[Video] King L: "Tony"

King L's latest banger, "Tony", off his recently-released mixtape Drilluminati 2 is a mafioso dream cut with shot os L's harrowing live shows donning a three piece suit. The song and the video create an interesting aesthetic for the 27-year-old artist from Chicago and calls to mind a young Jay-Z going the same route when his career had hit a breaking point, a decision which ultimately vaulted him to the top of hip-hop for years to come and allowed him to re-write the narrative that had followed him to that point. The points in career are much different, King L largely holds his destiny in his own hands, but perhaps the sentiment makes sense. "My name is Louie, but they call me Tony" is simple, yet packed with meaning and braggadocio and the suits and overall motif may well be a direction King L wants to keep traveling down. Chance also makes a cameo, keep an eye out for that. Full video, from WorldStarHipHop below.

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by Jake Krzeczowski

[Mixtape] King L: "Drilluminati 2"

King L has been a fixture on the Chicago hip-hop scene for some time now, throughout which he has established himself as one of the premier MCs in not only the Midwest, but the country at large. Earlier this week, King L dropped second installment of his Drilluminati series, this one titled Drilluminati 2. The project is a stark remind of the drill scene that L came up on and a furtherance of the sound that brought both King L, and a large portion of Chicago to the limelight. Being a King L release, the project has the certain flavor of gritty street-prophet that one can come to expect from the Epic signee. Expect plenty more from King L after a year that saw him drop a couple solid projects and land on Yeezus. Full stream below.

by Jake Krzeczowski