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, Jan 16, 2013
Gossip Wolf: New blood in Anatomy of Habit
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, Dec 31, 2012
Snacking on J Dilla’s
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, 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
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, Nov 21, 2012
Three Beats: Chance the Rapper pushes
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Plus: Disappears play Rainbo for a bartender shot in the face, and Dusty Groove returns to the reissue biz with Real Gone
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Gossip Wolf: Legs McNeil reads from
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Plus: The inaugural Black Dot Music Festival brings together bands of color and Mountain Dew taps Chicago music-scene flavor
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, Sep 13, 2012
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
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, 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
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, Jun 20, 2012
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, May 9, 2012
Gossip Wolf: Bitchpork's not dead!
The DIY anti-Pitchfork festival returns for 2012. Plus: Engine merges with Soma Studios, and the prolific MC Sulaiman
by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
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, Mar 2, 2012
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Fashion tips from the Treated Crew
Million Dollar Mano assembles an all-star team of trash talkers
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, 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
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