Today Nasim Williams drops “Want It All,” a collaboration with L’s, Ly-key on the Beat, and Cam’ron.
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The year Chicago hip-hop beat the haters
For ages, Chicago rappers tore each other down, as though the city could produce only one star at a time—but in 2016 the whole scene seemed to grasp the value of community.
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Vic Spencer calls himself ‘the worst rapper from Chicago’ while proving otherwise
Sharp-tongued veteran rapper Vic Spencer is at his best when he eases back on the swagger.
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Chris Crack displays some strange table manners in the new video for ‘Armani Silverware’
Chicago rapper Chris Crack, from off his Who the Fuck Is Chris Spencer? collaboration, rolls out a colorful new video.
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Chris Crack and Vic Spencer make for an animated Chicago rap team
Chicago hip-hop veterans Chris Crack and Vic Spencer collaborate on a full-length as Chris Spencer.
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The year in music: 2015
Seven Reader writers drill down into rap, jazz, punk, metal, and more—instead of just rearranging the same records on everyone else’s best-of list.
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Chicago places in Chicago hip-hop
Rappers like to remind you where they’re from, often by peppering their lyrics with mentions of the spots they know best. Here are five of my favorite references to Chicago locations in local rap songs this year. Vic Spencer, “Sony Walkman,” The Cost of Victory Vic Spencer lets his familiarity with his gritty city surroundings […]
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Listen to VicTree if you want to get to know Chicago MC Vic Spencer
Chicago rapper Vic Spencer is an open book on “Know You,” one of the best songs on his new Tree-produced EP.
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Gossip Wolf: Alex Barnett emits another vaguely creepy drone
Alex Barnett’s latest vaguely creepy drone, Black Friday music to get you off the couch, and more
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Chicago rap’s big day out at SXSW
Chance the Rapper’s ascendance continues at SXSW, and more.
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Gossip Wolf: Teith drops a posthumous debut LP
Teith drops a posthumous debut LP, Tree and Danny Brown talk collaboration, and more.
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Rap wrap-up: New songs from Tree, Vic Spencer, Sasha Go Hard, and more
New songs from local hip-hop artists Tree, Vic Spencer, Kembe X, Sasha Go Hard, and M.I.C
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Tree grows his own way
Tremaine “Tree” Johnson proves there’s more to the new generation of Chicago hip-hop than Chief Keef and the drill scene
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Vic Spencer: First in Line to Jack a Goblin Beat
A Chicago rapper goes in on a Tyler the Creator song that isn’t even out yet.