Tree is a direct product of Chitown’s rough streets that have inspired a generation of influential rappers. From Common to Kanye West to Lupe Fiasco to “Chief Keef” (no offense to Chief but it feels silly to list him on the same level), and most recently Chance The Rapper, the Windy City has thrust many a character into the national [...]

Now, I don’t know where you’ll be reading this from, but here in LA it is way too goddamn hot. I can only handle so much sunny time vibe, and I often find my mind drifting to thoughts of luxury ski resorts and days filled not with sweat and high AC prices but with snow angels, sore legs from a day [...]

While we all enjoyed the brief taste of sunlight we received from Nick Monaco and Navid Izadi’s Guest Mix #20, let’s not forget that this blog and its readers exist for the night time.  Metrojolt has enlisted Rolf Mulder, label head of The Public Stand to lead us back to the darkness with Guest Mix #21. Rolf Mulder is the man [...]

Before I start this review, I want to apologize to the readers for being a week late. I wanted to fully digest Acid Rap and detach it from all the hype surrounding in order to formulate my own unique opinion on the project. Now that we got that out of the way, lets get into the review. It seems like [...]

This mix series began (not so) humbly a little over a year ago with K Theory — one of the best duos hailing from that city we seem to adore just a tad too much.  Today we return to the city by the bay with two young and promising DJs as our guides.  It’s always a party on the pages [...]