Vic, Vakill, and Grieves and Budos

Vakill, Vic Mensa, and Grieves and Budos

In today's blog I'm going to shred some light on some up and coming Hip Hop acts...sort of. Well one of them have been doing their thing for a while, but he's about to release a new album and he needs to get some props.

Vakill 

That aforementioned veteran would by the ONE, the ONLY Va to-the KILL. Straight up, I fucking love Vakill!!! His rhymes are as gritty as the Southside Chicago streets he grew up on. He truly carries on the tradition of witty, raw, wordsmiths that The City of Wind is known for. He's hands down, one of the best punch line MC's ever. Vakill has done tracks with such underground legends such as Percee P, Rhymefest, Royce da 5'9, and Crooked I and he's about to release his 4th album on Molemen Records entitled "Armor of God". Check out this freestyle trailer? (the first of it's kind maybe?) for that upcoming release.

Vic Mensa

Vic Mensa is an up and coming MC from the home of President Obama, Hyde Park; a Southside Chicago neighborhood. I know, I know, another Chicagoan, but Yo! these cats bring heat. Anyway, this kid will get a lot of comparisons to Drake due to the similarities in their voices, but believe me Vic is a fresh, young talent. Vic just released his first solo record "Straight Up" last summer and was recently featured on Nike's City of Win mixtape. Check out the vid below where Vic explains his life story and shows the video for the track featured on the City of Win mixtape "Out of This World". The video is hosted by freestyle legend and fellow Chicagoan MC Juice.

Grieves and Budo

Grieves and Budo are an MC and Producer duo that originally hooked up in Seattle, but currently operate out of  NYC. Two years ago they were signed to Rhymesayers Entertainment and have been doing it big ever since. To me they sound like a more smoothed out version of Atmosphere, but their energetic live shows with live instrumentation set them apart from the pack. They are currently on tour with Atmosphere and Blueprint on "The Family Tour" and will be part of The Vans Warped Tour this summer. So check out these guys on the road as well as  the vid below featuring their single "Pack it Up", currently one of my favorite songs.

That is all for now. Until we meet again...........