Vic Spencer’s path to musical notoriety has been a long one, but as he states in Kidz In The Hall’s “I Swear”, “it’s nowhere near time to retire jerseys.” Vic is taking a page out of Danny Brown’s book, embracing his thirty year status, and releasing the best music of his career. Spencer released his...
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ShowYouSuck is quickly elevating himself to top of Chicago’s bubbling underground, and it’s just a matter of time until more people take notice. Show had a really dope album release party at Reggie’s, and followed it up with one of the best Digital Freshness sets I’ve seen as an opener for Mr. Muthafuckin’ eXquire. On...
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“Just a young ni**a from Homewood who started thinkin’ forward” raps the young MC in his closing track “So Long”. The line summarizes a lot of things about Rockie. No more than two years ago he was an unknown artist from Chicago. Now he is at the forefront of a crop of new young artists...
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Digital Freshness last night at Beauty Bar was a smash. I can’t thank everyone enough for coming out and partying with us. ShowYouSuck, Rockie Fresh, and Mr. Muthafuckin’ eXquire all killed their sets, and we got great music all night from Esquire, Manny Muscles, and Rude 1. Check out photos from the event courtesy of...
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Jon Connor was in Chicago last week, performing for the first time ever in the Windy City. Prior to his show at Reggie’s, the 2012 XXL Freshmen candidate stopped by SoundScape for a quick interview and this exclusive freestyle over soulful production from Thelonious Martin. Connor is a beast, with a work ethic to match....
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With the release of Habit & Contraditctions fresh in everyone’s mind ScHoolboy Q teams up with director JeromeD again for “NigHtmare on Figg St.”. The video is the second off of the album, the first was for “Hands on the Wheel” featuring the always dope A$AP Rocky. Shot in black and white, the video is...
Chicago’s Michael DeJaneiro channels Jay-Z circa “D’Evils” on his new one, “Road To Riches”. The video is directed by Mecca Ent.
Aside from his hitting Occupy Wall Street, Climbing mountains and whipping Ferrari F40′s Lupe is now also a DJ and recently announced a side-project with long-time friend and DJ Sky Gellaty. The duo (SNDCLSH) who are currently working on their first EP of EDM titled “Don’t Drop The Flag”. Taking influences from Daft Punk, Kavinsky,...
Emilio Rojas has been bubbling for years, can argue for a spot amongst the most over looked emcees in recent years. “Not on no cocky shit, but I’m fucking nice, yo,” Emilio told me in late 2010. “I’m good at rap, man. There aren’t a lot of things I’m good at, but one of them...
“Give’em the combo, I ain’t talkin’ bout no soupes.” Live from the 773. Scheme goes in over Common’s “Sweet”. I think we’re getting to a limit on the “Sweet” freestyles, especially since this one will be hard to top. New Scheme coming soon. Believe that! Scheme: “Sweet” feat DJ Scend [Audio clip: view full post...
For the end of the party… 5 days away from the release of his Echo Boom mixtape, Cris Cab brings along ‘The Gully God’ Mavado and Wyclef to help him out on this newest release. A verse from the most respected reggae artist in the game today, mixed with high energy production and a beautiful chorus, “Rihanna’s...
Yuna is a promising singer/songwriter currently prepping for the release of her self-tited debut album. Today we check in with her via her new single, “Live Your Life”, which is produced by Pharrell. The song is available for stream below and can be purchased on iTunes. I definitely dig the music as well as the...
J The S gives us a new video for “Razor” off his recent release, The Last Days. The song borrows from Peter Tosh’s “Stepping Razor”, and puts it to great use. J The S shines on the record alongside veteran Styles P, and Court Dunn handles the visuals. Watch it below.
