Summer of Collaboration presented by AT&T partnered with Vic Mensa for a private show at Chicago’s AT&T Michigan Ave store with street photographer Vivian Maier’s. Maier was street photography’s best kept secret. Maier worked as a nanny in the Chicago suburb North Shore in the late 1990’s. That’s where while working she took what would become […]
[Video] Donnie Trumpet & Peter CottonTale Talk Tour Life
Video by FragDfilms Donnie Trumpet & Peter CottonTale have been very busy lately. The pair of Chicago-raised musicians each saw a transformation in their careers last year as Chance The Rapper’s Acid Rap, aided by horn play from Donnie and plenty of production from CottonTale, vaulted their close friend to the forefront of not only […]
[Video] Donnie Trumpet: “Don’t Leave” (Feat. Vic Mensa)
Chicago’s own Donnie Trumpet stays busy. After last week, which saw him drop a project, Loopie, and appear on Mike Golden’s song “Hey Jane” with fellow Save Money member Vic Mensa, Donnie is back with a video for “Don’t Leave”, another turn with Mensa handling the rap end of things. The video, shot by Naveen […]
[EP] Donnie Trumpet: “Loopie”
Former Kids These Days trumpet player Nico Segal has been building a following under his moniker Donnie Trumpet for some time now. Having dropped the somewhat, self-titled Donnie Trumpet late last Summer, the multi-talented young artist is back with his latest five track EP, Loopie. The name derives from the loop-based sensibility of the track. […]
Sidewalk Chalk: “There She Goes”
Chicago-based eight-piece band Sidewalk Chalk has been honing their unique assembly of Jazz, Hip-hop and Soul around the Chicagoland area for a minute now, gaining listeners and fans with an eclectic sound that appeals to a wide swath of music enthusiasts. The group’s latest track, “There She Goes” premiered today on Okayplayer and is the […]
[Video] Marrow: “Two” (Behind The Scenes)
It’s not where you start, but where you finish. The age-old fallacy is one everyone can live by, but likely rings a bit more true for the members of Marrow. Six months ago band members Liam Cunningham, Macie Stewart and Lane Beckstrom made up the core of Chicago genre-fusion band Kids These Days. Having reached […]
[Video] Closed Sessions: ‘The Making of Innanetape’
Vic Mensa has been getting press for days since releasing his re-debut to the world as a solo artist, Innanetape, released at the beginning of the month. Since then, he’s traveled around the country touring with J. Cole and Wale, went out to New York for CMJs and popped up everywhere there was a camera […]
[RH Review] Vic Mensa: “Innanetape”
RH Rating: 4/5 The thing that has always attracted me to Vic Mensa and his music has been his penchant for being different, his eagerness to push forward and his unwavering ability to make a stand for what he believes in. Those qualities and more manifested themselves fully on his latest project, INNANETAPE, released September […]