Hello, Summer..

Champaign Native Jay Moses Takes Some Time To Greet Summer On His 1st Single. I Thought Summer Was Jim Jones' Girl? Either Way, Jay's Project, "The Maxi" (No Pad), Will Be Dropping Shortly.

Jay Moses - "Hello, Summer"

The Chicago Bull..

After All The Delays, Big Homie D.O.E.'s "The Chicago Bull" Tape (Hosted By DJ Sean Mac) Is Here. You Can Peep The Tracklisting Here & Download Below.

Big Homie D.O.E. - "The Chicago Bull" (Hosted By DJ Sean Mac)

Back Down..

Chris Shields "Back Down" from Hundred Grand on Vimeo.

Chris Shields Is Back With The 1st Single From His Album, "Man On Fire", And He Isn't Backing Down. With Producer Logic Behind The Boards & Impakt Studios With Directorial Duties, This Joint Is A Problem.

State Of The Union..

I Admit, I Was Sleep, But The Homie Contraband Woke Me Up With An Email Containing This New Joint From Vic Spencer & Sulaiman & Some Info Regarding Their "We're Just Disappointed" Project. Now, The Project Was Planned To Be An EP, But Has Since Grown To Include Over 20+ Joints And Should Be Dropping Some Time In June. The Joint Below Is A Freebie & Will Not Be Included In The Finished Project. Download Or Die.

Vic Spencer & Sulaiman - "State Of The Union Freestyle"

Rocket Love: The Movie

International Pugs & Grant Parks Come Through With A Visual For Their Single "Rocket Love" And It's Dope. "Kinda Like A Rapper" Drops June 1st. People, Are You Ready?

Silent..

Gerald Walker Gets His Drizzy On For His New Single, "Silent", From His "I Remember When This All Meant Something" Project. I'm Really Digging This Joint. Shouts To YNMD For Dropping This Through.

Gerald Walker - "Silent"

Rock 'N Roll Gangsta..

TimBuckTu- Rock'N Roll Gangsta Video from TimBuckTuTOC on Vimeo.

U.S.U.K. Hooked Up With Roper & BlackNoyz To Give Their Track "Rock 'N Roll Gangsta" The Visual Treatment. Dope Ish!

Events: The Crowd Control Tour Pt. 2

Kidz In The Hall & 88-Keys Will Make Their Stop In Chicago On June 20th, At The Wild Hare, For Part Deux Of Their Crowd Control Tour. When More Info Comes In, I'll Be Sure To Post.

Mike Murder..

Mike Schpitz (With The Help Of YNotMyDream, BallerStatus, RefinedHype, PMG Media & DJBooth) Finally Releases His 3rd Project, "Mike Murder", For The Masses. The 10 Track Mixtape Features Mike Getting His Dexter On Over Various Tracks.

Mike Schpitz - "Mike Murder" (Mixtape)

No Go..

The League's Novakane Welcomes Everyone To The "NoGo" On The 1st Joint From His "And The People Have Spoken" Project. Bowties Not Included.

Novakane - "NoGo"

Everybody Needs An Anthem..

Youngsta Does It For The Bad Bitches On This Joint. Ugly Chicks Be Quiet.

Youngsta - "The Bad Bitch Anthem"

Back At It..

The Cool Neighbors Are Back On The Block With "Lifestyle Music 2" From Their New Mixtape "Vol. 2". Things Are Always Better The Second Time, Right?

Cool Neighbors - "Lifestyle Music 2"

On Deck..

It's Rockie Checkin' In & Everytime He Going In, He Going For The Win. "Rockie's Modern Life, Vol. 2" is On It's Way.

Rockie Fresh - "On Deck"

Valedictorian..

Well, What Do You Know? Something New From The Homie Legit. This Appeared On The Gowhere Tape That Dropped Recently, But This Version Features A New Verse From U.G. At The Beginning. "The Graduation Tape" Drops Friday. You've Been Warned.

Legit (feat. U.G.) - "Valedictorian"

Kush In My Cigar..

M. Rex Takes On A Vybe Beat For His New Joint, "Kush In My Cigar". Damn, I Hate Those Tags.

M. Rex - "Kush In My Cigar"

Your Favorite Rapper..

After Countless Leaks, The New Mixtape From Pro2je Is Finally Here. Hit The Leak To Stream And Or Download.

Pro2je - "I Am Your Favorite Rapper" (Mixtape)

Aight..

The Homies Nick-N-Beans Add Some Verses To BJ The Chicago Kid's Latest Joint, "Aight", For Their "Lost Files" Project. You Know How Forever True Do.

BJ The Chicago Kid (feat. Nick-N-Beans) - "Aight (Remix)"

Big Homie D.O.E.'s "The Chicago Bull" Artwork..

I'm Pretty Sure The Homie Contraband Is Behind This One. "The Chicago Bull" Hits The 'Net Tuesday.

You Can't Stand It..

The Homie Pro2je Decided To Drop 2 More Tracks From His "I Am Your Favorite Rapper" Project & They Are Dope. The Mixtape Should Be Dropping Real Soon. Be On The Lookout.

"You Can't Stand It" x "Hurt Me Soul"

The Windy City Hip Hop Project..

Medill News Journalist Zak Koeske Recently Caught Up With Esohel & Humboldt Park Producer Serious Of The Drum Kingz For His "Windy City Hip Hop Project" Documentary. Here We See The Two Collaborate On A New Joint Entitled "Against All Odds". Can We Get A MP3 Please?

All I Need In This World..

Well, Who Isn't Dropping A Mixtape With DJ Ill Will & DJ Rockstar These Days? Here's Another New Joint From Cap-1's "Pussy Monster" Tape Which Should Be On It's Way Soon.

Cap-1 (Rozay Richie) - "Pussy, Cocaine & Power"

Redline..

If You Follow The Forever True Camp On Twitter, Then You've Heard (Or Read) About This Joint Right Here. Finally "Redline", The 1st Single From "The O'Hare Address Project", Is Here For Your Listening Pleasure. Forever True's Q. Beans & Jae Summa Come Along For The Ride On This One & Do Not Disappoint At All. Welcome To The 'Go People.

Max Payne (feat. Jae Summa & Q. Beans) - "Redline"

Events: Brainiac Society Saturday

As I Said Before, "Brainiac Society Saturday" Is In Full Effect On May 22nd. Bighomie D.O.E. Will Take Over The Bassment For His Mixtape Release Party From 7-11PM. The Listening Session Will Take Place From 7 To 9PM With A Performance From 10 To 11PM. After That, Naledge & Bun B. Will Be Hosting "For The Love Of The Dude", A Birthday Celebration For A Friend Of The Brainiac Crew At Vain. Respect To The Homie Contraband. "The Chicago Bull" Is On It's Way.

My Swisher..

No Cover Art, Hence The Pic Above.

Here's A Joint That I've Had For Some Time From Relatively New Group F.O.C. (Focused On Cash) That I Felt Needed To Be Out Here On These E-Streets. I Hate For Dope Ish To Just Sit Around. The Joint Is Produced By Mr. "All The Way Turnt Up" Himself, Vybe. Not Sure Where This Track Is Gonna End Up, But You Can Check It Out & Download Below.

F.O.C. - "My Swisher"

Never Gave A Fuck..

Southside Native Brandon Carter Just Released His Latest Project, "Never Gave A Fuck", Via Bandcamp. I Know What You're Saying.. "Brandon Who?". I'm Going To Give A Listen And You Should Too. Something Different Is Needed, You Know?

Brandon Carter - "Never Gave A Fuck"

Landing Gear..

This. Is. A. Dope. Cover.

The Homie A.J. Crew Decides To Unleash The 1st Leak From His Mixtape, "Free Agency", For Everyone's Ears & It Does Not Disappoint. Prepare To Land People.

A.J. Crew - "Landing Gear"

Everybody Hates Chris..

I May Be A Lil' Late On This One, But Better Late Than Never. Chris Shields (Any Relation To Mike Shieldz?) Recently Released His Mixtape, "Everybody Hates Chris: Reloaded" And I've Heard Nothing But Good Things About It. I'm Going To Give It A Listen & I Suggest You Do The Same.

Chris Shields - "Everybody Hates Chris: Reloaded"

Dinner's Hot..

Mike Schpitz Comes Through With The Third & Final Leak From His "Mike Murder" Project, Which Drops Next Week. This Time Around, He Jacks The Jay-Z & Timbaland Joint, "When It's Hot". Dinner Is Served.

Mike Schpitz - "Dinner's Hot"

Rhymefest & The Road To El Che..

Rhymefest Talks With A Few Reporters In Honk Kong About The Basis Of His New Album & Recalls A Sitdown He Had With The New UK Prime Minister. Who Would've Thought That Hip-Hop Would've Brought Him This Far? El Che Hits Stores & Digital Outlets On June 8th.

Bitch Teaser..

Something New From Cap-1 (Or Ro'zay Richie.. I'm Not Sure What He's Calling Himself These Days). Anyway, He Decides To Let Loose Some Bars Over Lil' Jon & Too Short's "Couldn't Be A Better Player" Instrumental. Check It Out Below.

Cap-1 AKA Ro'zay Richie - "Bitch Teaser"

Baby Momma..

Capital K "BabyMomma" -Directed by 1985 from arlo fisher on Vimeo.

Capital K. Drops A Dope New Visual For His Track "Baby Momma". Directed By 1985. I Don't Know About Y'all, But I'm Rocking With This One.

Events: May 22nd

My Chick Bad At The Green Dolphin

Consider This Your Official Guide To Saturday, May 22nd. There Are Ton's Of Events & Parties Going On That Day & We've Decided To Highlight A Few Of Them. Naledge & Bun B. Will Be Hosting "For The Love Of The Dude" At Club Vain, While Big Homie D.O.E. Will Celebrating The Release Of His Mixtape, "The Chicago Bull", At The Bassment Earlier That Day. Neither One Of These Events Have Pluggers As Of Yet, But As More Information Comes In, I'll Pass It Along. There's Two More Events Down Bottom & More Will Be Added Later Today. Click The Links Under The Pics For More Info.

The All City Cypher At The Abbey

Yes, Yes Y'all

Leaders, No 1354..

Leaders of the New Cool DC Promo from Justin Oh on Vimeo.

Chicago's Own YP, Rockie Fresh & Big Homie Doe Speak On What It Means To Be A "Leader Of The New Cool" Before They Hit The Stage At Club Liv For The D.C. Edition Of Leaders Of The New Cool On May 26th. They'll Be Sharing The Stage With D.C. Natives Phil Ade, Haziq, Kingpen Slim & Others.

The Countdown To June 8th..

I Don't Think Y'all Ready..

Events: Got The City Sewn Up

The Good People At YNotMyDream & DudeGotBars Have Put Together A Dope Show For Everyone To Check Out On May 29th. Esohel, YP, Voyce G.I. Go, The New Old & F.A.B.L.E. Will Take The Stage At The Abbey For What Is Sure To Be A Crazy Show. Be Sure To Come Out & Support People!

Interstate Ish, Vol. 3:

Cincinnati Artist Kandid McFly Leads This Week's Installment Of Interstate Ish With His New Single "Voices". Produced By 8-Attack, This Joint Is Bananas. Look For His Album, "The Opening Act", To Drop In Early June. Below The Link, You'll Find A New Track From Kansas City Rapper Watts & An Instrumental Joint From Abstract Cannon Out Of Houston. Happy Friday.

Kandid McFly - "Voices"

Watts - "O' Let's Do It (Freestyle)"

Abstract Cannon - "Compare & Contrast"

Thank You..

The Homie Pro2je Just Dropped Off This New Joint From His "I Am Your Favorite Rapper" Project. Hov's "Thank You" Gets Some Bars From Pro & They Don't Disappoint. You're Welcome.

Pro2je - "Thank You"

Sorry..

League Of Ordinary Gentlemen's Adullessence Has Decided To Drop A New Joint For The Masses. "Life In Surround Sound 2: Dirty Laundry" Coming Soon.

Adullessence - "Sorry"

Events: Devin The Dude At Sub-T

Devin The Dude, Coughee Brothaz & DJ Trew Will Be Taking The Stage At Subterranean This Saturday Night. This Definitely A Show Worth Checking Out. Respect To The Homie Contraband On The Info.

Listen To My Album..

The Homie Pugs Atomz Speaks On The "Yeah, I Rap Too" Epidemic Taking Place Here In The Chi On This New Joint From His "Kinda Like A Mixtape" Project. "Kinda Like A Mixtape" Is A Free Mixtape That Will Drop Before His "Kinda Like A Rapper" Album. Dope Huh? Shouts To Pugs For Sending This Joint Through!

Pugs Atomz - "Listen To My Album (Eject, Eject)"

Events: Dom Kennedy Live At The Viaduct

All I Can Say Regarding This Show Is "Be There". Spotted At The Contraband Spot.

Warm Chills..

FIGHTER-WARM CHILLS from FLY KITE on Vimeo.

Today, I Bring You Something A Lil' Different Than What You're Used To, But That's Just Part Of The Diversity Here In Chicago. The Video Above Is From A Group Called Fighter & It's Way Beyond Dope. Now, I Don't Know Too Much About The Group But I Do Know That They Are A Breath Of Fresh Air In A City Filled With Rappers. Expect A Lot More Of Them Around These Parts.

Go Hard Or Go Home..

Duck Down Music & 2K Sports Recently Held A Contest For Producers & Artists To Be Featured On The Soundtrack For NBA 2K11. Well, Guess What? A Chicago-Based Artist Won. His Name's Yung Automatik & His Track "Go Hard Or Go Home" (Produced By The Winning Producer, Bay Root) Made The Cut & Will Be Featured In The Game. Clap For 'Em.

Yung Automatik - "Go Hard Or Go Home"