One of the most hotly-anticipated mixtapes for us in the Chicago scene is undoubtedly Alex Wiley’s Village Party and today the tape has been made available for streaming and download via Closed Session’s SoundCloud. All songs mixed & mastered by Michael Kolar @ Soundscape Studios, Chicago, IL with […]
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We’re quickly approaching the release of Alex Wiley’s Village Party and “Ova,” produced by Odd Couple, serves as our latest look at that mixtape. The track is a real banger that’ll get you moving in just 15 seconds but sadly it ends in just over 2 minutes, which
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[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhlVCywnUuw#t=49] Check out Alex Wiley’s trippy video for “Vibration”. The video was released by Hypetrak earlier today and it looks like it was inspired by Van Gogh’s “Starry Night”. It was directed by Visual Mecca with additional illustration from WindeauxVision. Peep it!
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Hear the second single from Alex Wiley’s forthcoming sophomore project, Village Party. The new track is titled “Vibration,” which you can stream and download it below for free. The production on this record is groovier by Wiley’s standards, adding faint reggae elements and there’s even some auto-tune towards
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Today we got a new joint from Alex Wiley titled “Own Man.” The track featuring Mick Jenkins and production work by Odd Couple, serves as the first single from Wiley’s sophomore mixtape, Village Party. The song itself is a slow burner with aggressively smooth delivery from Wiley while
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As A-Villa prepares to drop his Carry On Tradition project, he teams up with Reks and Lili K to give us “Smooth It Out”. Take a listen below and be on the lookout for Carry On Tradition which is being released by Closed Sessions and includes appearances from Big K.R.I.T., Kool G Rap,
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Last night Alex Wiley and Mick Jenkins linked up at Closed Sessions Studios. It looks like the session went very well since the good people over at Closed Sessions released it today. Check out the end product to Wiley and Mick’s “Forever” produced by Sunny Dukes below.
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It’s been a while since we’ve gotten any new Alex Wiley joints, but what better than this crazy storm to sit in and check out some new sounds from the fellow Chicagoan. Released via Closed Sessions, Wiley’s hiatus comes to a close with a batch of 4 tracks,
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“You got boobs from an 80’s movie!” That’s really all we have to say about ShowYouSuck’s latest single from his upcoming EP called Dude Bro. The track is actually produced by J. Arthur from theWHOevers and The EP features production from Javelin and The Hood Internet, Peter Cottontale, Mike Jaxx, Big
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Back in March 2010 Dom Kennedy teamed up with Closed Sessions to record a track. The track , “For My Homies,” never made the final cut and it was just sitting in the vaults collecting dust. Closed Sessions decided to let us hear the track. Take a listen
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This past weekend Closed Sessions and 1833 put together an excellent 2-night showcase at Schubas with performances from Lili K, Chandler London, Saba, Alex Wiley, The O’My’s, Vic Mensa and Phony PPL (among others). Both nights of A Tribute To Independence demonstrated Chicago’s rising scene and we were
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Julian Malone hooked up with Closed Sessions to deliver a track with production from Exile. The 2008ighties Crew member really delivers with this track called “Pair of Dice”. You can also check out the mini Closed Sessions documentary below (We’re definitely huge fans of the these documentaries.) Peep
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