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Sounds like:
Big Thief,
Snail Mail,
Girlpool
By
Colin S. Smith
on
Feb 5, 2019
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Chicago band Lala Lala makes tenderness into a sound on their recent collaboration with WHY?’s Yoni Wolf. Lala Lala’s Lillie West has been a “super fan” of WHY? for years and the pureness rings throughout “Siren 042.”
"There was a siren ringing in m...
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2

Sounds like:
Saba,
Smino,
Jay Prince
By
Billy Koutcher
on
Apr 8, 2018
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Coming from the same circle as many of my other favorite Chicago artists, like Noname, Ravyn Lenae, Smino, Saba and more, Phoelix is carving out a pocket of his own in the Chicago music scene. You can find "Drip" on his debut album Tempo, which serve...
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3

Sounds like:
Lupe Fiasco,
Kanye West,
Mac Miller
By
Tobias Handke
on
Mar 27, 2016
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After the middling experimentation of last album, Speedin' Bullet 2 Heaven, Kid Cudi looks to have gone back to his Man On The Moon phase with new tune "The Frequency."
Dropping unannounced, the track finds Cudi rapping and singing over Mike Dean an...
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4

Sounds like:
Kanye West,
Chance The Rapper,
Lupe Fiasco
By
Tobias Handke
on
Feb 15, 2016
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Vic Mensa first premiered "Danger" during Kanye West's Yezzy Season 3 launch over the weekend and it has now been officially uploaded the track onto his Soundcloud.
Produced by Papi Beatz, "Danger" is an absolute banger. Mensa has been on point of l...
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5

Sounds like:
Vic Mensa,
Gucci Mane,
Young Thug
By
Tobias Handke
on
Feb 4, 2016
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Last year internet phenomena Lil B and the always entertaining Chance The Rapper hooked up for the six song release Free (Based Freestyle Mixtape).
Today a lost cut from the sessions surfaced thanks to Keith Jenkins a.k.a. K E I T H. "Beautiful Chic...
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6

By
Tobias Handke
on
Dec 31, 2015
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After surprising everyone with "Only One" on New Years Eve 2014, Kanye West has gifted us another New Years Eve banger in the form of "Facts."
Produced by Metro Boomin and Southside, "Facts" sounds like an understated version of Future & Drake's...
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7

Sounds like:
Vic Mensa,
Travi$ Scott,
Isaiah Rashad
By
Tobias Handke
on
Nov 12, 2015
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New Orleans has been a hot-bed of hip-hop creativity over the years. The diversity of artists ranges from Master P through to Lil Wayne, with the city adding its own mythos to Southern hip-hop lore.
21-year-old Dre Cruise is the latest artist from t...
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8

Sounds like:
Chief Keef,
Lil Reese,
Lil Herb
By
Tobias Handke
on
Nov 10, 2015
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As far as Chicago's rap scene goes, I can take it or leave it when it comes to Lil Durk. There's nothing wrong with the dude, I just don't find what he's doing any better then a host of other drill artist. As such, my main reason for posting this tra...
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