Chill 3

HipHop

The Best Rap 3.0

It's been a few years since the last Chicago Rappers/Artists List and there have been a plethora of artists that have made their presence felt on the hip hop scene since then. From mainstream successes such as Juice WRLD and Polo G to burgeoning underground artists like Duffle Bag Buru and Nnamdi Ogbonnaya, there are plenty of styles to be found here. With sounds ranging from hard hitting bangers to introspective experimentalism, Chicago has nearly every flavor of hip hop you could imagine and I tried to include a little bit of everything in this snapshot. Featuring entirely new artists from the last list, this selection of Windy City talent proves just how prolific and vibrant this musical community is. While it does have 100 Chicago rappers/hip hop artists, this list is by no means an all-encompassing look at the genre in the city and there are bound to be skilled artists I failed to mention.

100 Chicago Rappers/Hip Hop Artists Playlist

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Produced by FRANK LEONE
Guitar: Grant Wu
Trumpet: Aaron Gamalinda
Add. Vocals: Madeline Whitesell
Nurse: Emma
Cover by FRANK LEONE
Photo by Alex Bailey 
www.instagram.com/alexbaileypdx/
Paint, Composition & Performance by Frank Leone
https://www.instagram.com/frankleone_/
S/O Sarah

LOSER

TRACK 3
LYRICS: https://genius.com/Icytwat-z4-music-lyrics
PROD. ICYTWAT

Z4 MUSIC

NOT ALL HEROES WEAR CAPES

No Complaints (Bonus) [feat. Offset & Drake]

Single off my debut project PYRO set to drop March 9th 

produced by: @amirtripp & @zayrock
vocals by: @amirtripp
Art Direction by: @amirtripp
Artwork by: @makhaidraws

PYRO RUFF

Hardball

✨ WIDE-EYED | OUT NOW: www.fanlink.to/WIDE-EYED 
WIDE-EYED TOUR: www.saidthesky.com/tour

Lyrics:
I told you I would come back home
I know you hate to be alone 
Instead of kissing you goodnight I'm kissing strangers 
Always listen but I'll never learn 
Shoulda been hanging on your every word 
I was taking you for granted never realized the danger 

And now I took too long 
And now she's gone 
If I only knew right from wrong 
She'd be right back in my arms 

All I got is you 
All I got is you 

I always meant to hold you closer 
But I don't always do what I'm supposed to 
Now you're slipping through my fingers and I don't know what to do 
And I keep hoping you call back 
Can we forget about the past 
cause baby all I really want is you 

And now I took too long 
And now she's gone 
If I only knew right from wrong 
She'd be right back in my arms

All I got is you 
All I got is you 

4am and I cannot say goodbye 
Crawling back home id do anything for you 
And I'm sitting up awake and now I can't forget you and I don't know what to do 

Yea

Follow Said The Sky: 
facebook.com/saidthesky
twitter.com/saidthesky
@said-the-sky
instagram.com/saidthesky

Follow Kwesi: 
facebook.com/KwesiKMusic
instagram.com/_kwesik
twitter.com/kwesi_kankam
@kwesik

Follow Seeking Blue: 
facebook.com/SeekingBlueRecords
@seeking-blue
instagram.com/seekingbluerecords

Buy/Stream

Said The Sky & Kwesi - All I Got

PROD // 5HERiFF
VOCALS // SUNDÉ
ARTWORK // AIMEE GERHARDT

CRASH NEBULA (PROD. 5HERiFF)

'Wildboy' EP out now smarturl.it/WildboyEP?iqID=sc

"Envy Me" out now http://smarturl.it/EnvyMe

Follow Calboy:
Facebook: www.facebook.com/147Calboy
Instagram: www.instagram.com/147calboy/
Twitter: twitter.com/147Calboy

#Calboy #EnvyMe #Wildboy #Calboy147

Envy Me

stream + download

MUDBOY

Mindfucker

After the Rain

Downpour

Location Nowhere (feat. Fatherdude)

Download/Stream

Alone w/Lumé

Up To Something (feat. Travis Scott & Young Thug)

download here:
https://www.hive.co/l/et2wo

download

JAY-Z - Holy Grail feat. Justin Timberlake (junior state remix)

Written & Performed by Ben Zaidi.
Produced by Ben Zaidi & Myles Avery.
Mixed by Myles Avery.
Mastered by John Webber for AIR Studios.
Recorded in Brooklyn, NY.
Photograph by Omar Harbi.

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cherry piccing, i’m getting
so sick and tired of this lie living
all of the time sitting here flipping
by for the right image, try and get it
cherry piccing

cherry piccing, time’s slipping
by as i’m pic-posting, like-getting
tell me you want this and i’ll listen
it’s just the time that i, i live in
i live in

but you don’t know the half of it
no you only see half of it
so how could you know…
no you don’t know the half of it

they say that i’ve got it
so good i’m so gifted, then why is it
i feel my head splitting, hard liquor
i’m sipping till i got no liver
go figure

why is it like this i
know life would be better if i didn’t
if i didn’t say what i just did when
i did it, i did it, but all summer
i did it

but you don’t know the half of it
no you only see half of it
how could you know…
i’m unhappy

cherry piccing, cold water
i see the life that i’m, i’m missing
try but there’s no winning fighting the
time that i, i live in
i live in cherry piccing

spotify

Cherrypiccing.

Produced by DJ Nu-Mark
Guitar, Bass, Background Keys and Tamborine: Dan Ubick
Keys: Money Mark
Hot Plate Records

Release date: November 23, 2018
Buy MP3: https://apple.co/2zyo1pK
Buy 7”: https://www.fatbeats.com/products/dj-nu-mark-feat-method-man-zodiac-killah-7

Watch Meth & Nu in the studio: https://youtu.be/gV20QhvOWhc

For more info visit: http://djnu-mark.com

Zodiac Killah

Zodiac Killah Feat. Method Man (Main)

My "Happier" remix is OUT NOW!

LISTEN HERE: https://marshmello.lnk.to/HappierRmx2

Jauz Socials: 
Facebook- www.facebook.com/JauzOfficial/ 
Twitter- twitter.com/Jauzofficial 
Instagram- www.instagram.com/jauzofficial/ 
YouTube- www.youtube.com/jauzofficial

Marshmello Socials: 
Spotify | spoti.fi/Marshmello
SoundCloud | @marshmellomusic
Instagram | instagram.com/marshmellomusic
Twitter | twitter.com/marshmellomusic
Facebook | facebook.com/marshmellomusic

Marshmello & Bastille - Happier (Jauz Remix)

Big Dreez

Chanel Slides (feat. Kash Doll)

or the third EP to be released on Hip Dozer, we are honoured to welcome into the team the one and only Handbook and to release ‘Let it All Wash Away’ EP as the latest official work of the producer!

Pushed by the support of tastemakers such as Majestic Casual, Mr SuicideSheep and Chillhop, Handbook has accumulated a lot of streams and a wave of new fans.

Handbook is based in York, UK, and began producing around 2010. His beats are inspired by artists such as J Dilla, Madlib, Kiefer, Miles Davis and the world around him, especially nature.

‘Let it All Wash Away’ is a collection of tracks to get lost in. Common themes such as gentle sampling, soft basslines and swaying grooves allow the listener to lose themselves, even if it’s for a quarter of an hour.

Sweet Streams

Handbook - Let It Wash Away (EP out now)

GET IT / OBTENIR

Karmawin - Motherfucker

MUSIC VIDEO

Flossy - Ooze feat. Slimesito (Prod. Dontsleep & Jakesand)

Pre-Order Vinyl: https://bit.ly/2TvqNEH
Pre-Order Cassette: https://bit.ly/2COn5jP
Pre-Order Digital: https://bit.ly/2C1w13H

Crystals is a full length instrumental hiphop LP by Ukrainian producer Klim Beats, it will be available to pre-order from www.villageliverecords.com now

Available as 200 Purple Vinyl LP's with Purple OBI strip and 300 Black Vinyl LP's with black OBI strip, Cassette & Digital

All Tracks made by Klim on AKAI 2000xl, AKAI 1000 & SP404 
Mixed and mastered by Klim Beats 
Design & Obi by @remulakbeats
Photography by Nikita Kuplenko

Klim Beats - 'Crystals' (Promo mix by Hans Scratch)

Battle Cry

Polo G - Battle Cry

Death Race For Love

Hear Me Calling

"A Misturada” by Os Muiraquitãns 
Taken from the Various Artists compilation ‘Jambú e Os Míticos Sons Da Amazônia’ (out 21 June 2019 on Analog Africa)

The city of Belém, in the Northern state of Pará in Brazil, has long been a hotbed of culture and musical innovation. Enveloped by the mystical wonder of the Amazonian forest and overlooking the vastness of the Atlantic Ocean, Belém consists of a diverse culture as vibrant and broad as the Amazon itself. Amerindians, Europeans, Africans - and the myriad combinations between these people - would mingle, and ingeniously pioneer musical genres such as Carimbó, Samba-De-Cacete, Siriá, Bois-Bumbás and bambiá. Although left in the margins of history, these exotic and mysteriously different sounds would thrive in a parallel universe of their own.

Perched on a peninsula between the Bay of Guajará and the Guamá river, sculpted by water into ports, small deltas and peripheral areas, Belém had connected city dwellers with those deeper within the forest providing fertile ground for the development of a popular culture mirroring the mighty waters surrounding it. Through the continuous flow of culture, language and tradition, various rhythms were gathered here and transformed into new musical forms that were simultaneously traditional and modern.

Historically marginalized African religions like Umbanda, Candomblé and the Tambor de Mina, which had reached this side of the Atlantic through slaves from West Africa – especially from the Kingdom of Dahomey, currently the Republic of Benin – left an indelible stamp on the identity of Pará´s music. They would give birth to Lundun, Banguê and Carimbó, styles later modernised by Verequete, Orlando Pereira, Mestre Cupijó and Pinduca to great effect. The success of these pioneers would create a solid foundation for a myriad of modern bands in urban areas.

Known as the “Caribbean Port,” Belem had been receiving signal from radio stations from Colombia, Surinam, Guyana and the Caribbean islands - notably Cuba and the Dominican republic - since the 1940s. By the early 1960s, Disc jockeys breathlessly exchanged Caribbean records to add these frenetic, island sounds to liven up revelers. The competition was fierce as to who would be the first to bring unheard hits from these countries. The craze eventually reached local bands’ repertoires, and Belém’s suburbs got overtaken by merengue, leading to the creation of modern sounds such as Lambada and Guitarrada.

Another important aspect in understanding how the musical tradition spread in Belém, are the aparelhagem sonora: the sound system culture of Pará. Beginning as simple gramophones connected to loudspeakers tied to light posts or trees, these sound systems livened up neighbourhood parties and family gatherings. The equipment evolved from amateur models into sophisticated versions, perfected over time through the wisdom of handymen. Today’s aparelhagens draw immense crowds, packing clubs with thousands of revelers in Belém’s peripheral neighbourhoods or inland towns in Pará.

With bustling night clubs providing the best sound systems and erotic live shows, gossip about the whereabouts of legendary bands, singers turned into movie stars, supreme craftiness, and the creativity of a class of musicians that didn’t hesitate to take a gamble, Jambú is an exhilarating, cinematic ride into the beauty and heart of what makes Pará’s little corner of the Amazon tick. The hip swaying, frantic percussion and big band brass of the mixture of carimbó with siriá, the mystical melodies of Amazonian drums, the hypnotizing cadence of the choirs, and the deep, musical reverence to Afro-Brazilian religions, provided the soundtrack for sweltering nights in the city’s club district.

The music and tales found in Jambú are stories of resilience, triumph against all odds, and, most importantly, of a city in the borders of the Amazon who has always known how to throw a damn good party.

Jambu Master

A Misturada - Os Muiraquitãns

Inspired by the Chuang-Tzu parable, The Dream of the Butterfly, The Transformation of Things is 4-song EP that explores the theme of reality vs. illusion as well as the nature and processes of change through signature blends of triphop, lofi and boombap

Equipment used:

Ableton Live
MPC-2000XL 
SP-404SX
Mellotron Micro 
Moog Sub37
Wurlitzer

Fresh Style (ft. AudioArcade)

TOE TOUCH - Single

TOE TOUCH # prod. #! JKJMETASCO

“The world will try to keep you frozen..” please do not doubt this. They will buy you with comfort, demand your complacency, and await your stagnation. Sacrifice your time on this earth consciously, and with purpose. Sacrifice and surrender often look similar in practice, but one of these is unacceptable. Never surrender, never subside; nourish the fire in your soul and don’t EVER find yourself amongst the frozen.

Frozen feat. L.A. Van Gogh & Manasseh

Bobson ft Mr Eazi - Overdose (Leak)

Produced by: Taz Taylor & sidepce

Bonus track to "nothings ever good enough"

Frozen feat. L.A. Van Gogh & Manasseh

Dashtone