#midwest hip hop

[klstuartart]

Mid West Hip Hop

[thamacaveli]

Al Tariq, 1996

[lyfestile]

RIP Metamo

STL X Minneapolis X Chi

[musicalthought]

album review; insane clown posse's the calm (2005)

♡ fav song(s): crop circles; we’ll be alright

♡ least fave song: deadbeat moms

♡ overall: 6.6/10

♡ ehhh

[haveyoulistenedtothisalbum-poll]

Tracklist:

Za Intro • Papercuts • Petrified Life And The Twice Told Joke (Decrepit Bricks) • Make Out Club • Taxi Driver • So Long Friend • Everyday's Forecast • Pillmattic • Simple Livin' • Cupids Chokehold • Faces In The Hall • Graduation Day • Apollo 3-1-5 • Wejustfreestylin' Pt 2 • To Bob Ross With Love • Papercuts (The Reason For The Lesions Remix) • Kid Nothing Vs. The Echo Factor • Band Aids

Submitter's Note: Gym Class Heroes were signed onto Fall Out Boy’s studio Fueled By Ramen along with bands like Panic! At the Disco and Cobra Starship.

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[royaltyrules816]

Happy Birthday Royce Da 5'9‼️

[scottiewider]

After The Summer - OUT ON ALL PLATFORMS! 🖤⛓️

[madamshogunassassin]

1st of tha Month • Bone Thugs-N-Harmony (1995)

[thelensofyashunews]

J.P. SHARES NEW "LOVE BONE" MUSIC VIDEO 

Following his viral On the Radar performance of "Love Bone", 20-year-old Milwaukee tastemaker J.P. has shared the track's music video — out now. The visual arrives on the heels of the rapper's Song of the Summercontender “Bad Bitty” (60M Streams), as well as the track's recently-released NLE Choppa-assisted remix (2.5M streams), and follows his new album Coming Out Party. The LP marked J.P.'s first full-length offering of 2024 and was praised by the likes of Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, and The FADER. 

Recent months have seen the artist garner acclaim with a string of popular singles, including 2023’s Dora the Explorer-sampling “Get Down”, “She Took”, and “PARTY MIX”, which samples Billie Eilish’s 2018 track “when the party’s over”. Known for his lovable, carefree personality as much as for his danceable sing-raps, J.P. is carving out his own niche as a must-watch artist coming out of the Midwest — all while juggling a student-athlete career as a music major and basketball player at The University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point.

Hailing from Milwaukee, J.P. was raised by his mother, grandmother, and uncles and has a background in vocal jazz performance, taking inspiration from old-school R&B artists (Sam Cooke, Otis Redding, Al Green, and Luther Vandross), classic pop singers (Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Jackie Wilson, and Ella Fitzgerald), musicals (The Sound of Music and The Wizard of Oz), and the Ethiopian dance Eskista as much as he does his hometown rap scene. Equipped with a unique arsenal of deep-cut influences, J.P. is adding his own distinct flavor to his city’s club-ready movement — and helping to put Milwaukee on the map in the process.

[tha-wrecka-stow]

[getdownsaturdaynight]

I am always, and I mean always, on the hunt for a good music server on Discord that has reasonable activity levels and that's not overrun with teenagers.

Like, I could always make my own, but that involves, like... effort... and being online for consistent periods of time... and not ghosting people... and putting a deep commitment into something that isn't directly paying the bills...

[ianthecancerian]

New album “Full Circle : Side A”

W/ @pulpCruz & @MightyMozaic

Ft. @alaitheguy , @akousticfunkbot , and Greensllime

http://fullcircle360.bandcamp.com/album/full-cir

[dustedmagazine]

Ampichino \ Rich the Factor — Midwest Tygoons (Double F)

Midwest Tygoons is a welcome collaboration between two veterans. Their sound is stuck in the mid-2010s, but it perfectly revives the spirit of the Jacka’s music.

The two “tygoons” share a region, but also a mentor. Both worked with the late Jacka, Ampichino more closely but the Jack gave space on his albums to Rich the Fac as well. It’s been almost 15 years since the last collaboration between Am and the Jack (not counting the posthumous CD). The Devil Rejectz series remains one of Ampichino’s crowning achievements, establishing him as an artist of great talent, not just the Jacka’s sidekick. Rich the Factor has been paving his own path in Kansas since 1997. He’s put out an insane amount of material, more than 50 albums and mixtapes combined.

We don’t know why they took so long to make this collaboration. Midwest Tygoons is a blast from the past, totally nostalgic in its sound and style for the early 2000s drug rap. It can be easily mistaken for a Bay Area tape, with its minimalistic and creepy production. Both artists have nothing to prove now. Maybe this is what makes this tape so smooth. Past their prime, they’ve found a niche and feel quite relaxed in their drug kingpins position.  They also bring younger blood, like Berner, Young Bossi and King Locust, artists the Jack worked with.

Ampichino captures the spirit of the album on the chorus for “Heartbeat”: “We big whales with sharp teeth \ Trying to chase mail on these dark streets \ Under the street lights we spark heat \ Put your ear to the turf and hear my heartbeat.”  Rich the Factor’s unusual mumbly flow and Am’s overly emotional delivery lay smoothly on slow beats.

Even though Midwest Tygoons was released on Ampichino’s label, the tape has all the flaws of Rich the Factor’s music. Roughly half of the songs here last longer than they should, and a few tracks wiggle and waggle with no clear focus.

If Midwest Tygoons was released 15 years ago it would have been a clear hit. Today, it is a dose of nostalgia for those who miss Bay Area \ Midwest collaborations in the vein of The Devil Rejectz. And there is nothing wrong with nostalgia if the dosage is right.

Ray Garraty

[wormholemedia]

Jacc Breeze has made himself a staple artist in the 217 Hip-Hop scene, and there's no doubt we're witnessing his next level with this new album, "Death in December".

This project is clearly an ode to struggle, pain, and loss. You can feel it in the music, before you even read into the lyrics. As I was jamming it, I found myself surprised at some of the melodies Breeze came up with, he's on a new level. His bars and singing parts are all on point. It's got something for anyone who's into hip hop.

The album has some really strong opening tracks, but doesn't let up as some albums do by the halfway point. There's also a few mystery features on this project who I couldn't pinpoint based on their sound, but all the features were good and fit the vibe perfectly. You can check out the album for yourself below, I highly recommend it. Bangers.

My favorite track: Push Start

Overall: 8/10

[lostbutdidntlose]

Baby , your smile