Basement Made
Northern Culture, Art, Hip Hop & Working Class
Kweku Collins is “Sauced”. Take an “International Business Trip” with the Evanston, Illinois singer. Hit play. He and WebsterX have been hitting this proper but slurred style for years now. Catch him and the Closed Sessions team on March 24 in Chicago, Illinois. “Feel like they ain’t got no shit to say… Pushing in that...
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,...
From the Vice article published October 19, 2015: “Milwaukee, Wisconsin has never been known as much of a hip-hop city. It’s had its moments: Coo Coo Cal’s 2001 hit “My Projects” topped the rap charts and made it to number 86 on the Billboard Hot 100. Rico Love, who has origins in the city, broke...
WebsterX and Allan Kingdom are two of the leading voices out of Wisconsin and Minnesota, and this desolate “Kinfolk” record could be the most important Hip Hop collab to ever come of the culture (October 8, 2015). The song itself is incredible. The Boathouse-produced “Kinfolk” is so wavy, it washes over you like a wave...
Through the thick and the thin, “Goonies never say die.” Listen to Closed Session singer Kweku Collins and Milwaukee artist WebsterX come together for solidarity today (August 17). “Never Say Die” came out about a month back but nothing has changed. Scott Walker just cut $250 million from the University of Wisconsin, “One of the...
Fucking bravo WebsterX. This video, no, this film he dropped today (August 10) perfectly encapsulates the idea of artistic hip hop, a wave that’s swept the Midwest since Kanye West. “Lately” was already dope, and with the help of Mic Kellogg, Cody Laplant and crew, this record just went from a top playlist joint to...
