Photo by Andrew Zeiter After sixteen and a half hours in my past-her-prime Chevy Trailblazer, my knees were sore and my back was knotted but I had gotten to Austin, and it was time to dive back into the deep sea that is South by Southwest. After hiking downtown through the cab-less wasteland that is […]
[RH Premiere] Auggie the 9th: “#GAWS”
Auggie the 9th has been working on #GAWS for quite some time. Before last year’s People’s Court Complete was a glimmer in young Augustus’ eye, the seeds were already planted for the LOD rapper to flip swag around. After an extended wait in which Auggie took his time to ensure the project was exactly the way he […]
[RH Photos] ShowYouSuck: “Dude Bro” Album Release @ The Hideout in Chicago (11/26/13)
Photos by Virgil Solis Last Thursday, ShowYouSuck celebrated the release of his official debut EP, Dude Bro, at The Hideout in Chicago. Featuring a new show format and new songs, the next stage for the rapper’s career has finally been set. I hope you guys are a fan of polka dots, because I get the feeling […]
Animuse: “Don’t Go” (feat. Auggie the 9th and Blakkass Westley)
Caution: If you listen to this new Animuse cut, you might find yourself replaying the song over and over, so set your schedule accordingly. As Animuse slowly makes their way back into the scene (hinted at last month with Savier’s Dead Weight Beat Tape 3 drop), they’re dropping quality tracks here and there leading up […]
Auggie the 9th: “NegaSnot” X “Shonen Punx”
Photo by Stefan Klapko Auggie the 9th’s GAWS has been a long time coming, but its release is slowly coming into view. With the first drop from GAWS , “I Was Never Here” with our own Brynn Bixby, dropping just a couple of weeks ago, Auggie has blessed us with not one, but two new songs from the […]
Auggie The 9th: “I Was Never Here” (feat. Brynn Bixby)
Auggie The 9th‘s name has been resonating within the Chicago Hip Hop scene thanks to his hypeman role for ShowYouSuck’s live sets and two mixtapes he dropped entitled Peoples Court Complete & Now That’s What I Call Krej. Now, with his forthcoming project GAWS being his most serious and focused piece of work to date, […]
[RH Video Premiere] Netherfriends: “Summer Sex” (feat. Auggie the 9th)
This week has been a hot one all across the country. It’s hard not to step outside without becoming a moist mess. All of that sweat and dirt isn’t a good look. But hey, why fight the weather when you can throw some sexual shenanigans into the mix? The aptly titled “Summer Sex” by recent music […]
[Mixtape] Netherfriends: “New CHI-t”
Netherfriends has been a very busy man lately. Besides preparing the full release for his 50 Songs 50 States project next week on America’s birthday, the fully improvised Kind of Buzzed series, as well as his kind of, sort of low key album, P3ACE, Netherfriends has been compiling all of his collaborations with a large […]