| Rapidly Piling Clips in Your Area: Cdot Honcho’s H4 | October 17, 2018 |
Sam Kelly takes a look at the new release from the Chicago rapper.
Jack Riedy sits down with the Chicago rapper about working as a teaching artist, working with his father, and his new EP, Nappy Talk.
| “Just Don’t Bring Police”: An Interview With MC Tree | September 12, 2016 |
Evan Gabriel speaks with MC Tree G about Chicago, the last year of his life, and his new album, I.B. Tree.
| Hanging On the Telefone: Noname’s Breaks Through | August 18, 2016 |
Nitish Pahwa examines the debut album, Telefone, from Chicago's Noname.
| “It Could Have Been Worse”: An Interview with White Gzus | April 14, 2016 |
Jimmy Ness speaks with the Chicago duo about incarceration, originality in rap music, and lawyers in prison.
| Don’t Buy that Cheap Beef: Vic Spencer and Chris Crack Unite | January 28, 2016 |
Will Hagle takes a look at the new school/old school relationship between Chris Crack and Vic Spencer.
| The Ice Cream Man: Chicago’s Montana of 300 | February 26, 2015 |
Montana of 300: Chicago's next great rapper.
| On the Front Porch, Looking at the Corner: An Interview with Saba | February 23, 2015 |
Saba catches up with Max Bell about growing up on the edge of the 'hood and the 'burbs, how he got started in rap, and about learning to play the piano with "Mary Had a Little Lamb."
| Familiar Surroundings: SD’s “Circles” | November 10, 2014 |
Evan Nabavian is familiar. Whatever the circumstances, Chief Keef’s dismissal from Interscope signals the end of Chicago drill rap’s dalliance with the mainstream. The scene failed to capture America’s imagination the way trap did. Local legends will likely stay local and talent unearthed by DJ Bandz will have limited appeal outside of Chicago and astute rap […]
| Chief Keef: Back from the Dead & Behind the Boards | November 5, 2014 |
Dan Adu-Gyamfi is now on Twitter. On Halloween, the favorite holiday of all goons, Chiraq native Chief Keef dropped the sequel to the project that made him a star and helped propel the drill movement. Back from the Dead 2 finds Sosa slowly returning to form after dropping two horrendous mixtapes last year. In the 2008 […]
