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  Chance the Rapper: Chicago Kid Blazes Hard-Won, Hallucinatory Path With Stunning Dexterity

  May 14, 2013 – Who: Chance the Rapper (government name Chancellor Bennett) is the latest Chicago MC to take hip-hop by storm, and his newest mixtape, Acid Rap , has immediately turned the 20-year-old into the genre's out-of-nowhere, emergent voice. …
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  No Trivia's Rap Release of the Week: Chance the Rapper's 'Acid Rap'

  May 7, 2013 – Last week's rap release of the week was Rittz's sturdy The Life and Times of Jonny Valiant. Mostly because the obvious pick, Chance the Rapper's Acid Rap, was going to get a thorough evaluation thanks to a SPIN review (it was named an "Essential," read the review here). …
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  Watch Chance the Rapper and Nosaj Thing Craft 'Acid Rap' Standout 'Paranoia'

  May 6, 2013 – Chance the Rapper's new Acid Rap mixtape is a stone-cold SPIN Essential delivered by one of our Real Hottest MCs in the Game. …
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  The Breeders, Major Lazer, Foxygen Lead Pygmalion Music Festival's 2013 Lineup

  May 3, 2013 – The Pygmalion Music Festival will return for its ninth annual event later this year, and the three-day showcase — happening from September 26 to 28 in Champaign-Urbana, Illionois — promises live sets from Major Lazer, the Breeders, Youth Lagoon, Chance the Rapper, Foxygen, and many more. Other artists booked for the upcoming event include: the Head & the Heart, Dawes, Warpaint, Daughter, Perfume Genius, METZ, Damien Jurado, Kis …
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  Chance the Rapper, 'Acid Rap' (Self-Released)

  May 2, 2013 – There are way too many ideas on Chance the Rapper's Acid Rap mixtape, but that's a good thing. Woozy, collage-like tracks don't stay one way for long, and lyrical conceits are held together by impulsive tangents and "woah, dude" thought experiments. …
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  No Trivia's Rap Songs of the Week: Chance the Rapper Calls Out 'That Fool Matt Lauer'

  May 1, 2013 – Chance the Rapper, feat. Nate Fox & Lili K. "Pusha Man""Pusha Man" is two songs (maybe even three) working off that Kendrick Lamar-specific mix of empathy and frustration from the first-person perspective of a d-boy. The first song's a light chest-beating boast, complete with "nah nah nah nah" taunts, mocking those living the straight and narrow. …
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  Download Chance the Rapper's Warm, Soulful 'Acid Rap' Mixtape

  April 30, 2013 – Chicago's Chance the Rapper is currently just an unsigned teen rapper with sizzling Internet buzz and a hell of a lot of talent (he clocked in at #9 on SPIN's Hottest MC's of 2013 list). But if he one day becomes an ascendant star like Kendrick Lamar, if not Drake, than his new mixtape Acid Rap will be ground zero. The tape is the second release of Chance's career, but it's his first with all eyes watching. …
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  See Chance the Rapper and Ab-Soul 'Smoke Again' (and Again) in Trippy Video

  April 30, 2013 – Ever since SPIN dropped our own Hottest MCs in the Game list, Chance the Rapper has been going out of his way to prove us right about his placement therein. …
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  Watch Chance the Rapper and Hannibal Buress Spend $5K in 'NaNa' Video

  April 11, 2013 – Give a musician $5,000 to make a music video and the results would most likely be lackluster. Give a musician $5,000 and comedian Hannibal Buress, however, and what you get is gold.In the first installment of a series, Chicago's Chance the Rapper is given just that amount to cut a video for "NaNa." He exchanges it for smaller denominations and heads out on a Los Angeles shopping spree. …
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  The 5 Best Things We Saw at SXSW Thursday: Killer Mike, Mikal Cronin, Chance the Rapper

  March 15, 2013 – See all our best live photos from SXSW 2013 here 5. Chance the RapperGatsby’s, 5 p.m. SXSW is full to the brim with "personalities" hoping to score attention, but Chance the Rapper's oddball set at Red Bull's 120 Hours party — curated by Chicago rap blog Fake Shore Drive — felt genuine. …
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