Yesterday, Google announced an update to their Google Search app for Androids that allows searches in the app to open in the native, pre-installed app. For example, if you did a Google search for The Matrix, your search results would have a link asking if you’d…

Photo by Andrew Zeiter Alex Fruchter has long been a mainstay in the Chicago hip-hop market. First as a DJ under the moniker DJ RTC, then as the head of this very website which he and our current editor, Virgil Solis, built alongside Fruchter’s budding…

Twista, long one of the pillars of the Chicago hip-hop scene since entering the game in the late ’90s with Do Or Die, Kanye and the old guard of the Windy City. Seemingly re-invigorated by the new crop of artists blossoming in his hometown, Twista…

ShowYouSuck has been one of the more interesting artists in the Chicago landscape for a minute now. Since establishing himself as a witty lyricist and connoisseur of all things “rad” on his One Man Pizza Party trilogy, released throughout 2011-13, Show has carved out a…

If you’ve been following the site lately, you may have noticed my excitement at Add-2 being signed by 9th Wonder’s JAMLA label. To me, it is a perfect ious MCs with one of the most legendary producers in hip-hop music today. Through JAMLA, 9th has…

With 2013 close to ending, I think it’s safe to say that Gravity is still near the top of my favorite films of the year. One of the most pivotal scenes of the film is when Sandra Bullock’s Dr. Stone finally makes contact with somebody, only for…

Justin Rose does a little bit of everything. The 23 year old from New York City started off rapping before gravitating to what he calls the “addicting” process of crafting beats. I met him this past year at SXSW while hanging out at the Illmore…

Add-2 signing to 9th Wonder’s JAMLA imprint is easily one of the most exciting link ups I’ve seen recently. Ever the quintessential lyricist, the Chicago MC made a wonderful career move by getting together with the sample professor himself in 9th and will have full…

New York City has long been a dreamer’s city, a place where many a success was made and many a pipe dream shuttered. When it comes to hip-hop, it’s essentially Mecca. It’s where the music first took root, where B-boys and MC-ing first became popular….

There was a rash of weird, gonzo thrillers and supernatural movies through the seventies and eighties. In the case of a filmmaker like David Cronenberg, sometimes there was an underlying social message. Your reliance on the media will corrupt and kill you. Hubris brings pain…