- Blogs, Bleader, May 23, 2013
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Best shows to see: Bilal, Mavado, Chance the Rapper, Die Kreuzen, and more
Go uptown with Bilal, get sweaty with Die Kreuzen, take a trip with Chance the Rapper—the weekend's full of great live music, as always.
- Music, Gossip Wolf, May 22, 2013
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Gossip Wolf: Friends help Scoundrel bounce back from a van crash
Plus: Hunter Husar books a schizo bill in Bridgeport, and Lili K. goes from mixtapes to jazz standards
- Blogs, Bleader, May 8, 2013
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People know the GTW in Chicago, but it's time for everyone else to take notice
The rapper drops a couple new tracks that should get plenty of traction outside the city as Chance the Rapper clues the nation's pop listeners into another side of the local rap scene.
- Blogs, Bleader, May 1, 2013
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Former footwork wunderkind DJ Nate resurfaces in Chicago's rap scene
With a shout-out from Chance the Rapper and an upcoming remix from Chief Keef, local rapper DJ Nate is worlds away from his days as a heavy hitter in the juke scene.
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 30, 2013
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Reader's Agenda Tue 4/30: The Elephant and the Whale, Founders dinner at Jerry's, and the Acid Rap listening party
What's on the Reader's Agenda for Tuesday, April 30.
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 24, 2013
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Another tab of Acid Rap: More nuggets about Chance the Rapper's life, music, and forthcoming mixtape
Couldn't get enough of Chicago MC Chance the Rapper in the Reader's B Side cover feature?
- Music, Music Feature, Apr 23, 2013
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Chance the Rapper drops Acid Rap
The local MC's second mixtape is about to take him to some places he's only imagined.
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 28, 2013
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It's official (or so everyone says): Lollapalooza's 2013 lineup
The Lollapalooza lineup that leaked early this morning is half good and half a bore; we discuss our initial thoughts, how the locals fared, and links to some past Reader coverage of some of the acts on the bill.
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 15, 2013
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Chicago rap's big day out at SXSW
Chance the Rapper's ascendance continues at SXSW, and more.
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 6, 2013
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DJ and editor Alex Fruchter on leaving Ruby Hornet to focus on Closed Sessions
The man known as DJ RTC: "Curren$y, he sent me an e-mail, just three words: 'I'm with you.'"
- Blogs, Bleader, Feb 27, 2013
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Q&A: Local jazz vocalist Lili K. on her odd relationship with Chicago's rap scene
The jazz vocalist/rap collaborator on her partnership with producer Petter Cottontale, her work with Chance the Rapper, and more
- Music, Gossip Wolf, Feb 26, 2013
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Gossip Wolf: Sniffing out the Lollapalooza lineup
Plus: The Owl launches a cassette label, and Saki hosts Low and Jeff Tweedy
- Music, Gossip Wolf, Jan 16, 2013
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Gossip Wolf: New blood in Anatomy of Habit
Plus: An impressively pedigreed new band from Josh Chicoine of the M’s and a new mixtape from Village MC Alex Wiley
- 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
- Music, Music Feature, Dec 31, 2012
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Snacking on J Dilla’s Donuts
Four Chicago producers talk about Dilla’s influence as Stones Throw releases a seven-inch box set reissue of the Detroit producer’s 2006 masterpiece
- Blogs, Bleader, Nov 21, 2012
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Chance the Rapper on Obama, LSD, and being pigeonholed as a high school MC
An interview with the local MC, who headlines at the Metro on Friday, November 23rd
- Music, Three Beats, Nov 21, 2012
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Three Beats: Chance the Rapper pushes Acid Rap at Metro
Plus: Disappears play Rainbo for a bartender shot in the face, and Dusty Groove returns to the reissue biz with Real Gone
- Music, Gossip Wolf, Sep 25, 2012
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Gossip Wolf: Legs McNeil reads from Please Kill Me at Late Bar
Plus: The inaugural Black Dot Music Festival brings together bands of color and Mountain Dew taps Chicago music-scene flavor
- Music, Gossip Wolf, Sep 13, 2012
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Gossip Wolf: Chicago Stone Lightning Band goes Downtown
The local blues rockers become labelmates with Gnarls Barkley. Plus: A new photo book from former Los Crudos singer Martin Sorrondeguy and a new booking agency from Donnie Biggins
- Music, Music Feature, Aug 15, 2012
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Tree grows his own way
Tremaine Johnson proves there's more to the new generation of Chicago hip-hop than Chief Keef and the drill scene
