Last week was the audio, now it’s time for the visuals. Check how a chance meeting between Sky and Fest turned into a homage to America’s first and second cities. Shouts to RubyHornet.
PREVIOUS: Rhymefest & Skyzoo – Crack the Code (prod. Beatnick & K-Salaam)
We saw the video, now check the mixtape joint that spawned the group. Off Jay iLLa’s Revenge of the Backpacks 2: Welcome to Chicago, dropping in March. Shoust to FSD.
DOWNLOAD: DJ Jay iLLa – Revenge f. Juice, Twone Gabz, Mikkey Halsted & Rhymefest | Mediafire
Latest leak off RubyHornet’s Closed Sessions v.1, which drops on March 2nd. Hit the jump for DJ RTC’s commentary on the track.
DOWNLOAD: Rhymefest & Skyzoo – Crack the Code | Mediafire
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Last month we announced the formation of a new Chicago Hip Hop super group with Rhymefest, Mikkey Halsted, JUICE, and Twone Gabz. The foursome has been working since, and held their first official studio session last Sunday at SoundScape Studios. Michael Kolar got some exclusive footage and sent it our way…. Get Ready! – RHTV
PREVIOUS: Freddie Gibbs & Mikkey Halsted – On My Own (prod. Maja 7th) [CDQ]
The Pulse grabbed a few minutes with Rhymefest to talk about Wacka Flocka typa rappers, “Sewer” rappers, and how he didn’t feel the need to have Kanye on “El Che” which drops May 18th.
SHAKE EDIT: I just wanted to point out that the “beef” Yaya referenced was between myself and Bdot over at the elderly home RapRadar. Gotta love Fest’s response to the question at the 3:20 mark. Take that take that.
Last night, we made it out to the Every Drop Counts event here in Chicago, which was a successful, positive, and unifying event to raise money for the crisis in Haiti. The messages were made even more powerful from special guests Chairman Fred Hampton Jr., host Aja Monet, and the packed lineup of artists who spoke from the heart in addition to their live set. The energy was magnetic throughout the audience as many people were not only having a great time but also touched by the positivity displayed by everyone who graced the stage.
Hit GWHH for more videos from Mikkey Halsted, Mystic and more. His the jump for videos from The Cools Kids and Jean Grae.
Rhymefest opened his set at the Haiti benefit show, Every Drop Counts, by performing a remake of LL Cool J’s 4, 3, 2, 1 alongside (the real) JUICE, Twone Gabz and Mikkey Halsted. They also announced that they have officially formed a group and our working on an album for a Summer release. Shouts to RubyHornet on the footage.
Courtesy of Andrew:
Filmed in the Spring of 2009, The GO! Experiment will finally see the light of day, online, next week (2/1). We’ll be dropping a new segment everyday from Monday-Friday here on FSD.
For those who have been waiting on this project to drop, my apologies on the delay, we had a deal to release this in a different fashion, but we opted to go straight digital.
The GO! Experiment features many of Chicago’s best and brightest emcees in the same room at the same time freestyling together as a homage to the final episode of Yo! MTV Raps in 1995.
Peep the brand new trailer (courtesy of Davy Greenberg) above to get an idea of what to expect. Mikkey Halsted, Rhymefest, Naledge, Mic Terror, Really Doe and Cold Hard can be seen doing their thing.
PREVIOUS: Mikkey Halsted – Hold On
On Saturday we set up shop at SoundScape studios and went to work with none other than DJ Babu of Dilated Peoples and The Beat Junkies. DJ Babu is a hero of mine, and a true influence. It was an honor and a pleasure to work with him on a Closed Session. In the past, the emcee/singer has been the main feature, and they cycle through our Closed Sessions catalog of production. With Babu, the script was flipped, and Babu got his choice of Chicago emcees and called in ADaD, GLC, and Rhymefest to get down. The session last well over 12 hours, took place in two studios, and included appearances by Mikkey Halsted, YP, Big Homie D.O.E. and others. Here’s a quick preview captured with the Flip Cam including a smoke session, and battle between ADaD and Rhymefest, and more…
Some new El Che visuals off FSD Presents: Chicagorilla Ape Tape Vol. 1 and Rhymefest’s The Manual, shot by CW.
PREVIOUS: Rhymefest – Say Wassup f. Phonte x How High f. Little Brother
Courtesy of Andrew:
Chicago DJ Jay iLLa is currently working on a project entitled Revenge of the Backpacks Vol. 2. Here’s a video prelude for the “4,3,2,1″ remake he has with Mikkey, Rhymefest, Juice and Twone Gabz.
PREVIOUS: Rhymefest – El Che (Artwork)
According to Andrew, El Che is looking at a May/June release. Hmm, we shall see.
PREVIOUS: Rhymefest – Say Wassup f. Phonte x How High f. Little Brother
