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Towkio –“Heaven Only Knows” (Feat. Chance The Rapper, Lido & Eryn Allen Kane)
Towkio is a young Chicago rapper without a whole lot of credits to his name yet. But he has the right connections within the fluid, jazz-addled side of his city's rap underground. .Wav Theory, Towkio's...
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The 5 Best Songs Of The Week
Last week's 5 Best Songs split the difference between chill and fidgety. The week before that, we had golden pop mingling with blaring bombast. This week's offerings are once again eclectic, but that's...
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Towkio –“Reflection” (Prod. Kaytranada)
I was gaga for Towkio's gooey, ebullient "Heaven Only Knows." We even chose it as one of the best songs that week, and given Chance's assertion that .Wav Theory was one of the year's best releases,...
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Stream Towkio .Wav Theory Mixtape
Towkio is the next on for Chicago's Save Money crew that gave us Chance The Rapper and Vic Mensa. We've heard the jubilant gospel-jingle of "Heaven Knows" and post-cocaine downer "Reflections" and...
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Towkio –“Reflection” Video
Towkio is the latest member of Chicago's SaveMoney crew to pop off. His new mixtape .Wav Theory is a turbulent mix of cascading, joyful tracks and tense downers. "Reflection" is one of the latter, as I...
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Towkio –“Clean Up” (Feat. Chance The Rapper) Video
Last year, Towkio, a Chicago rapper and a member of the Save Money crew, teamed up with Chance The Rapper for the excellent "Heaven Only Knows," a song from his .Wav Thory mixtape. That wasn't the only...
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The 5 Best Videos Of The Week
We're two days removed from the Super Bowl and -- more importantly, at least for the purposes of this column -- the Super Bowl halftime show, in which many, many people will work very hard to make a...
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Towkio –“G W M” (Feat. Vic Mensa)
Towkio and Vic Mensa, two of the more visible members of Chicago's SaveMoney crew, have teamed up on a new track called "G W M." Those initials stand for "gang with me" -- it's a squad celebration song...
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Download Chance The Rapper Coloring Book
We back, and we back, and we back, and we back. Chance The Rapper didn't end up releasing the long-awaited Acid Rap follow-up during his performance on The Tonight Show last week, but don't worry,...
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Towkio –“Playin Fair” (Feat. Joey Purp)
Towkio and Joey Purp are two of the promising young rappers coming out of Chicago right now. They're both parts of the Savemoney crew, and they both come from the same after-school freestyle-ciper...
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YG Made A Paranoid Street-Rap Masterpiece
Two years ago, YG made a better album than anyone thought possible. Before My Krazy Life, YG was a solid, unexceptional Compton street-rapper who was lucky enough to have a working relationship with...
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Towkio –“Tear Drop”
Savemoney is a versatile Chicago clique still steadily on the rise with the undeniable, jubilant ascension of Chance The Rapper, a maturing Vic Mensa, and the surprising Joey Purp all dropping...
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Stream Towkio Community Service 2 EP
Towkio is part of Chicago's Savemoney crew, the collective of young rappers that also includes Chance The Rapper, Vic Mensa, and Joey Purp. All of those guys except Chance show up on Community Service...
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Schoolboy Q Made A Classic Album
On the Black Hippy remix of "THat Part" -- a remix that isn't on Schoolboy Q's album Blank Face LP, even as a bonus track, even though its Kendrick Lamar verse is clearly miles better than the Kanye...
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Can You Say Chi City? Chance The Rapper & Family Turning Chi-Raq Back Into...
The first time anyone heard the term "Chiraq" was when Chicago drill rapper King L (then King Louie) dubbed his hometown Chiraq, Drillinois in 2009. Drillinois would be forgotten fairly quickly because...
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Towkio –“Playin Fair” (Feat. Joey Purp) Video (Feat. Vic Mensa)
Towkio dropped his most eclectic and expansive project yet with the Community Service 2 EP. One of the standout tracks was the Joey Purp-assisted "Playin Fair," and today it receives a set of visuals....
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The 5 Best Videos Of The Week
I'm on vacation this week. And yet I'm still taking time away from throwing my kids into waves so that I can watch way too many music videos, including that endless Massive Attack one where it's just...
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Towkio –“GWM” (Feat. Vic Mensa) Video
Chicago rapper Towkio put out his Community Service 2 EP back in July. Now, he's released a new video for squad anthem "GWM," featuring his Savemoney crew compatriot Vic Mensa. The clip from director...
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Towkio –“Drift” Video
Towkio - "Drift" -- get it? The Chicago rapper is back with a Fast And The Furious-repping single and a car-centric video to match. Todd Burr and Towkio himself directed the clip, which features...
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The 5 Best Videos Of The Week
This is one of those weeks so stuffed with good music videos that I felt bad limiting the list to just five. So please allow me to use this space to recommend Action Bronson's antic, goofy, ebulliently...
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Joey Purp And Jamila Woods Show How Deep Chicago Rolls At Pitchfork Fest
"We still alive, Chicago?" Joey Purp came back to that refrain over and over again throughout his set Sunday at Pitchfork Music Festival's Blue Stage. It functioned as your basic pump-up-the-audience...
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Towkio –“Hot Shit” Video
Chicago rapper Towkio is working on his debut full-length album -- which he's recording with Rick Rubin and is being released via Rubin's American Recordings -- and today he's shared a new video for...
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Towkio –“Swim”
The energetic Chicago rapper Towkio, a big part of that whole Chance The Rapper/Vic Mensa wave, has lately been working on his official debut, and we've posted his videos for "Drift" and "Hot Shit."...
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Towkio –“Symphony” (Feat. Teddy Jackson) Video
After a couple years on the scene, one mixtape (2015's .Wav Theory), and a couple EPs, Chicago rapper Tokio has announced that his debut album, .WWW, will be out next month. It was recorded at Rick...
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The 5 Best Videos Of The Week
Mark Romanek is one of the great directors in music-video history. He did Nine Inch Nails' "Closer" and Beck's "Devil's Haircut" and Fiona Apple's "Criminal" and Jay-Z's "99 Problems" and Johnny Cash's...
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Towkio Flying 100,000 Miles High In A Helium Balloon To Literally Drop His Album
Chicago rapper Towkio is taking the concept of dropping music to a new level with a publicity stunt for his debut album. Today, he's put himself in a helium balloon that will travel 100,000 feet in the...
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Towkio & SZA –“Morning View”
Chicagoan Towkio teamed up with SZA for a song on his new album WWW., which is out now. The rapper literally "dropped" the album from 100,000 feet earlier this week. How did he do it? He literally got...
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Towkio –“Morning View” Video (Feat. SZA)
The album cover for Towkio's recent LP WWW. featured the Chicago rapper wearing a space suit, and he released it by flying 100,000 feet into the air in a helium balloon and then literally dropping it...
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Towkio Denies Rape Allegation
Warning: The following story contains potentially triggering explicit details about sexual assault. After a woman posted a Twitter thread Sunday accusing Towkio of raping her, the Chicago rapper posted...
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