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The best and brightest of this past week in music, as well as a throwback track! Hopefully you can bump these tracks on your way to work to brighten up your Monday mornings. This week we have new music from the hip-hop heavyweights Kanye West, Drake, Kendrick Lamar and more! Continue reading Songs of the Week ft. Drake, Vic Mensa, Chance the Rapper and More!
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Chance The Rapper loves his fans, so what better showing of appreciation on Valentine’s Day than a new song with Chance and The Social Experiment? Check out the new jazzy love tune ‘Lady Friend’ below, and be on the look out for Chance The Rapper and The Social Experiment’s upcoming Surf album soon! Also be sure to check out our photos and story from Chance’s recent #OpenMike night last week with King Louie!
Continue reading Chance The Rapper Drops “Lady Friend” Track for Valentine’s Day
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Pitchfork has just announced the lineup for its 2015 music festival and not only is it full of huge hometown names, it is full of other great acts as well. Representing the city of Chicago includes artists like Wilco, Chance the Rapper, and Vic Mensa (who was just featured on Kanye’s new song ‘Wolves’). Other acts include Sleater Kinney, Future Islands, Run the Jewels, iLoveMakonnen, A$AP Ferg, Chvrches, The New Pornographers, Panda Bear, Jamie xx, Vince Staples, and more! Check out the full lineup below, Pitchfork Music Festival takes place July 17-19 at Union Park in Chicago.
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Late last year, Chicago rapper NoName Gypsy tweeted “We go where the light is. #surf #myHottestVerseEver”, which seemed to suggest that she had a feature on Chance the Rapper and the Social Experiment’s upcoming album Surf. This should come as no major surprise as she gave a great verse on Chance’s Acid Rap project. And now after last night, the hints from her tweet hold a little more weight, as she opened up for Mick Jenkins at SOBs in New York City. During her performance she rapped a verse which she told fans would be on Surf. No word yet if “We Go Where the Light Is” is the title of the Surf track, but check out NoName Gypsy’s performance of her verse below.
Also be sure to check out our photos of Chance’s recent “Open Mike” event in Chicago, where he brought out King Louie and Hannibal Buress to perform with a number of young Chicago artists.
Continue reading Watch NoName Gypsy Perform Her Verse on Chance The Rapper’s Upcoming Surf Album
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Yesterday Chicago’s Chance The Rapper continued to give back to his city, by hosting his first “Open Mike” event. From raising $100,000 for Chicago schools, to attending Big Sean and Donda’s House‘s “Behind the Mic” event for young Chicago artists, Chance always puts on for his city. Last night though, Chance and the Young Chicago Authors gave local high school students a night that they would not forget, as the Chicago Cultural Center was packed with nearly 300 young artists. In addition to young musicians, poets, and comedians getting on the mic, some of the pros got to hit the stage too. Chicago comedian Hannibal Buress and rapper King Louie both performed for the young crowd, and SAVEMONEY‘s Vic Mensa was even in attendance.
Check out our photos below as we sent our photographer Andrew Baker to capture some of the best moments last night, and be sure to stay tuned as this is just one of many similar events that Chance will host in Chicago.
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Even before his debut album (which fans are still on the edge of their seats for), Chance The Rapper has given back to his hometown of Chicago, IL on a regular basis. From raising $100k for Chicago schools, to attending Big Sean and Donda’s House‘s “Behind the Mic” event for young Chicago artists, Chance always puts on for his city. And now Chance is taking things even further by hosting his first “Open Mike” open mic event for Chicago area high school students. The open mic will take place this upcoming Monday (February 9th) at the Cassidy Theatre (The Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington), starting at 5pm. Doors open and sign-ups begin at 4:45, but be sure to get there early as this will be a can’t miss event for those who are eligible.
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You read it correctly, Madonna, Chance the Rapper, and Mike Tyson have joined forces for Madonna’s new track ‘Iconic’. Madonna’s new album, Rebel Heart, is set to release March 10th. Stream the unlikely collaboration below and pre-order Rebel Heart now on iTunes!
Continue reading Madonna ft. Chance the Rapper & Mike Tyson – “Iconic”
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Big day for Chance the Rapper as his new feature with GQ was released, and to continue the momentum Chance is The Fader‘s new cover artist. The piece focuses on Chance’s Social Experiment group, which includes Chance himself, Donnie Trumpet, Peter Cottontale, and Nate Fox. The piece gives more details on the collective as well as the group’s upcoming album Surf, which The FADER explains how the project is often mislabeled as a Chance the Rapper album (while he is just one member of the group). Surf, which centers around the group’s Donnie Trumpet, is expected to release soon and is one of our Most Anticipated Albums of 2015.
Check out The FADER‘s cover shoot below, check out the full feature, and stream The Social Experiment’s Surf track ‘Sunday Candy’ below.
Continue reading Chance The Rapper and The Social Experiment are The FADER’s New Cover Artists
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In his recent feature with GQ, Chicago’s Chance the Rapper spilled some awesome details about his debut LP. When speaking about Chance’s debut LP’s guest features, GQ’s Byard Duncan writes “His subsequent guest appearances—nasally breathless, startlingly precocious—gained the attention of artists like Frank Ocean, J. Cole, and André 3000, all of whom will appear on his yet to be named debut LP.” If we weren’t already, this definitely has us hype for Chance’s debut album, especially since his last mixtape Acid Rap was critically acclaimed and an excellent follow-up to his 10 Day project.
Continue reading Chance the Rapper Talks Debut LP, Will Feature Andre 3000, Frank Ocean, J. Cole
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After a number of music’s big names were touring or recording for the majority of last year, which made 2014 fairly average for album releases, 2015 is already looking to be a great year for albums as those artists release their new projects this year. This year alone we are likely to see releases from music superstars like Kanye West, Kendrick Lamar, Drake and Adele, but we are also looking forward to a number of sophomore and debut albums from artists like Frank Ocean, Raury, Vic Mensa and more. Check out our list of the 30 most anticipated albums of 2015 to get updated on what releases you need to look out for in the next 12 months.
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