G Herbo raps on “Don’t Forget It,” one of the best tracks on Harry Fraud’s new Rogues Vol. 2.
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DJ Oreo talks about footwork, booking a Chicago party from Australia, and Sunday’s birthday battle with Elz the DJ
West-side native DJ Oreo throws himself a birthday party at East Room on Sunday that doubles as an informal turntable battle with his best friend—and then he hits the road with Lil Yachty.
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Twilite Tone forms a Chicago-rap dream team in an effort to end gun violence
The veteran local rap producer recruits a bevy of Chicago MCs to record “Put the Guns Down.”
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G Herbo pays tribute to his fallen friend on Ballin Like I’m Kobe
The east-side rapper formerly known as Lil Herb gets even better on his brand-new second mixtape.
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Listen to Ty Money’s Cinco De Money mixtape ‘Over and Over’
The MC’s latest is one of the best local hip-hop releases of the year.
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The unexpected appeal of ‘Faneto,’ Chief Keef’s slow-growing underground hit
The song has become a cult hit since Keef dropped it in early October.
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Alex Wiley drops a new EP just in time for XXL’s ‘Freshman issue’ voting
Wiley is one of seven Chicagoans up for the coveted final spot on XXL‘s forthcoming eighth annual “Freshman class” issue.
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The best overlooked Chicago hip-hop releases of 2014
Chicago produced so much great hip-hop this year that some of it got through the cracks—here are some releases you might have missed that deserve your attention.
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Our favorite music of 2014
Six Reader music writers share their favorites from 2014 with year-end lists that do more than just put the same records in a different order.
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I changed my mind: Year-end lists matter
The thread connecting grief, Facebook, and end-of-the-year lists
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Check out up-and-coming local MC KD Young Cocky
His version of Lil Wayne’s newish “Grindin'” is one of many reasons to do so.
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Reader’s Agenda Sun 9/21: Aahh! Fest, Design Harvest, and Wand
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Sunday, September 21
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Common comes home to a different Chicago on Nobody’s Smiling
On his tenth album the MC who helped put Chicago’s scene on the map delivers a grim, uneven, and occasionally compelling portrait of inner-city violence.
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Never mind the cover art, listen to Leather Corduroys’ new EP
The Save Money duo dropped an EP on April Fool’s Day and, despite the look of the cover, Porno Music Vol. II: This Shit Fucking Raw is no joke.
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Lil Herb takes you to Terror Town on his debut mixtape
Lil Herb offers up some complex, engrossing street rap with Welcome to Fazoland.