Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Our previously Unsigned Hype initiate, Vic Mensa, has had the internet ablaze, thanks to his debut solo mixtape Innanetape. Chicago has been on the rise recently, and he is definitely one of the main figures in the movement. Smoko Ono, a burgeoning producer and a key architect to a variety of emcee’s sounds, put […]
Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Chicago culture has inundated almost every facet of hip hop today; from the dark synthesizer chords, typically heard in Drill music, to the slang that has slowly found its way into everyone’s speech. “Thot” is easily the most salient, as seen in the multiple articles written about the word and […]
Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Katie Got Bandz is the newest member of club Chicago Emcees to begin to garner national attention. Even though she is young woman, don’t you dare put her in your hetero-normative, gender based box, because she shoot her way out. A student and propagator of the Drill music scene, Katie […]
Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Twista speaks on his most recent EP, Back To The Basics, and the creation of the 7-tracks that were included in the project. Twista also talks about the producers he has been working with and the current wave of young rappers raising from his beloved city of Chicago. The Chi-Town […]
Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Dennis Rodman has angrily defended his visit to North Korea, ahead of a basketball game to mark leader Kim Jong-Un’s birthday.
Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information With all of the recent buzz surrounding young Windy City talent and Kanye West, its easy to forget about the incredible contributions that Common has made to the Chicago and its hip hop scene. However, his twenty year long resume, countless classic tracks, and number one albums make it impossible to not […]
Kanye always has something interesting to say.
The return of Derrick Rose to the NBA was highly anticipated this season but was unfortunately cut short once again. And yet even though the Chicago Bulls former number one draft pick and once starting point guard can no longer suit up to play, D Rose’s deal with the infamously known Adidas is still valid and popular […]
Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Chi-town emcee and one half of the Cool Kids, Sir Michael Rocks returns with a brand new single, the first off of upcoming album, Banco. “Memo” has one overriding theme, explicitly stated right from the beginning: this Chicago rapper is balling, don’t let the haters or doubters fool you. Instead of his normal laid […]
Full speed ahead.
When it comes to Chief Keef, beef is somewhat inevitable. Recently Keef and the ATL group Migos have been going back and forth on Twitter. The Chicago native sent out a warning tweet towards the ATL trio saying, “Warning Diss Records Lead to A lot More.” The conflict started when Keef took a line on Migos song, ‘Brokeanese’ as a […]
Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information There is a first time for everything, no matter how hard you try resist. Chance The Rapper, the Chicago emcee that set the internet ablaze with his genre fusing, introspective, wildly ambitious mixtape, Acid Rap, lends his talents to a Canadian Pop Star. No that isn’t a slight dig at Drake, it was actually […]
Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information So either before or after his lecture at Harvard University School of Design, Kanye West headed down to Philadelphia to continue his promotional run on the Hot 107.9 Morning Show. There he continued to stress his creativity, a topic that continues to weigh heavy on his conscious, apparently being a genius is […]
Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Lil Durk has steadily been building his fan base, those in the industry and more outside of it. His last mixtape, Signed To The Streets, included a number of street anthems and the major hit “Dis Ain’t What U Want,” which got significant playtime on radios across the nation. He isn’t satisfied […]
Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Uh oh, Kendrick Lamar just caught another body–how many is that this year? Fredo Santana invited the Compton emcee to vent about friends whose jealousy turned them to the darkside, on the aptly titled single, “Jealous.” Watch your face when listening to this one, it slaps…hard. The GBE representative’s hook may be […]
Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Jeff Cheng aptly described the period from which hip-hop was created as “The Bronx is Burning,” in his seminal work Can’t Stop Won’t Stop. During the seventies, the South Bronx was faced with high levels of unemployment, increasing gang violence, after school and music programs closings, and a mass exodus […]
Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Chance is taking Acid Rap across the nation. By now if Acid Rap or Chance The Rapper hasn’t become a household name, technology has certainly failed us, once again. The Chicago upstart has toured worldwide with the likes of Macklemore, Kendrick Lamar and Eminem, and now is launching his solo […]
Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Sasha Go Hard has taken no time off recently, and continues to show that she can produce tracks that rival the best of them. Nutty World’s Queen is back once again with another banger produced by Tony Roche. “Problem” is a track that is dedicated to the Chicago emcee’s knack for stealing […]
Chief Keef is not letting anything slow him down. Last month he ran into some drama but this month he surprised his fans with the release of the highly anticipated mixtape ‘Almighty So’ which is hosted by DJ Scream. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information This is Sosa’s second mixtape in three months and contains features […]
Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Lupe’s joining the party. Eventually, a hip-hop historian will have to go back and look at 2013, and its worth pointing out he (or she, for that matter) will have an easier time examining rappers that didn’t release (or plan to release) an album this year rather than tally the […]
