The weekend started early for Chicago hip hop heads and it had absolutely nothing to do with Abraham Lincoln's birthday. Thursday afternoon to many 9-5er's dismay, Kanye held a party/fashion show at New York City's Madison Square Garden...
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People make art for different reasons. There are those that make art to make people dance and smile, those that create with the purpose of becoming famous and making money, those that simply do it because they can't think of something else.
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The Rapperchicks Shitty Punk Album puts the Chicago group on the map with three strong tracks.
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It's no secret now that Lil Bibby is a serious force on Chicago's hip-hop scene. While he may not have had the kind of breakout hits to garner serious national attention just yet, the 2014 XXL Freshman has offered up a series of talented offerings that have positioned him and close friend Lil Herb as the next up to tell the world about the happenings in and around Chicago's less savory imagery.
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It's been awhile since we've seen a collection of songs from SaveMoney member Brian Fresco. One thing we have gotten in the little over a year since his release of SoulMoney is a plethora of hot tracks that have dropped with relative frequency as we sit and wait for his much teased and talked about Casanova and PostDrill full-lengths.
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ShowYouSuck and Indianapolis amigo Oreo Jones revitalize their pizza track with a new video.
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The last few days for Mr. West have not been regular. Ye spent the last week putting final touches a pair of massive projects with his new album, The Life of Pablo, and his adidas Yeezy Season 3 collection.
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Count on Na$im William's Numbers being on repeat.
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Q+A and premiere of safeNsound's new single "changed my number"
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Yet another heater from vocalist Smino and producer Monte Booker.
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UG Vavy links with fellow 2008ighties member Calez on "Sport It (Remix)".
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Each week the These Days staff comes across great music from Chicago artists that we could not provide individual features for. In an effort to keep our readers up to date with more of our recent favorites, the Round Up segment provides quick summaries and additional noteworthy content. Check out our latest picks below and feel free to submit a comment if you feel we missed something.
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Twista, Jeremih and Bibby hit the club in the visuals for "Models & Bottles".
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Rapper and producer ChurchDontStop and Hurt Everybody's Qari pull an all nighter in their new single "No Sleep".
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Pause what you're doing, it's Jean Deaux's "Father Time"
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The first single from Owen Bones' upcoming Surrender EP, dropping on February 22.
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New single from Glocque sounds like a post-apocalyptic love song.
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A new single from A Billion Young who properly prep their ABY & Friends project.
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Alex Wiley drops off the first visual from his sophomore album Village Party II: Heaven's Gate.
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Qari makes his first appearance following Hurt Everybody's break up with a very personal and introspective "Caterpillar, Butterfly" featuring his daughter Loti.
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