After three years of moving units out the trunk and one mixtape that refused to die, Tez says the paperwork is finally signed. We caught up with him at the studio on 38th to talk about what it took — and why he turned down two offers that would have moved him to Atlanta.
Read More →"I had the applications filled out. UPS, second shift." Our longest sit-down yet. B. Stacks talks about the two years he stopped rapping completely, the beat that brought him back, and what he thinks the city gets wrong about itself.
Twenty-two tracks, eleven artists, and not a single feature from outside the state line. Vol. 3 is the most complete picture of what the city sounds like right now — even if the back half runs about four songs long.
Read More →The answers were not what we expected. Four said yes without hesitating. Five said the city has to stop competing with itself first. Three refused to go on record at all. Our longest feature of the year.
Read More →They cut the line off at 11:30. Nine performances, one surprise guest, and a set from 38th Street Mob that had the floor moving so hard the sound guy pulled the levels twice. Full photo gallery inside (84 pics).
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