Smino

Smino, a name you probably don’t know, but won’t forget

By: Neil MacAlister In recent years, Chicago’s rap scene has come to join the ranks of New York, LA, and Atlanta for generating scores of remarkable artists. Two of 2016’s most acclaimed albums (and two of my personal favourites) came out of Chicago: Saba’s Bucket List Project and Noname’s Telefone. Both albums were incredibly written, powerful statements on issues both political and personal, employing many of the same local artists for features and following similar trends of airy, neo-soul hip hop. But they also shared something else in common: the concluding verse on both projects was not by the artists…

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