Epic: “Do Dat At”

It’s been a long while since I’ve personally heard from music from Epic, which by my count is about two years now since the City of Win mixtape dropped back in 2012. Since then, the landscape of Chicago hip hop has changed as the scales have tipped over as a new generation of young rappers […]

[Video] KOOL A.D. “Jaleel White”

Can’t say that I’m a smoker that can actually jam to this song for the lyrical content while I “light one up in the ay-yair,” but the beat is so dope, though. Das Racist’s old crew member and San Francisco native KOOL A.D. brings us this smooth track where he smokes a blunt for the […]

[RH Mixtape] BBU: Fear of A Clear Channel Planet

BBU’s debut mixtape, Fear of A Clear Channel Planet is now available for worldwide consumption.  A sleek 13 tracks, the mixtape contains juke-standards such as “Chi Don’t Dance”, and “BBU Who” as well as more Hip Hop leaning “Jukin’ On Landmines” and “This Is Chi”.  Hosted by Million $ Mano, and mixed by DJ RTC, […]

The Best of Chicago ’09

  Lupe Fiasco once said, “Really love my city, and I hope that G-D bless it.”  And bless he did, uh, musically at least.  While Chicago got dissed from the Olympic Committee, saw their parking meters jacked, and all around sports failures, at least the arts and culture scene put forth something to be proud […]

RH First Look: BBU

Is revolution music supposed to be this live?  The answer is an emphatic yes for Chicago’s BBU.  The three-man trio who’s three letter moniker stands for Bin Laden Blowin’ Up use the vehicle of Hip Hop mixed with Chicago house to “make music with the hope in mind that it will inspire people to want […]