Aaron "Uncanny" Phillips's Blog (107)

Champaign, IL has one of the livest underground Hip Hop scenes in the Midwest and Tokyo makes his presence felt in it. The Illinois native delivers his latest video "90$ Flow" to critical…

After P. Pescoe's trap single, "Re Up" caught fire in his home town of East St. Louis, IL, it was time to shoot the video. The southern IL native brought the city out when Nevalegal…

Chicago emcee, Sex the Rapper (JXL) is "Flexin'" on everyone in his new JWE directed video by the same name. Sex drips sauce everywhere on the single from his Document 37 album. Channeling his inner "Prince"…

Miss Chiff and DevMo come together for the scathing "Mask". Both femcees take turns sending shots at the fakes they've cut from their lives. Using a…

Deezy Da Paperboy has spent the last few years establishing himself as one of Illinois' go-to Hip Hop artists. After a string of hit singles, a headlining mid-west…

The artist formerly known as AJ Dollaz, now known as Ninety Three recently released his R&B collab single, "Take A Ride" featuring Jayy Wills. The single serves as the first release from…

Ben Real is doing "Numbers", both literally and figuratively. The 217 rapper delivers his latest visual to the tune of 11,000 plus views in only 2 days.…

Red Enzo has established himself as one of the hottest producers between Chicago and St. Louis. Now the trap beat specialist is becoming one of the most sought after recording artists…

Xtortion The Don's "Smoke In The City" album debuted earlier this year to rave reviews. Clocking in at 18 tracks and slightly over an hour worth of listening time, "Smoke In The City"…

What happens when you put two of Illinois’ rap heavyweights on one track? Answer: “Let Me Be Great” the Drake “Hype” remix, that could possibly be better than the original version of the song.  Trading stories of their respective come ups Vinal and Deezy Da Paperboy just want to be the great and everything else to fall to the…

One of the Midwest's brightest young stars, Jayy Wills is back with his new solo single "Boulevard". Jayy has been doing what seems like; a feature a week in addition to filming music videos, his graphic design work, and touring the country the soulful singer…

Rapper and activist, Johnny Music has a few things to say about presidential candidate Donald Trump's, well... dick. Taking a shot at the Mickey Avalon single 'My…

Jacksonville, IL isn’t known as a hotbed for Hip Hop, but that’s all abut to change. Illinois native Archie debuts his first solo single “Chasing My Demons”. After rocking shows with his former group Kutthroat Karnies, Archie has gone solo with plans of putting his city and himself on the map.…

On the heels of his latest mixtape release Cardiaye is at back with another cut, "Letter To Mama". In the of Tupac's "Dear Mama" , Cardi apologizes for his choices while also providing context as to why they were made. …

Memphis rapper Jaccem Smaccem delivers his new video, "This How It Is". Mody Trax lays the backdrop for Jaccem to tell his story. Making moves and laying it all on the line is the norm when you live like Mr. Smaccem. …

Brothers Uncanny and Dj Juice Ortiz are the newly formed Midwest Connectz. With their ears to the streets and hands in everything Hip Hop in their region it was time to expand. The duo received the co-sign from two of the nation’s biggest DJ coalitions Coast2Coast DJs and the Nerve DJs for their first release “Meet The Connectz vol. 1”.…

The Co-Pilots have been making the right kind of noise for a couple years. The Illinois duo continues to push the envelope lyrically and visually on their latest release “Marciano”. Shaw Studios puts in the camera work for this undefeated single. Be on the lookout as The Co-Pilots are set to take off…

Vinal is back for the game, and he's back with a vengeance. After taking time off recording to focus on battling in Illinois' Bar Brawl Battle League the Rich Taste Entertainment head honcho delivers…