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Watch Clips From Kanye West’s Unaired Comedy Central Show

Alligator Boots was an unaired Comedy Central show that looks a lot like an adult version of the Muppet Show. While the show never quite made it past its pilot episode, it was produced by a not-quite-as-big Kanye West (it looks like it’s around the era of The College Dropout), who hosted the pilot episode. It was created with a little help from the guys that did Crank Yankers, and it shows in the puppets’ design. In the clip, you’ll see glimpses of unreleased skits that show Kim Kardashian as princess Leia and a song called “Baby in the Club.”...  read more

Rhymefest Announces Candidacy for Chicago Alderman

Rhymefest is throwing his hat into the ring for Chicago’s 20th Ward Alderman race....  read more

Best Music of 2010 (So Far): Rachel Dovey, Assistant Editor

On day six of our Best Music of 2010 (So Far), I give you some jazz, some country, some pinball-machine samples...  read more

Rhymefest: El Che Review

A handful of hits from Chi-City On Che Smith’s second Rhymefest full-length, he showcases the lyrical precision and rhythmic diversity that won him a Grammy for co-writing “Jesus Walks” with fellow Chicago native Kanye West. “City is Fallen” is all molasses brass and smooth jazz, while the drum-and-808 throbs of “Give It To Me” could rattle a root cellar; meanwhile, his verses slide between snide (“Shoulda hollered at him when he was young and hot / You’ll never have what Michelle Obama’s got”) and passionate (“Fighting off contentment, I have a long way to go”). But El Che is all...  read more

Ten June Albums Worth Checking Out

Ah, June. It's the month that kicks off summer, the month where music festivals start popping up like weeds...  read more

25 Albums We're Looking Forward To This Summer

It's May, which means it's almost summer, which means car windows rolled down and stereos cranked up. Here to start off our summer preview week are 25 albums...  read more

Kanye West working on show for Comedy Central

In between teasing fans with bit-by-bit information about his new album, 808's & Heartbreak (due Dec.16), or saving face after altercations with the police, Kanye West is trying out television. His deal for a reported reality show with HBO has been long-in-the-works, but it's been revealed today West will have a hand in Comedy Central's new Crank Yankers-inspired show. Tentatively dubbed Alligator Boots, the project is described as 'hip-hop meets the Muppets.' Because, you know, nothing screams hip-hop more than Muppets....  read more

Hideout Block Party features the New Pornographers, Drunken Spelling Bee, Michael Jackson tribute and more

Home to the out-of-place and in-between, the Hideout welcomes locals and musicians of any and all persuasions to the industrial North Branch along the Chicago River year-round. And even after a summer full of stacked festivals rolling through the city (Lollapalooza, Pitchfork Musical Festival and myriad neighborhood fests), the annual Hideout Block Party is one of the most anticipated by Chicagoans. ...  read more