Tosten Burks bought a vape in Moscow.
Currently Listening:
Project Mayhem's Mayhem Machine
James Brown's Funk Power 1970
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Currently Watching:
Northwestern football games
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Currently Reading:
Mike Davis/Kelly Mayhew/Jim Miller's Under the Perfect Sun Susan Grant's Physical Culture and Sport in Soviet Society
Tosten Burks talks with Jean Deaux about her filmmaking aspirations, dealing with trauma, and rapping circles around her peers.
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Tosten Burks recalls first meeting Vic Spencer and Chris Crack, and breaks down the duo's newest single as Chris Spencer, "Bacon."
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The Chicago rapper continues to deconstruct the space-time continuum.
| ShowYouSuck’s Rocky Horror Rap | July 22, 2015 |
More pop culture escapism from Chicago’s most underrated rapper.
The North Shore’s best young rapper talks African folk tales, Brazilian dance fighting, skipping college for a record deal, and his plans to save the world.
Chicago stays winning.
A look at the differences between Frank Ocean and Syd tha Kyd’s love songs.
| Premiere: XVRHLDY Covers Gil Scott-Heron | May 15, 2015 |
Iman Shumpert listens to this while David Blatt is speaking.
| From Kids to Kanye: “U Mad” & The Evolution of Vic Mensa | April 14, 2015 |
Yeezy's latest protege gets himself a Benz with the Backpack.
| Tactical Thunder Rockets: Hurt Everybody’s New Single | March 30, 2015 |
Speaking languages incomprehensible to plastics, the Chicago trio conjure magic from the year 2060 over the nastiest whiny synth line since A$AP Rocky’s Pretty Flacko sequel.
