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- Music, Gossip Wolf Mar 28, 2017
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The Vic screens the Wax Trax! Records documentary before it’s even finished
Plus: Dream-pop project Fauvely celebrates its debut EP, and Chicago expat Alex Wiley returns to headline a hip-hop party at the Promontory.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 8, 2016
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Chicago rapper Monster Mike claims his own spotlight on Welcome to HDUB
For years Monster Mike has been contributing to Chicago hip-hop as part of two promising young crews, but he comes into his own on his new mixtape.
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 19, 2014
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Never mind the radio edits, here's a new EP from local rapper Kembe X
Scion AV drops a five-song release from the Village collective member, which features Alex Wiley and Ab-Soul.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 6, 2013
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Jean Deaux helps take local rap group the Village overseas with "Woozy"
Just a couple months after Village affiliate Isaiah Rashad signed a deal with Kendrick Lamar's Top Dawg Entertainment local rapper-singer and Village member Jean Deaux appears on a tune from UK pop-rock band Glass Animals and makes the track her own.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 5, 2013
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Alex Wiley opens Club Wiley
The Closed Sessions marquee rapper dropped his debut yesterday, and its experimental, maximalist pop sound is part of what makes it so endearing.
- Blogs, Bleader May 31, 2013
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After Earth: An epic struggle between good and bad taste
M. Night Shyamalan's big-budget sci-fi adventure features some of the year's best cinematography . . . and some of the worst acting, writing, and philosophy.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 4, 2013
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Check out Alex Wiley's debut mixtape at Jugrnaut tomorrow
The Village rapper celebrates his forthcoming Club Wiley mixtape with a listening party
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 18, 2012
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The Village: revisiting a meaningful plot twist
Reconsidering The Village, M. Night Shyamalan's maligned 2004 feature
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 10, 2012
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Kembe X debuts his first video
Kembe X, high school dropout turned rising rapper, drops a video for "Sawbuck"
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 26, 2012
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This week on the B Side
Joe Henry talks to Steve Dawson of Dolly Varden, Kembe X and his crew go from high school dropouts to hashtag hip-hop hustlers, and more
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 26, 2012
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12 O'Clock Track: Chance the Rapper, "Fuck You Tahm Bout"
A raging anthem for pissed-off suspended kids everywhere
- Music, Music Feature Jan 26, 2012
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It takes the Village
With the help of his crew, Kembe X has gone from high school dropout to hashtag hip-hop hustler
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 14, 2011
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This week in Food & Drink: In honor of our 40th, a chefs' tree revisited, a shout-out to 16 ageless Chicago restaurants
In Food & Drink for the Reader's 40th-anniversary issue: a chefs' family tree revisited after five years, 16 longtime restaurants still alive and kicking
