We're still soaking up the This Time Last Year EP that dropped less than a month ago, but the spacey Chicago quartet is back with "Helsinki", a new single and perhaps an unused leftover from the recording session of the aforementioned EP.
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Freddie Gibbs continues to lap the competition with "Freddie Gordy".
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There's been no rest for Smino and Zero Fatigue since they broke out onto the Chicago scene in early 2015. Since, Smino, producer Monte Booker and vocalist Rayvn Lenae have each made their own mark on local and national fans alike.
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Another new visual from west side native Z Money who released his video for "Junkies".
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If you've been paying attention to the production credits on much of the work coming out of Mick Jenkins' camp in the last couple of years you've probably come across the name The Mind.
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One word that regularly comes to mind when I think of Chicago hip-hop duo theWHOevers is consistency.
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What may go down as the longest rollout in recent history finally got an end point today as Chicago's own HXLT made his G.O.O.D. Music debut with the release of his self-titled project that hit the internet after a lengthy teasing.
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GLC releases a new single titled "Coolout" produced by L Williams.
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Owen Bones returns with a new project titled 'Surrender' with features from Mick Jenkins, Myrone, Kevin Abstract and more.
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It's "Last Time" from Sicko Mobb.
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Is two drops in as many months cause for excitement and speculation about a new Saba album on the way? Well, it is for me!
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With latest offering "Ghost", Kweku Collins continues to impress. The self-produced cut serves as the lead single off of his first album, Nat Love, scheduled to be releases April 8th via Closed Sessions.
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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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It has been about a month since Hurt Everybody has parted ways, and in a refreshing change of pace we've heard plenty from young Qari and Mulatto, but other than the quick response to the situation in "I'll Hurt Alone", Supa has remained fairly quite.
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Mikey Dollaz' Picture Me Rollin' is dope.
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Chicago producers SEER and Mojek joined forces for the loose single "keep movin".
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A freestyle from Qari as we await his forthcoming full-length, Learning to Unicycle.
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Church is in session and Ric Wilson calls on Chicago veteran GLC to help spread the ism on his new single "Nat". Once again blending the his lives as a musician and activist, Ric Wilson finds inspiration from Nat Turner, a former slave that led a rebellion against slavery in 1831.
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