| Closed Sessions — Our Latest Compilation | February 21, 2020 |
Will Schube gives us a look at the BoatHouse-starring comp.
| Song of the Day: “Whiskey and Push-Ups” featuring Open Mike Eagle | September 12, 2019 |
Will Schube offers a few words on the newest session featuring the art-rap pioneer.
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.
| Learning How to Pick Up Nuns with Alex Wiley | June 11, 2014 |
Tosten Burks is more of a transignificationist than a transubstantiationist. The oft-hoodied, ever-bucket-hatted Alex Wiley dropped out of Whitney Young High School at 16, when he stopped being able to focus in class. The doctor prescribed him the highest dose of Adderall legal for a minor, but Wiley couldn’t keep his attention deficit disorder under […]
| The Blogger, the Engineer, and the Future of Chicago Hip-Hop | January 29, 2014 |
Tosten Burks deserves a day off. The Blogger and the Engineer The living room is not a living room – overstuffed couches swapped for 50 thousand dollars worth of studio equipment, tile floor crowded with new friends and old. A funky smoke lingers. They line up for the dining room that is not a dining […]
