Young LD kills a Thugger beat in his new freestyle. Spitting over Young Thug’s track ‘Check’, Lil Dicky blessed Sway and the whole Sway In The Morning crew today. Full of bars, sports references and even a lyric paying reference to the First Lady, Lil Dicky proves his writing is nothing to joke about. Also be sure to check our video recap of Lil Dicky’s Midwest leg of his Professional Rapper tour!
XXL has just released this year’s highly anticipated XXL Freshman List. This year 10 new talented artists will be featured on one of rap’s top publications, which include Raury, Dej Loaf, Fetty Wap, Kidd Kidd, OG Maco, Shy Glizzy, Godlink, K Camp, Tink, and Vince Staples (pictured above). Who do you think was snubbed on this year’s lineup? Who will become your next favorite rapper? Who has GOAT potential? And who will we forget in a year from now?
Rumored to be the first single from Lil Wayne’s forthcoming Free Weezy Album, Weezy has released his new track, ‘Glory’. And if you couldn’t figure it out yourself, it is definitely different from John Legend and Common’s track of the same name! This is one of the biggest TIDAL (Jay-Z’s new streaming service) exclusives yet, so definitely check out the High Fidelity sound quality at Tidal.com.
The Early Registration has partnered up with React Presents to give away a pair of tickets to see Ryan Hemsworth in Chicago, with special guest Tommy Kruise. The show will take place this week on Friday June 19th at the The Mid (306 N. Halsted) in Chicago and you won’t want to miss out. Check out the contest details below, but don’t risk leaving it to chance though, buy your tickets here before they sell out. This is a 21+ event.
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The Early Registration has partnered up with React Presents to give away a pair of tickets to see A-Trak in Chicago, with special guests ArrabMuzik and Ape Drums as part of their “Gold Gone Wild 2” Tour. The show will take place this week on Saturday June 6th at the The Mid (306 N. Halsted) in Chicago and you won’t want to miss out. Check out the contest details below, but don’t risk leaving it to chance though, buy your tickets here before they sell out. This is a 21+ event.
Check out A-Trak, AraabMuzik and Ape Drum’s new track ‘Action’ below and be sure to follow React Presents on Twitter and Facebook!
Tonight, rapper Big K.R.I.T. paid a visit to young Chicago artists as part of Donda House‘s “Behind The Mic” series. With a surprise visit from Chicago’s own, Lupe Fiasco, K.R.I.T. gave some great advice to the up and coming performers. K.R.I.T. will also stick around the Windy City tomorrow, as he headlines Donda House’s spring graduation. Donda’s House is a non-profit organization that honors the educational legacy of Kanye West’s late mother, Dr. Donda West. The organization holds a number of great programs and opportunities for Chicago’s youth, providing a safe and creative environment for Chicago’s aspiring artists.
Donda House’s “Behind the Mic” series is one of our favorite community programs by the non-profit, which has invited Big Sean, No-ID and more to give unique and valuable advice to the community’s brightest. Along with their community showcase at the Common Ground Foundation’s “AAHH! Fest”, Chicago artists have the opportunity to continue the city’s legacy of being one of the world’s best music hubs.
Check our more photos, from our photographer Jesus Montero, below.
Don’t worry, Odd Future didn’t actually break up (well not really), and here is some new OFWGKTA for you, this time from Hodgy Beats. The new autotuned record, titled ‘ISWEARHB’ has an epic team of producers, with production from Young Chop, Metro Boomin and Sonny Digital. Check it out for yourself, you don’t need the producer tags and drops to tell that three of music’s hottest producers played a role in this beat.
One of our favorite things about Lollapalooza is its aftershows. The aftershows not only allow fans who weren’t able to score wristbands to the actual festival to also see some great sets, but it showcases the beautiful intimate local venues (Aragon, The Mid, The Riviera and more) of our nation’s Second City, Chicago. This year’s Lollapalooza Aftershows are just as great as ever, with a number of performances that we recommend catching. Performing official Lollapalooza Aftershows this year are Alesso, Tove Lo, Gary Clark Jr., The War on Drugs, Glass Animals, alt-J, SZA, Mick Jenkins, Marina and the Diamonds, Logic and many more!
Singer Corbin (formerly Spooky Black) and fellow thestand4rd member Bobby Raps have combined for a new EP, titled Couch Potato. The new surprise project was produced entirely by Bobby Raps, and in promotion of the project the two have also dropped a music video for its track ‘Welcome to the Hell Zone’ (which you can watch below). If you want to hear some of the tracks live, Wisconsin and Minnesota fans can check out Corbin and fellow thestand4rd member Allan Kingdom this summer at the Eaux Claires Music Festival (July 17-18).
Listen to Couch Potato below and download the project here.
From the official motion picture soundtrack for “Southpaw” (in theaters July 24), Eminem’s new track ‘Phenomenal’ is here. You never want to sleep on Em’s soundtrack records, this is no exception!
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