Basement Made
Northern Culture, Art, Hip Hop & Working Class
In a time when we really need some motivation, Reggie Bonds comes through with a positive message: “Proceed w/ Love (FUCK HATE)“. The grimy Milwaukee emcee rides over this fun lil beat with ease. Intense like a circus. Reggie even throws some auto-tune on there. Supa Bwe, the Chicago superstar, drops in for a quick...
Today (March 24, 2016), I published a big story on the Wisconsin Hip Hop scene to HipHopDX. Sparkle Pratt approached me with the idea – as I’ve been blowing her up with Wisconsin and Midwest rap music since last March – and since she’s been spending a lot of time in The Mil lately. Together,...
Hurt Everybody recently announced their breakup via social media (January 18, 2016). The young Chicago, Illinois supergroup will be no more after their Potion[s] collab tape with Mick Jenkins. Regardless of what happens though, Supa is an incredible artist. The multi will indeed hurt alone, apart from his supergroup but more free to flourish on...
3rd Dimension is one of the most dynamic Hip Hop groups in America. They hail from Madison, Wisconsin, a place not typically associated with Hip Hop, so they have to be cold. Today, the tight-knit collective dropped their heavily hyped Things Have Changed on the world, along with a music video for “Chosen”. (November 12,...
Chicago’s most talented and hardest working Hip Hop group – Hurt Everybody – dropped yet another project today (October 4, 2015). Radio Head and Kanye West influenced Supa Bwe claims this one as a solo project but frequent collaborators Carl, Mulatto Beats and Samii Beatz all appear on the experimental project. Supa is one of...
Hurt Everybody is back on their savage today (September 30, 2015). What better way to bring in October than a heart palpitating “Eat” record. The Dead Occasion mixtape drops October 4th. They don’t stop. Supa Bwe rapped and produced on this – SamiiBeatz with the assist. “She don’t sleep, she don’t sleep I’ma teach her...
