Tagged: Chicago
Introducing The FADER #85 Featuring Juicy J and Earl Sweatshirt
Juicy J and Earl Sweatshirt make for an interesting pair: the former, an elder statesman unexpectedly winning late-career favor among young folks, and the latter a teen rapper who, from the start, has had a … read more »
Video: Chief Keef, “Now It’s Over”
Sosa is free, and celebrated by dropping a new video for “Now It’s Over” off his upcoming Bang Pt. 2 mixtape. After paying his debt to society for violating the terms of his parole last … read more »
Lungu Lungu: Welcome to Chigeria
Ghana-based Benjamin Lebrave speaks fluent French and English, and can schmooze in Spanish and Portuguese. He’ll report on new African music every other week. This week, it’s Chicago-via-Nigeria rapper The GTW’s “Cravings.” I’m on the … read more »
Download Sasha Go Hard and I.L Will’s Hip Hop vs. Love Mixtape
Sasha Go Hard delivers her third-ever mixtape, a collection of duets with her maybe in-real-life boyfriend, I.L Will of Chicago trio M.I.C. While Sasha’s attention occasionally turns to making her own money and flexing her … read more »
KP Montana f. King L and Lil Durk, “She Goin (Remix)” MP3
Chicago producer Paris Bueller lays jumpy drums and a two-note synth boomerang under King L and Lil Durk on a new remix of KP Montana’s crushing “She Goin.” For more Bueller beats, download Durk’s loud-and-melodic … read more »
Interview: Sasha Go Hard
Sasha Go Hard is friendly with a disarming, real-life beauty queen smile. In her great videos, she’s often surrounded by a gaggle of equally sweet and tough young women, but on a recent visit to … read more »
The Things I Carry: Sasha Go Hard
We always like to know what some of our favorite artists carry in their purses (and man-purses)—the essential items that they need for touring or subway rides, the Grammys or any other thing that they … read more »
Katie Got Bandz, “Check a Bag” MP3
Chicago’s Katie Got Bandz employs a world of not-even-on-Urban Dictionary-yet slang on “Check a Bag,” the looping, get-money anthem (the bag is full of banded money stacks) that opens her new tape, Bandz & Hittaz. … read more »
The Things I Carry: Lil Durk
We always like to know what some of our favorite artists carry in their purses (and man-purses)—the essential items that they need for touring or subway rides, the Grammys or any other thing that they … read more »
Chief Keef: Lost Boys
Chicago’s drill scene is rife with young talent, but Chief Keef seems poised to overtake them all. By the time of his arrest in December of last year, Chief Keef was already a household name … read more »
