Photos by AngieStar Photo This summer, Brisk is partnering with Noisey, VICE’s music channel, to bring the Brisk Bodega, a live music party experience to 6 cities across the US. Just this past weekend, Brisk Bodega Chicago featured Dj Mustard, Do Or Die, Tree, and Dj Moondawg at Double Door, and the night was a hit. The […]
[Video] Tree: “Like Whoa”
Chicago’s own MC Tree has been busy as hell lately. The creator of the sub-genre known as “Soul Trap” teamed up with Scion last month to drop the seven song @MCTREEG EP, yesterday dropped, “More Than You Know” a gem that he’d been sitting on for a minute via Closed Sessions and today, the raspy-voiced producer/rapper […]
[Mixtape] Tree: “@MCTREE_G EP”
Chicago’s own MC Tree decided to christen 2014 with some fresh Soul Trap by surprise today, releasing the seven song @MCTREE_G EP earlier today on the Internet. The 29-year-old artist continues to carve his own niche within the ever-more dense local scene with his crafty sample chops and raspy spitting that reflects Tree’s everyman spirit. […]
[Video] "Devotion" A Tree Documentary by Closed Sessions
Photo by Virgil Solis Closed Sessions has always made its name by blending hip-hop with documentary-style video. No one does it better than Andrew Zeiter, responsible for most of the original CS videos over the years. The Tree documentary was shot around Pitchfork Music Festival July 21-23 in Union Park in Chicago where Tree performed […]
[Video] MC Tree G Live @ Pitchfork Music Fest
photo by Virgil Solis MC Tree G‘s path to rocking the stage at Pitchfork Fest this past weekend was paved by his life experiences, two superb Sunday School tapes and his Soul Trap production that took people off-guard by its raw and street-oriented yet soulful sound. Tree definitely seemed to grasp the moment and enjoyed the fruition […]