Tag Archives: Illinois

There’s no secret that there’s a violent epidemic that’s been occurring in Chicago for some time now. Senseless murders and the desensitizing of an entire community as the world is left to witness it all. Even controversial movie director Spike Lee has gotten involved with the situation with the release of his upcoming “Chi-Raq” film. With the media busy pointing …

With 2015 quickly drawing to a close, most artists are looking to finish up the year strong or are plotting to take over the new year. Chicago’s Ikon, Connecticut’s Felly and Ontario native John River each had a banner 2015 with the release of their projects, broadening their audience around the country and establishing each as three artists to look …

Rich America member ClarkAirlines presents a visual to back one of the standout cuts from his “TrillAir” EP. That song is titled “MatchPoint” and showcases Clark’s multi-layered delivery pitch alongside a highly pivotal instrumental produced by fellow labelmate Bruus and The Columbians. The Chicago native also flexes his dictatorially talents and delivers a cleverly edited video that will grasp your …

Chicago’s Queen femcee Pinqy Ring burst back on the scene after her previously released project, “Herstory: The Lost Chapters”. For this audio release, Mz. Pinq serves up a new rendition to “Phone Down” by Erykah Badu. Thru song, the lovely Puerto Rican mami uses the right vocal tone and pitch to have any man logging off for a little one-on-one …

GYBU has had an eye on The Last Wordbender since he first appeared on our platform with his video for the “Rocktown (Remix)”. Since then, he’s dropped his first full length album, “B-Side Love Songs”, along with 2 singles and a video to accompany one of them, “Now is the Time 4 Me”. Having a good relationship with DJBrickrock, who …

Back earlier this year, The Last Wordbender dropped “The B-Side Love Songs”, a 12 track project full of soulful sampling, Boom Bap drums and you guessed it, love and heartaches. Listen To  “The B-Side Love Songs” One of it’s main producer’s was fellow Rockford resident DJBrickrock. After a number of live performances and brainstorming, the duo decided to revisit the album …

Seattle artist Feezable The Germ drops off his latest video, “Forever Screw”, directed by Leon DaVinci for Mud Wing Media. With the crisp Northwestern day as the setting, a silhouetted Feez breaks down his grind and talks a little shit on the way, over an eerie yet soulful production by C Sick. Originally a South-side resident of Chicago, Feez’s unique …

Aurora, Illinois rapper Young J delivers another leak from off his upcoming mixtape, “Grind $eason”. The HardWork Records representative gets “Comfortable” on this Bravestarr produced banger, weaving thru the drums with a fast paced delivery, never losing his rhythm. Kick back, press play and get “Comfortable”.

Nique is an emcee haling from the Aurora region of Illinois who is prepping the release of his upcoming EP, “Legendary Sessions”, featuring all exclusive production from Portland producer Maze Rockwell. To kickoff the promotional campaign, Nique delivers a clean freestyle performance over the same beat shared by Drake, “30 For 30”.

Rich America representative ClarkAirlines drops an insane freestyle from off his upcoming “11PM in Chicago” mixtape. Over the piano laden instrumental, Clark goes into great detail about how quick people are to give their “Opinions”. The Chicago emcee is staged to drop the upcoming mixtape on November 11th, stay tuned.