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Music, Music Feature Nov 27, 2019
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Gifts to teach hip-hop heads their history

Each of these reissues helps unfold a different chapter in the rich narrative of the Chicago scene.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music Feature, hip-hop, rap, Chicago hip-hop history, reissue, DaWreck, Triple Darkness, E.C. Illa, Live From the Ill, E.C. Illa Dissecting Live From the Ill, Big Herc Collections, Chicago Trax, Legendary Traxster, Kay-Tone, Dane Roewade, D 2 tha S, Funky Like This 94, Doomsday, It Don’t Stop, Common, TuneIn, Place in Sound, Anthony Valadez, chopper rapping, ghetto house, Chief Keef, drill, Wren Graves, Chance the Rapper, Coloring Book, Kanye West, LEP Bogus Boys, King Louie, GOOD Music, I Don't Like, Icy Palms, Cause 4 a Riot!, Wildstyle, Kevin Beacham, M.C Def Ski, Rap Tyrant, Rubberoom, Kevin Johnson, Fanum, Gothic Architecture, Nacrobats, Pugs Atomz, Closed Sessions, Ruby Hornet, Alex Fruchter, DJ RTC, Closed Sessions Vol. 1, Closed Sessions Vol. 2, vinyl, United Technique Studio, Lower Links, Rae Nimeh, Elastic Recordings, 3-2-1 Records, Architechnology, HHV, Boggie Cramb, Sterling Price, Offwhyte, Psalm One, Open Mike Eagle, Jugrnaut, Lyric District, Andre Vasquez, Optimus Prime, Infinito 2017, Culture Power45, A in the Square, A Love Supreme, Lava Lounge, Soundscape, Michael Kolar, Curren$y, Tony Baines, Bun B, Skyzoo, Fresh Academy, Kidz in the Hall, Mikkey Halsted, Fake Shore Drive, Dark Matter, Video

Music, Music Feature Oct 30, 2019
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Fighting for Chicago’s place in hip-hop history

Darrell “Artistic” Roberts of Chi-ROCK Nation has worked to document the culture he loves for more than three decades—and now he’s finally publishing a book.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music Feature, Darrell Roberts, Artistic, Darrell “Artistic” Roberts, Fere, hip-hop, rap, graffiti, Chicago Rocks, The Source, FlyPaper, Caught in the Middle, Elevated, The Real Deal, the Elements, Chi-ROCK Nation, Respect Our Creative Kids, Respect Our Creative Kind, Jesse de la Peña, BboyB, Artistic Bombing Crew, William “Upski” Wimsatt, Bomb the Suburbs, Crucial Conflict, Flash, Ryan Brockmeier, Midway: The Story of Chicago Hip-Hop, Mike Malinowski, Mic One, Kevin Beacham, Rage Promotions, WNUR, Time Travel, WHPK, Egyptian Breakers, Awesome “D”, Purple Mansion, Insane Artist Crew, Curfew Boys, Blue Gargoyle, Kool Rock Steady, Universal Zulu Nation, Afrika Bambaataa, BASF, Deon Coney, JMD, Mr. Club Banga, The Rap Sheet, Jenals, Steps, Parker Lee, P-Lee Fresh, the Yard, Cold Hard, Kanye West, Chance the Rapper, Common, Lupe Fiasco, E.C. Illa, DJ Quickhands, Tyree Cooper, hip-house, Move Your Body, Rhythm + Flow, Chief Keef, Twista, Beyoncé, Hay, Video

Music, In Rotation May 16, 2017
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Singer-songwriter Kaina on magical musical polymath Morimoto

Plus: Maceo Haymes of the O’My’s on a work of genius by Quincy Jones, the Reader’s Leor Galil on a 1983 hip-hop single from a south-side high school, and more
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: In Rotation, Lil Uzi Vert, XO TOUR Llif3, Carver Area High School Seniors, Get Live ’83, Challenger Records, rap, hip-hop, Kevin Beacham, Galapagos4, Nine Inch Nails, Pretty Hate Machine, Starbucks, Unicorn Frappuccino, Kaina, Morimoto, People Watching, Sofar, J. Bambii, Syd Shaw, Clark & Lake, Jasmine Barber, Zack Sekoff, Thundercat, Drunk, Leven Kali, 15LUV, Maceo Haymes, O’My’s, Quincy Jones, Body Heat, Leon Ware, Valdy, Just a Man, If I Ever Lose This Heaven, One Track Mind, Brazil Classics 1: Beleza Tropical, Luaka Bop, David Byrne, Caetano Veloso, Bitty McLean, David Ruffin, Walk Away From Love, Video

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Gifts to teach hip-hop heads their history

Each of these reissues helps unfold a different chapter in the rich narrative of the Chicago scene.

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Fighting for Chicago’s place in hip-hop history

Darrell “Artistic” Roberts of Chi-ROCK Nation has worked to document the culture he loves for more than three decades—and now he’s finally publishing a book.

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Singer-songwriter Kaina on magical musical polymath Morimoto

Plus: Maceo Haymes of the O’My’s on a work of genius by Quincy Jones, the Reader’s Leor Galil on a 1983 hip-hop single from a south-side high school, and more

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Each of these reissues helps unfold a different chapter in the rich narrative of the Chicago scene.

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Darrell “Artistic” Roberts of Chi-ROCK Nation has worked to document the culture he loves for more than three decades—and now he’s finally publishing a book.

Video Singer-songwriter Kaina on magical musical polymath Morimoto

Plus: Maceo Haymes of the O’My’s on a work of genius by Quincy Jones, the Reader’s Leor Galil on a 1983 hip-hop single from a south-side high school, and more

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