![]() Reality has eclipsed bling for a moment in rap, and the timing's just right for Chicago Town's hungriest to get a slice of the pie. As high-visibility reporters, drillers could be part of the solution.įor some, drill may be feeding the same voyeuristic tendencies that made The Wire so cosy to watch from the couch but for the previously invisible inhabitants of Chicago, it's a lifeline. The guns and drugs in the videos are the more telegenic elements of a cramped reality. The same sampled gunshots and sirens soundtrack self-imposed evening curfews on the South and West Sides. Chicago drill is characterized by bass-heavy, dense, and typically syncopated percussion, featuring ticking hi-hats and gunshot-like snare rolls. As Chicago's murder rate spikes, nihilistic drill reflects real life where its squeaky-clean hip-hop counterparts have failed. In the summer of 2012, as Chief Keef ’s momentum was picking up steam, a Chicago teenager tearfully and angrily addressed the critiques of his favorite rapper in a viral video filmed from the. It's a moot point for those who see Keef as their local zero-to-hero, or anyone who gives the diverse talents of Spenzo, Lil Herb, Katie Got Bandz, Sasha Go Hard, Fredo Santana, Lil Durk, or King Louie a listen. Released 18 December 2012 on Glory Boyz (catalog no. Whether drill deserves recognition over the city's more wholesome contingent (Lupe, the Cool Kids and Common), is for music bloggers to question over their flat whites. Keef’s debut hit (with fellow drill sensation Lil Reese), includes bars like: I’m carrying a pistol and shooting on the spot I got your btch, and I’d been in it all night. Music site Pitchfork withdrew its shooting range video interview with Keef, and local rapper Lupe Fiasco's beef with the "scary hoodlum" led him to briefly proclaim his retirement from music (admittedly, with the melodrama of a Kardashian divorce). ![]() ![]() Keef's ever-evolving rap sheet, which includes gun charges, ongoing investigations into 18-year-old rapper Lil JoJo's murder, and bans for reckless social media behaviour, has already turned some fans off drill. The subsequent gold rush has seen young drillers signed in record numbers: more than 10 major label contracts have been dished out to local artists.ĭrill may have monetised its hype, but the firearms aren't video props, they're real. Reading this on mobile? Click here to view
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