Dead Rider come home to push a queasy new single at the Hideout, Artie Do Good drops an EP of delicate indie pop and oddball boom-bap, and more.
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Chicago rapper the Boy Illinois headlines his first show since dropping the triumphant Windy EP
Chicago rapper the Boy Illinois headlines his first show since dropping the triumphant Windy EP, three current and former Chicagoans set a piece of Finnegans Wake to music, and more.
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The Boy Illinois, Navarro, and Taylor Bennett subvert the ‘drill vs. woke’ narrative that bedevils Chicago rappers
Recent music by the Boy Illinois, Navarro, and Taylor Bennett proves that “big name” narratives of Chicago hip-hop can’t do justice to its many personalities.
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Remembering DJ Timbuck2, a guiding force in Chicago hip-hop
A nightclub party starter, WGCI radio personality, and scene linchpin, DJ Timbuck2 died Saturday at age 34.
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Stirring hooks and inspired raps on YP’s new mixtape, BackWood Jones
The east-side MC returns with a mixtape that can put him close to the “Winner’s Circle.”
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Twista talks about his new album, The Dark Horse
The Chicago hip-hop veteran chats about what inspired the title of his new album, working with rising local rappers, and getting involved in the community.
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One powerful line in Giftz’s Position of Power mixtape
East-side rapper Giftz has plenty of great rhymes about street life on his new mixtape.
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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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12 O’Clock Track: YP & King L, “Rub a Dub”
This YP tune has a big, brassy beat from hot young local producer C-Sick
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Closed Sessions opens up Chicago hip-hop
Local studio to release its third compilation
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Gossip Wolf: Bitchpork’s not dead!
Bitchpork comes back for 2012, Engine merges with Soma Studios, and more