As odd as it may seem, we’re getting ready to wrap all summer festivities and enter another glorious fall in the city of Chicago. With that of course comes a highly anticipated Bears season, but also a slew of new music from our local talents that have continued to put on for our city worldwide....
I met Rude One properly for the first time in the summer of 2008. “You’re Rude One?” I asked while standing outside the Double Door, waiting for Dilated Peoples to finish their soundcheck, so that we could interview them prior to their performance that night. “Yeah,” he replied, and told me about his after party...
It is hard to believe its already been a week since Lollapalooza, but as is known after the fourth of July summer is noticeably on its way out. While the summer season is fading, the same can’t be said about Kanye West, whose LP with Jay-Z has taken over the internet since its release on...
Earlier this Spring, Virgil and I were profiled in a new campaign for one of Bing’s search features that connects to your Facebook account, so you can see if your friends like something that you are searching for. The video gives a great look at our goals and motivations for doing what we do. It...
Lollapalooza is upon once again, Chicago. Traffic is a mess downtown, there’s an after party every few feet, and “you got any extra tix” takes on a whole new meaning. This is definitely my favorite part of the summer, as Lollapalooza crams as much music as possible into 3 straight days, and we all live...
The glorious weekend is upon us. As 250,000 fans make their way to Grant Park for the annual musical festivities that is Lollapalooza, other Chicagoans have taken a pass on this year’s festival, claiming the bill and/or schedule was simply not enticing enough. While I definitely understand their sentiments, I could not see myself living...
I originally wrote this a while ago, when all the V-Nasty/Kreayshawn/N-word shit first started up. I didn’t publish it cause it kind of got lost in the shuffle, and I thought it might just die down. It didn’t though, and V-Nasty is as Nasty as ever, continuing to rile people up and raise questions about...
As we all prepare our last weekend before the momentous 3-days of Lollapalooza, Chicago’s musicians have been active, seeing megastars moving forward on their respective LP’s and more local talents continue to push and promote their current endeavors as they plot for their own superstar careers. This edition of Local Sounds includes a healthy dosage...
In the modern day world of hip hop, I’m beginning to feel like some so called “artists” are blowing up merely based off their ability to wow us with their confidence in their crap music than with actual talent. In the words of Eminem, “It is NOT about lyrics anymore. All they want is a...
And then the rain falls…So it’s been an excruciatingly hot week across the nation and especially in the Chi. It may have been because of some power outages or just the mere draining affect the heat has on us, but it was a somewhat quiet week here in the Chi. This edition of Local Sounds...
