Tag Archives: Aurora

Blitz B had the opportunity to link up with the ultra talented Mike Bars for this GYBU exclusive interview while Bars was vacationing in Chicago recently. Check in as the fellas go into details such as Mike’s recent videos, his affiliations and his upcoming project “16 Bars”.

Portland, Oregon’s Devin “Gatsby” James links up with Aurora, Illinois’ JCA Beats Productions again to produce this Swing-Hop classic called “Pin-Up ‘Preciation”. For this run, Gatsby went the extra mile by asking Pin-Ups from all over the U.S. to contribute images for the project. And when asked of such a favor… The dolls politely obliged him by saying yes. The …

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Raw Business is a hip hop emcee from Aurora, Illinois and did something incredible; took a negative to a positve. This past January, Raw lost his job and decided to get into the lab while job hunting and put together a free mixtape via Datpiff titled “Unemployment Lines”. At sixteen tracks deep, R.B. goes in to release his emotions as …

Randy “White Smoke” Gibson represents his hometown of Aurora, Illinois to the fullest. Since the age of 13, he has been crafting his talents and has since went on to form his own label by the name of Smoke’m Records. He’s opened for artists such as Lord Infamous (3-6 Mafia), Jelly Roll and Lil Wyte and is consistently performing and …

Savage Pen recording artist Etha drops a J. Spealz visual for “Inkredible” off of his previously released mixtape “A Break from the Norm”. But for this go round, he links up with fellow Aurora emcee D.T.A. for the remix. Etha is set to release another mixtape titled “King Me” this April and a second album sometime during summer.

Rottn N’ Rich Records recording artist Reality (Randall Gunningham) teams up with Waffle Gang’s Awdazcate (Warren Goon) for the BB Famous (Julius Serving) remix of the JCA Beats Productions produced, “Randall Gunningham”. The trio have plans to release a “throwback” project sometime this year and this is an appetizer to tide everyone over until then.

Aurora, Illinois’ Savage Pen member Problem Addict is set to release his next project, “Heart of a Lion” soon and leaks a track from it that features fellow Savage Pen member L.U.V.E.M. and Aurora’s Fox River Boys titled, “Dumb Shit”. 13) Dumb Shit ft. Luvem & Fox River Boys

Shadyville DJ’s affiliate DJ Young Cee unleashes another of his “Turf Warz” mixtapes. This time, it’s hosted by Aurora, Illinois’ own, JCA Beats Productions. Tracking in at 13 songs, the mixtape offers original production from the dynamic duo and includes songs such as “Taking Me There”, “What What”, “Surprise”, “Warning” and “Randall Gunningham” and the fellas good friends Maintain, DJ …

Aurora, Illinois solo artist & member of the infamous Killa Kane crew, Higher Ark aka H.I. gets a deep & dark visual from J. Zamudio Films/Photography for his track, “To My Niggas Gone”. Featuring Waste Management Records/ fellow Killa Kane member Maintain, the video pays homage to fallen friends & family members of both emcees. Over an instrumental full of …