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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The road to success may be long and arduous, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be enjoyed. Such is a driving point for The Kid Daytona who mixes blood, sweat, and tears with all the finer things in life on his latest release, The Interlude II. The intersection of luxury and struggle has been present...
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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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I remember a time when every up and coming rapper wanted a Sean Mac mixtape, especially after he appeared DJing on BET’s Rap City. A lot has changed since then. While Mac still serves up a steady supply of mixtapes, BET’s Rap City is no more. Even if the show was still around, it would...
Fonz-E Mak hit me up a couple days ago with this joint he did with U.G. I guess I missed it the first time around. Both Fonz-E and U.G. have projects coming out soon, so they decided to team up and put a little something of their own together. This is the first jam from...
I gotta be honest. I’ve not listened to “Rack City” the original, or really anything by Tyga. But Yelawolf? Yeah, I’ll fuck with that. Props LA Leakers.
While the #treatedcrew has been a staple of Chicago’s scene for the last few years, next month will see them go national with the release of the #treatedcrew album, as well as the official #treatedcrew snapback. The album and the hat have been guided greatly by the efforts of Million $ Mano, who produced and...
Stalley outlines a simple wishlist on his latest, “Cash and My Cutty”, a previously unreleased record produced by Ski Beatz. Stalley is at home on Ski’s reflective and minimalist production, which provides Stalley with just enough cushion for another edition of his blue-collar narrative. Stalley’s been releasing a lot of music lately, and he is...
“fucking up your rap logic.” Chicago’s Murph Watkins breaks relationships down into a simple equation, “I like to listen, you like to talk.” Murph makes it sound easy on “Vibrant Equation”, his jazzy and retro-fitted new joint that is from his forthcoming new mixtape. Check it out, and listen to yet another one of Chicago’s...
Puck comes to us by way of Cincinnati, OH with his newest video for “Turn My Music Up”. The song is off his recent EP, The Dreamer. I don’t know Puck personally, but after watching the video, and listening to the song, the title of the EP seems to fit him perfectly. And you can...
Pill will release his new mixtape, The Epidemic, on February 9th. Before that, he gives us “Yeen Gone Believe”, where he spits the truth and nothing but the unbelievable truth. There’s nothing like a good emcee scorned, I bet lots of people will be talking following the release of Pill’s new mixtape. Get the new...
