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Chicago’s Neak debuts his third independently released album titled, “KWESBAAR”. This album consists of 13 new self-produced tracks featuring GLC, Rita J., Rashid Hadee, Erthe St. James, Peter Jericho, and more. The album title ‘KWESBAAR’ translates into the meaning: Vulnerable. Soaked in the elements of hip-hop, jazz, soul, funk, and driven by heavy synthesizing and collaborative instrumentation, his goal was …

The title sets the mood, especially if you are familiar with the battles these 2 teams had during the “Jordan Rule” & “Bad Boys” era. Hailing from Detroit Ty Farris a well known lyricists links with Chicago’s Waterr who has in the last year released numerous solid projects displaying his skill set and showing why hes a step above the …

Chicago, Illinois rapper First Class Bee is making his way into the industry. He takes listeners on a first class trip in his debut project, “Champagne and Turbulence”. The project is a strong debut where Bee shows off his effortless bars and powerful lyrical abilities. In the project, he demonstrates that his life is just as luxury as his raps. …

Just like the cold blasts that are synonymous with the Windy City, James Gardin once again breezes through in the form of a welcome and life-sized juxtaposition and drops this warm and catchy ditty, Chitown Boogie. This fresh new single finds The World’s Most Encouraging Rapper linking up once again with his frequent collaborator, TheyCallMeHeat, to wax lyrical about the …

Chicago native Lucki has released the highly anticipated Freewave 3 project. Fresh off the release of his latest singles, “Politics” and “All In” featuring Earl Sweatshirt, Lucki drops the follow up to 2016’s widely popular Freewave 2. This album is being regarded as the most personal of the Freewave series and follows Lucki through a range of emotions including love, …

The Chicago vet Pugs Atomz returns for his 10th studio album, teaming up with his long term Engineer / Producer Mulatto Patriot for “Highly Irregular”. The duo take us on a journey with vivid storytelling, heavy bars and solid production from the golden age to the Soulection sound. Featuring DJ Gant-Man, GLC, Maceo Haymes, Maggie Vale, Nosecurity, Awdazcate and more. …

Chicago artist and LnLD signee Keith releases his debut EP entitled “Bare With Me”. The EP puts the listener in his shoes as they get to experience what he was going through at that point in his life. The ten track project is lead by the singles “Collect”, “Dance”, “Stay With Me” and “Treaty”. Stream the full EP on Soundcloud.

GiiFromTheIslands (formerly known as Young Gii) releases the visual for the J-Mixx produced “I Luv It” Chicago raised artist is back with a visual to his latest single “I Luv It.” This record is closer to the sounds of “Islands To The City” than some of his latest work “I Might” or “Damn It.”. However, it’s still another dope project …

With his #MIHI album coming, Quentin Becks releases another single off the album titled “Hell Yes”. The song features frequent collaborators Ellis D and Eddie Yuma, fellow Illinois artists. Quentin’s last appearance was this past July when he debuted the self-produced track, “Diamonds”. Tune into “Hell Yes” below and stay glued in to Becks’ social media accounts for future updates …

With the release of his forthcoming “Settin’ The Pace” mixtape, Chicago rapper Mardi debuts on of it’s tracks, “Energy”. The tune features Double A and summer filled vibes from producer, Army Zenn. Listen below on Soundcloud.