By The Beachwood Rock Local Affairs Desk
A loose collection of whatnot.
1. “Chicago’s rising rap duo, LEP Bogus Boys, recently sat down for an exclusive interview with VladTV, where they spoke about their upcoming clothing line, as well as all of the emerging talent coming out of there hometown.”
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2. As if to illustrate the point further:
“Listening to Chief Keef – who has released a handful of mixtapes in the last year but whose output has been accelerating in recent months after some mainstream attention – it’s possible to believe that Waka Flocka Flame is more than an anomaly, that he’s instead created room for the unhinged to stage a small comeback in hip-hop,” Jon Caramanica wrote in the New York Times Magazine on Sunday.
“Though some of his young Chicago peers have begun to sign major label deals – spillover from the spotlight he’s commandeered, no doubt – Chief Keef remains unsigned. In December he was arrested on a weapons charge, and he’s been serving an extended house arrest at his grandmother’s home on the South Side of Chicago, though lately he’s been allowed to travel for business and performances. (He’s scheduled to play S.O.B.’s on June 25, his first New York show.)
“Chief Keef raps in jabs and blocks, short bursts of rhymes that leave plenty of space for contemplation. The result is a sort of meditative vigor, swelling under pressure, then loosening, then swelling again, then loosening, and on and on. Mostly Chief Keef is a stomper, his lyrics a stark collection of threats and boasts, complemented by the unapologetically maximalist post-Lex Luger production of Young Chop, DJ Kenn and others. On a slew of official and not-quite-official mixtapes – Bang and Sosa Baby are the best – Chief Keef shows off a preternatural gift for catchy hooks.”
See also:
* South Side 16-Year-Old Gets Shot, Blows Up
* Rockie Fresh on the Chicago scene.
3. Wilco said yes. Beach House said no. Five times.
4. From Robbie Fulks’ “Awful 80s Night” at the Hideout, June 4.
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5. Fulks is scheduled to appear as The Everly Brothers at FitzGerald’s 32nd annual American Music Festival at the end of the month. Here’s the rest of the festival bill.
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Comments welcome.
Posted on June 13, 2012