My End of the year 2017 Chicago list. Think all of these artist are gonna have a big 2018!   FUCK THE BLOGS! 

Catch my first live show of my biggest year ever Jan 4th with Manwolves & Kamaria Woods! 

https://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/1612451

Chicago's Up Next - 2017 End of The Year Playlist.

Rajiv Halim- Tenor Saxophone
Alexis Lombre- Piano
Junius Paul- Bass
Greg Artry- Drums

Written by Alexis Lombre
Recorded at CRC Studios, 2016
Mixed by Jonathon Zacks,
Mastered by Danny Leake
Copyright 2016, Alexis Lombre Music L.L.C.

A Blues In Tyne

ShO' Nuff By Boyang
 Produced by Dee Lilly
Additional Vocals: Dee Lilly & Daryn Alexus

ShO' Nuff (Prod. Dee Lilly)

written and performed by @auraraps @quinn-cochran
produced by @quinn-cochran
trumpet by Thomas Keene
s/o bey s/o guwop

Download & Stream

Lemonade

Modern Vices on Audiotree Live

Smoke Rings (Audiotree Live Version)

Feat. Sam Veren  & Lucas G.
first single off EP
Prod. HYE SUNG
Negrow Disco EP this month.
Trumpet: Sam Veren
Guitar: Lucas G
COME TO MY FIRST SHOW: http://www.lh-st.com/Shows/04-15-2017+Ric+Wilson

LIVE SHOW

hangloose feat. Chuck D (prod. HYE SUNG)

new day
Produced by Jorge mikell
written by Jorge Mikell & tree.
Performed by Jorge mikell, tree. & Kaina
Kaina vocals provided by Kaina (https://soundcloud.com/kainamusic)
Recorded & Mixed by tree. 
Additional horns by Michael Jones
Horns recorded by Cory Weber at gravity Studios, Chicago, IL.
Mastered by JoVia Armstrong
www.Jorgemikell.com

new day (feat. tree. + Kaina)

'No Clue' by Rich Jones offered as a FREE DOWNLOAD

Featuring: Mykele Deville
Produced by: Montana Macks
Recorded and mixed by: L10 at Classick Studios in Chicago, IL

Featured on NPR World Cafe: https://n.pr/2tKnE73

Album artwork by: Arturo Lopez

Rich Jones:
www.richjonesmusic.net

Mykele Deville:
https://mykeledeville.bandcamp.com

Montana Macks:
@montanamacks

Lyrics:

I wasn’t thinking about next year or even next week
Moving by myself
No clue how happy we’d be
Tryna give you my time, treat you right
A life more complete
No clue how happy we’d be

Here goes,
Ready or not
Let’s see what I can see
Your finger reaches on out
Pulling me away
I’ll try to behave right
Say not just the right things
But what I’m feeling
What I’m feeling
I usually don’t fall quick 
At least not for portraits
Looks can be bought
But not your love, not your love

I wasn’t thinking about next year or even next week
Moving by myself
No clue how happy we’d be
Tryna give you my time, treat you right
A life more complete
No clue how happy we’d be

precious 
you left me feeling breathless 
began to worry but my heart was on the guest list 
the freshness that you exude in any room puts the blinders on my eyes 
only focal point is you 
is it too soon I haven't a clue 
timeing doesn't matter when the heart goes pitter-patter 
yo im open and braggadocious 
your type of Love just got me boasting Subtle and so contagious supportive ain't even famous yet 
you placed your bets already on a brothers odds 
the type of Faith some reserved strictly for the gods 
I do applaud the way you self-love with some the split 
teaching me that value 
pretty penny with the hole in it 
certainly Your Love ain't free 
got to give to receive 
your the apple im the seed 
got to work for the leaves with the Earth and the trees 
growing naturally
In the sun
Its our love
Love 
Love

No Clue (Ft. Mykele Deville)

Mixed by Lanre at Classick Studios
https://twitter.com/itslanre_
Mastered by Bryan Schwaller at Classick Studios
https://twitter.com/bryanschwaller
https://twitter.com/ClassickStudios

Wikipedia (prod. by ROMderful)

1. Black Boy Joy (prod. J.Dilla)

Official Music Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I75xUuu1cwk

"Lullaby" by TASHA
Released 12 October 2017. 

Written & performed by Tasha Viets-VanLear
Produced by Eddie Burns and Tasha Viets-VanLear
Mixed by Elton “L10MixedIt” Chueng
Additional vocals by Erin Siebert
Additional bass by Boyang Matsapola

Follow TASHA:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wowtashawow/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/wowtashawow?lang=en
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wowtashawow/

Lullaby

Good Water

Good Water Prod squeakPIVOT

Follow @sundaesauuce

Xone White- @Xonewhite

Mixed By Chris Classick Of Classicks Studios

Strawberry Drizzle Release Party: http://bit.ly/2zmoFYQ 
Instagram: http://bit.ly/2zhjV7j 
Twitter: http://bit.ly/2zyn6YX 
Facebook: http://bit.ly/2zgUX5v 

Finally it’s here! With this 16 track compilation, Strawberry Drizzle will be bringing some funk into your life! So get down, and get sauucey to all the music we have in store! 
Just like all of our compilations, all of the money generated from Bandcamp will be donated toward a cause or charity we feel is important. This time around, the money will all go toward helping the relief effort in Puerto Rico <3

We’ll also be celebrating this release in Brooklyn, NY on December 1st for our release party! We’re featuring Moods, Birocratic, Ian Ewing, and The Kount with shapes up to be an epic lineup. Tickets and info available here: http://bit.ly/2zmoFYQ 

Lets Get Lauust In The Sauuce

Dee Lilly - Exceptional (feat. Xone White)

Piss Po' ft. Jean Deaux

It's been a long time. I shouldn't have left you, left you. Bad joke. How naive of me to expect you to wait this long. Rome wasn't built in a day, but neither are paper planes. Plus, I like paper planes and Rome fell kinda hard... Still, I'd be lying if I said I wish I spent less time on this. I wish I spent more time. Originally I made this really weird intro but I ended up scrapping it bc it was probably too far left of a starting point. Would have loved to make that work. Oozaru is by far the oldest record, has like 7 different versions, and I still am not in love with the final. (no slight to Kev or Ralph they both killed that shit) I wanted to put some more drums at the end of Usual Suspects... I wanted to re-record some of the vox on Fatality. I can go on for twice the length of this letter about all of the things I wish I could change.. fix.. make better. I guess that's life? Maybe for some. For me "life" consists of working and nothing else. I lost a lot during the process of making this project, and as a result I have spent a lot of time alone. I pushed relationships with close family into a corner I don't enjoy approaching. I've let friendships dwindle. I've lost feelings of romance and affection that at one point seemed to be the only thing keeping my head on straight. I watched my past rear its head and interrupt any peace I was seeking. I became more and more familiar with death, through my own close encounters as well as losing some very good friends. I started questioning existence, and I still am. Also while creating the majority of this project I made attempts at celibacy that were both torturing and unsuccessful. I damn near don't recommend that shit lol. I never really feel comfortable enough to talk about these kinds of things so I write songs instead. Music has always been the only constant pushing me to keep going... that, and the unwavering support of my friends, family, and fans that will honestly make me cry if I think too much about it. I love them a lot. If you contributed to this project I cannot thank you enough, whether it made the final cut or not. Long story long, I said all of that to say.. We appreciate your patience :)

Oozaru (prod. Silent Party Music & Kevin Ford)

"Not Yet" premiered via These Days News 11/22

Recorded at Strobe Recording Studios 
Mixed/mastered by Jamie Wagner

Vocals: Seamus Masterson
Guitar & Organ: Cale Zepernick
Drums: Charlie O'Neill
Guitar: Noah Toritto 
Trumpet: Jabriel Martin

Not Yet

Runnin'

My First Ghost

Vocals & written by @eltonaura & @im_nehemiah
Produced by @burnstwins, @bedows, & @eltonaura
Additional Vocals by Kayla Cain-Lofton

Mixed & mastered by Matt Hennessy @VSOP Studios

Pic by @alinatsvor
Art by @kareetak

Elton, Bedows & Burns Twins -- Headphones (feat. Nemo)

SULTAN 😵👻



(V1)

Shorty put me on hold ion like to wait

I'm a mu fuckin genius all kinda ways

Phoe hov how I make a whole tidal wave

Valley overseas they gon lemme fly the plane



I'm a dog I'm a mufuckin Great Dane

Put ya bitch lipstick onna window pane 

Get up in my head think I'm prolly insane

Bus a buss onner gut now I'm dizzay


(pull out for the win too riskay, it's a real thang...)




Sultan been sovreign since 92

Yo BM think my raps kinda cool

I'm lightening the sun way I raichu

This in all caps why I write at you

You see I'm winning the way I poo



Look how I shitted on ya

Checking my wrist up on ya

I'm such a gifted stoner

Bring that ass let me hold it

I don't got time for tokens

Tick gimme top on over 

Yea valley gon stop on over

 Now run that like Malcom 400's

run that way & make a forest 

Im nat wit  hottest porridge 

You out wit mr boring 

Me & ya friend doing God knows I'm na honcho

Rainy world get a poncho my granddad had a jawbone like tonto 



she keep it neat like a maid in home shawty I'm just tryna eat like i aint been on, now move around move around



-----



(V2)

Got a bag

I stay wit the mac

Onna back

My mental intact

Switch hats

Carey on my stats 

Through the strat

Its fear in the back

Won't tip my cap

Look she worn like sapp 

What a sap

I phoe in the trap

What a trap



Eating beets like I'm Mose on the ranch & uh

I can turn the illusory to the actual 

I remember the feeling of going back to the

Burbs I return when i purchase a mansion

Shit got lil real when my momma got cancer

Shit got real when I turned down the advance

But I bounce back 

Freaky like that 

Set a mouse trap

Where da ounce at

You a clout catcher



Ain't no type - o it's lil michael 

Motorcycle roll da dice up  



----

(3)

I put any money on me

Shit look sweet but the honey (henny) ain't free

Lately i been inna bag like ya lil weed 

I'm a king I been through some shit



All the things come with it I ain't choose

Nigga got scars nigga been bruised

But it's only one direction Ima move

To the influence till I'm who's who



All the lil petty shit that I could do 

Waste so much time fucking wit fools

Ima lay it back keep the shit smooth

It's a star inside both of my shoes 



Shit tight nigga we could never lose.





--

(3b)

Keep it moving

What's it to me

I'm a ruling

I'm a new me

Sultan

its nice to be important but important to be nice 

funk funk funk

Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/album/45MEMIzZvOA1yJsEWWP9dx

Apple Music
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/no-hands-single/1445619712

[RicWilsonIsMe@gmail.com]

A video?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2vZADIQZjI&feature=youtu.be

Chicago's Up Next - 2017 End of The Year Playlist.

Ric Wilson