by Saba. John Walt links with Noname Gypsy for the latest single from his forthcoming project, “Touchdown”. If you’ve been keeping count, this record is the fourth official offering from Get Happy 2.0 and features Noname Gypsy, who kills it with Walt. Saba provides some super smooth production and even flips a few lines…
Video: Saba Premieres New Joint From COMFORTzone
Video by HOTC TV Saba had a surprise performance at Columbia College on Thursday, and during his set he premiered a brand new joint off his forthcoming project, COMFORTzone. This Tuesday, November 26, Sab will be hosting the first listening session for the project at 119 N. Peoria Street 3B. Check the video for more…
FSD Feature: Pivot Gang: Where Art Thou Jimmy?
Words by K. Sims A short while back, your twitter timeline might’ve been flooded with the hashtag #JIMMY. Sure, Jimmy was the title of the then-upcoming mixtape from Chicago collective, Pivot Gang. But clearly Jimmy was some sort of shadowy figure associated with the group. Who exactly was Jimmy? Was he a person? Was he a state of…
Fatboi Fresh – Am I Wrong
Produced by SABA With Sab on the beat, Fatboi Fresh gives us another blessing from his forthcoming Titty Sweat project. Here he switches up his flow a bit, slowing it down and really giving it that Westside twang and feel. Hey, questions gotta be asked, so you might as well finesse while you’re doing it,…
John Walt – Lui Kang
Produced by Saba Damn, Pivot Gang member John Walt drops a new record named after one of the trillest Mortal Kombat characters of all time, “Lui Kang.” The track also samples the eerie X-Files theme song. My head just exploded. This is the first leak from Mr. Walt’s Get Happy 2.0 project, and the X-Files…
Video: Pivot Gang – Take 1
Directed by Jay Caves. Produced by Saba. I’m here to let everybody in on a secret. You ready for it? Well, it’s that Jimmy is one of the dopest projects of the year. No, for real. Saba’s beats paired with the Pivot Gang’s confident nonchalance equates to one of the best long players I’ve peeped…
Smoko Ono f/ Jarred A.G., Saba & Sterling Hayes – Pass The Flame
Producer Smoko Ono recuits Jarred A.G., Saba and Sterling Hayes for “Pass The Flame”, the first official offering from his forthcoming Smoko & Friends project. Do yourself a favor and check out Smoko put together below.
FSD Feature: Fatboi Fresh Presents: 10 Chicago Producers You Should Shop With
Words by Fatboi Fresh (@1andOnlyFatboi) Fatboi Fresh is a Chicago emcee, entrepreneur and freelance contributor to Fake Shore Drive. The thoughts and opinions expressed by Fatboi Fresh in this piece are his and his alone. This feels kind of weird — it’s my first time writing in months. So much on my plate, tons of…
Video: Pivot Gang – Everytime I
Directed by Jay Caves for HOTC TV These Pivot Connect Gang dudes are truly on some other shit. Here, they take their good-natured psychedelia to a park close to dark. They trippy, mayne? Look for their group outing, Jimmy, to drop in the near future.