Qari’s new solo EP IGOTPROBLEMS emphasizes his soulful melodicism.
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Operation Hennessy digs a new channel for Chicago hip-hop
Keen-eyed rapper Qari hooks up with producer Green Sllime for Operation Hennessy—and opens the floodgates on his friend’s reservoir of irreverent old-school beats.
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Chicago rap group Hurt Everybody reunites as its members build bright solo careers
If you’re well-versed in Chicago hip-hop, then you should certainly know the name Hurt Everybody, a rare group that landed like an asteroid in 2014 and vanished just as quickly. While outsiders positioned the city’s scene as a binary, dividing Chicago rappers into drill and poetry-bred alternative hip-hop (while ignoring, say, the joyful sound of […]
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Chicago rapper Supa Bwe laps the pack
Supa Bwe brought pop-punk melodies to hip-hop years before the current crop of Soundcloud rappers, and he’s still evolving on the new Finally Dead.
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Chicago producer Mulatto Beats does the best work on his new album with his old friend Qari
Mulatto Beats and Qari began collaborating six years and two hip-hop groups ago, and they show how well they get each other on “Good to Lose.”