[Mixtape] #100Trill: "Muzik 2 Check Yo B*tch 2"
The Chicago duo, #100Trill is back with their latest project, Muzik 2 Check Yo Bitch 2 just in time for that special time of year. Treated Crew and LOD affiliates Mike Jaxx and Grade Aplus continue to push quality music at a fast pace, logging long hours at Kimball House Studios on the city's northwest side. M2CYB2 has been in the works for a minute, and the fourteen song tracklist (including bonus tracks) is the perfect soundtrack to a very certain kind of Valentine's Day. Grade Aplus proves that the more you do something the better you get, with a crisp delivery and varying flows that accent Jaxx's production well throughout. According to Grade, "This is the creation of 2 niggas who's big brother's raised them on Death Row Albums. We really just had fun, most of the album is just the normal shit we'd talk amongst each other, just set to a beat." The project also features a who's who in the Chicago scene, with St. Millie, ShowYouSuck, Gzus Piece and more making appearances. "I had fun working with a couple of producers as well as all of my favorite Chicago artists," said Jaxx. "This project solidifies me as a true artist, I feel. We just some playa ass out west niggas that love to talk shit and put art behind it." Check out the project below.
#100Trill: "Forever" (Feat. ShowYouSuck)
Fellow Chicagoans and Legion of Dudes members Grade Aplus and producer Mike Jaxx stay consistent with new material seemingly every week and today bring us the latest from their #100Trill collaboration, this time featuring another LOD artist, ShowYouSuck to spit a few bars over the Jaxx-production. "Forever" is the follow-up single to last month's "Sharkeisha" off the #100Trill's upcoming mixtape, Muzik to Check Yo Bitch To EP, due out in February. "Forever" navigates familiar territory for both Grade and Show, who traverse the recognizable pseudo-trap beat with clever wordplay and a catchy hook, "Forever I'm Ever Mackin'". With everyone in the Midwest trapped inside as Antarctica moves north for a couple days, expect plenty more heat to come out of the ever-working #100Trill duo. Listen to "Forever" streaming here below.
#100Trill: "Sharkeisha" (Feat. Weasel Sims)
Today, we have the latest from the duo of producer Mike Jaxx and rapper Grade Aplus, together known as #100Trill. The pair keep us busy, with music coming seemingly every week and the constant practice certainly pays off on their latest track, "Sharkeisha" featuring Weasel Sims. In talking about the record, Jaxx said, "Basically, this record is just me and my homies having fun and my guys Weasel Sims said it made him relapse super heavy." We'll have to wait for more clarification on the second half of that, but "Sharkeisha" is most definitely worth a listen, featuring a certain Migos-inspired ad-lib and cadence at points. The track is also the first single off #100Trill's upcoming project, Muzik 2 Check Yo Bitch To, tentatively slated for an appropriate Valentine's Day release. Check out "Sharkeisha" below.
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Grade Aplus: "Teddy Ruks (Revenge Of The Mack)"
Chicago's own Grade Aplus is back with another loosie single, this one inspired by Teddy Ruks from VH1's Black Ink. According to Grade, "Teddy's a chubby dude with a bunch of chicks and I can relate." The track is laced over Max B's "All of My Days." Grade Aplus certainly keeps the tracks coming, give this one a listen for yourself here below.
Sey: "The Rebirth of Cool, Too" (Feat. Grade Aplus & Nick Astro)
Sey's latest has him teaming up with LOD members Nick Astro and Grade APlus for a continuation on a previous track off the artist's previous release, Is This Real? The track is produced by Bear Blu and is a preview of what Sey has been cooking up while working on his upcoming mixtape, Chicago/Worldwide. Listen below:
Grade Aplus: "#ShivaBlast
Grade Aplus has been pumping out tracks like crazy lately and today released his most recent track, #ShivaBlast, a song derived from the FX fantasy football-inspired show "The League". The LOD and #100Trill affiliate does his thing over this Jake One beat, with a nice introduction from Nick Kroll.
[EP] Netherfriends: "Kind of Buzzed vol. 3"
The third installment of Netherfriends' Kind of Buzzed project is here. Featuring Chandler London, Grade Aplus, Cody DeCamry, and The Dutchmaster rapping over Netherfriends' beats, Kind of Buzzed vol. 3 adds the extra element of mushrooms into the equation. Kind of Buzzed vol. 3 was recorded over the summer in the Kimball House backyard in front of friends and associates during a barbecue.
With the 6th volume recorded last week, keep your eyes peeled for the last three volumes over the next few weeks. If you've somehow missed out on Volume 1 and Volume 2, you can download them together or separately with Volume 3 on Netherfriends' Official Bandcamp.
Grade Aplus: "Cold as Fuck"
Grade Aplus is off of the shrooms and back to "a little weed, little Tanqueray" with his new song, "Cold as Fuck." Rapping over Smoke DZA and A$AP Rocky's "4Loko," the Chicagoland rapper goes in about weak crews in the rap game as a reactionary comment on Kendrick Lamar's verse on "Control." Check it out and see if you can catch all of the references the LOD rapper makes without having to look up the lyrics.