For being the most hyped about rapper with the least amount of music out (and no new music/projects in a very long time), Jay Electronica is really feeling himself. And during a recent performance at the XOYO in London, the Roc Nation signee called out the whole rap game, specifically Drake and label-mate J. Cole. “You (Drake) may be the 6 God, but I am thee God,” Jay Electronica announced to the crowd. “I’m sorry, but J. Cole don’t got bars like this. Whoever your favorite rapper is, they all know I’m the God!” It will be interesting to see if anyone responds to Jay’s confidence on this, and hopefully Jay puts out a diss record so his fans can get so much anticipated new music.
Watch Jay Electronica call out the whole rap game below.
North Coast Music Festivalis less than a month away and its full schedule is now available. With four stages, as well as a the Silent Disco and Heineken House, we hope that you don’t have too many overlapping acts to see! Hitting the stage at Chicago’s Union Park this year is Wale, D’Angelo, Widespread Panic, Knife Party, Steve Aoki, The Chemical Brothers, Skizzy Mars, Stefan Ponce, Leather Corduroys and many more!
Check out the full schedule below and get your tickets at North Coast’s official website here. Also be sure to enter our North Coast Ticket giveaway, to win a pair of 3-Day passes (it ends in less than two days)!
This month we wrapped up our second straight year at Lollapalooza. And while we already shared some of our favorite moments from the Windy City festival, we wanted to share more photos of some of our favorite performers at Lolla this year. In total we saw a number of great performances from The Weeknd, Sam Smith, Metallica, Kid Cudi, Paul McCartney, A$AP Rocky ,Tyler the Creator and Marina and the Diamonds, just to name a few.
Check out our eleventh Lollapalooza Photo Series piece of SZA’s performance.
Atlanta rapper/singer Raury has been on a Chicago bound road trip for the past few days. After stops in Tennessee, Kentucky and Indianapolis, the ‘God’s Whisper’singer finally made his way to the Windy City. And how did Raury spend his day in Chicago (which is his first time here, not including his brief stop for Lollapalooza this month)? He whooped some ass in the classic American sport, kickball. Inviting his Chicago fans to an impromptu game at Holstein Park, fans got to play kickball with one of their favorite rappers (something that most people will never be able to say).
Overall, Team Atlanta took home the W, winning all but one game of the night. Chi-Town took home the final win though, for the much needed morale boost. And Raury wasn’t the only notable name in attendance either. Rapper Taylor Bennett (Chance The Rapper’s brother) and Chance’s manager Pat also came to test their kickball skills. Rappers take note, if you really want to redefine “giving back to the fans”, play a non-endorsed random game of kickball with them.
Check out our photos of Raury’s #RaurVsChicago Kickball Deathmatch below!
These are the highlights of this past week in music! Hopefully you can bump these tracks on your way to work to brighten up your Monday mornings, and to stay up-to-date on today’s music. This week we have another new collaboration from Chance The Rapper and Noname Gypsy, new amazing visuals from Milwaukee’s WebsterX, and a new music video from the Childish Gambino co-signed Kari Faux.
This month we wrapped up our second straight year at Lollapalooza. And while we already shared some of our favorite moments from the Windy City festival, we wanted to share more photos of some of our favorite performers at Lolla this year. In total we saw a number of great performances from The Weeknd, Sam Smith, Metallica, Kid Cudi, Paul McCartney, A$AP Rocky and Marina and the Diamonds, just to name a few.
Check out our tenth Lollapalooza Photo Series piece of Tyler The Creator’s performance.
This month we wrapped up our second straight year at Lollapalooza. And while we already shared some of our favorite moments from the Windy City festival, we wanted to share more photos of some of our favorite performers at Lolla this year. In total we saw a number of great performances from The Weeknd, Sam Smith, Metallica, Kid Cudi, Paul McCartney, A$AP Rocky, Tyler The Creator and Marina and the Diamonds, just to name a few.
Check out our ninth Lollapalooza Photo Series piece of Young Thug’s performance.
What better way to get warmed up for this year’s performances at the North Coast Music Festival, than with a sick playlist to get you ready and amped up? Well we cut the work out for you, by putting together our official warm up playlist on Soundcloud. Together we have 25-tracks, from Steve Aoki, Stefan Ponce, Chromeo, Knife Party, Phoebe Ryan, Wale, Skizzy Mars and many more, all so you know what you can expect at Chicago’s Union Park next month (September 4-6). And if you haven’t got your passes yet, we are giving away a pair for you to win here, but you might want to buy some now before it’s too late! You might want to also check out this year’s official afterparty lineup!
For the third Friday in a row, Chicago’s Vic Mensa has release another new record. This time around Vic dropped his track, titled ‘I Been’, which is produced by Smoko Ono and the legendary Mike Dean. This one is three minutes of straight fire, so don’t wait around, check it out now (especially if Vic continues dropping new music at this rate). Also be sure to stay tuned for more information on Vic forthcoming and debut album, Traffic.
Los Angeles singer-songwriter Phoebe Ryan is an artist on the rise. Being widely considered as one of this year’s biggest breakout artists, Ryan is setting herself up for a very promising career. With less than a year under her belt, Phoebe Ryan has successfully released her first EP Mine, signed a record deal with Columbia Records, has over 25 million plays on Spotify, performed at Bonnaroo & Firefly (and is set to hit the stage in Chicago at the North Coast Music Festival), and is also keeping herself busy this fall with a North American tour with Say Lou Lou.
We first got turned on to Ryan with her impressive rendition of R. Kelly’s ‘Ignition’ & Miguel’s ‘Do you’. Her unique spin of the mashup received high praises from the likes of many, including R. Kelly himself. Since then Ryan’s original music has taken over her growing popularity. Ryan held an intimate showcase in Chicago last night at The House of Blues’ Foundation Room. We were able to catch Ryan’s show which included songs from her Mine EP and of course her ‘Ignition/Do You’ cover.
Ryan’s intimate show was the perfect setting to really capture her pure talent. Although she is new to the music scene Ryan’s stellar performance could have been seen as one done by a seasoned veteran. Pulling off both a shy and powerful performance, Ryan’s down to earth lyrics set a mood that only she herself could set. Ryan’s soulful voice effortlessly captured her persona as a rising star.
We were also able to catch up with Ryan right after her performance. We talked about her fast track path to success that has led her to music stardom. “I still don’t even understand what is going on,” Ryan said in a humble disbelief. “In the beginning of the year I was independently releasing music that I had been working on for months. As far back as a year I had been holding on to that ‘Ignition’ remix before I decided to put it out. So that was the top of the year, just putting stuff out, then all of a sudden responds just started happening. It was crazy. It felt amazing.” Ryan explained at what point in her career she noticed a huge turn:
“When Columbia stepped in things got real. Now (I’m) doing stuff like this. (I’m) also going to radio promo showcases because they want to push my single ‘Mine’. Plus I’m about to go on tour for two months, it’s crazy!”
If you weren’t there last night, don’t worry! Ryan will be returning to the Windy City in less than a month, as she performs at the North Coast Music Festival in Union Park on Saturday, September 5th (single day tickets for Saturday are still available here). Meanwhile watch the music video for Phoebe Ryan’s single ‘Mine’ below.
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