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 […]
[Songs of the Day] 2/28/14 (Feat. A$AP Rocky, Wild Beasts & Chris Crack)
Photo by Andrew Zeiter Friday is here at long last and we have another list of new music for you to check out before you head out for the night. Starting things off, we have another impressive track off the soundtrack to “Divergent” as A$AP Rocky teams up with Gesaffelstein for “In Distress”. Boy In […]
[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 […]
[Songs of the Day] 2/4/14 (Feat. Hit-Boy, Tree, Phantogram & More)
For today’s “Songs of the Day” we have a cross-genre collection of releases that hit the’ net in the last 24 hours. Hit-Boy dropped showed he’s a double-edged sword on his latest release, “Tyson 87”, Vancouver product Cyril Hahn teams up with British songstress Javeon for a soulfully electric ride on “Breaking”. Beck also pops […]
[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. […]
Top Chicago Rappers of 2013
Chicago hip-hop has enjoyed a certain popularity increase over the past couple of years. Where 2012 saw the rise of Chief Keef and “Drill”, 2013 brought about a new flavor as listeners from across the country, initially hooked by the drill sound, began to explore the vibrantly eclectic different sides of the city and variety […]
The Purist: “Never Heard Of That” (feat. Tree)
Despite already producing for the likes of Danny Brown, Havoc and Sean Price, The Purist is still a bit of an unknown producer from the UK. His case is pretty similar to Tree, who has released a couple of critically-acclaimed projects and performed at this year’s Pitchfork Fest, but is still under the radar of […]
[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 […]