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Tonight: Chance the Rapper

Chicago sensation, Chance the Rapper, is blowing into Buffalo tonight, Thursday, November 7th at Town Ballroom. It seems like overnight that the twenty-year-old Chancelor Bennett rose to fame. It was pretty much overnight that he burst out of hip hop's womb with his mix tape 10-Day, released April 2012, based off his ten day suspension from school back in 2011.

After catching the attention of Childish Gambino, Chance's career exploded and he continues to drop wildly inventive tracks, via singles and his new album, Acid Rap. The new album bears all the classic elements of gospel and soul with the interlaced modern style of thin, pulsing synth-cymbals. As far as singles go, a special favorite is his collabo in James Lake's "Life Round Here", first heard courtesy of Straight Dope, right here on buffaBLOG.

Catch Chance the Rapper at Town Ballroom for $20 in advance and $25 at the door, 7PM.

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Straight Dope: October 14th

This interview with Eminem, supposedly his first, is one of the worst goddamn things I've ever seen. Can you imagine what type of human being he must have been in 1998? He obviously knows he's about to be famous, which is the only possible explanation for his decision to act like a caricature instead of an actual rapper. It's like he binged on a few seasons of Yo! MTV Raps and this was the most reasonable approximation of an emcee he could come up with. "This is real. I put my feelings on wax!" He's also wearing exactly the kind of thing a cop would put on to blend in, infiltrate the club, and taze the hell out of a drug dealer. Shit looks like a disguise. 1998 Slim Shady was a buffoon.

Shaquille O'Neal ft. ShaqIsDope - "Karate Chop"

Oh yeah, this is happening. Big Aristotle has returned to rapping. While Shaq was never very good at it, his massive size offering no clear advantage in the studio, that didn't stop his first record from going platinum. Shaq Diesel was followed by Shaq Fu: Da Return in 1994 with contributions from both Method Man and RZA, because the universe is random and unfair. His third release, You Can't Stop the Reign, even featured appearances by Jay-Z and The Notorious B.I.G in a hilarious mockery of established laws and traditions.

Biggie Smalls is dead now, so you get Toronto rapper ShaqIsDope instead. I'm told he's a real person.

Main Attrakionz - "International"

Oakland cloud rap geniuses Squadda B and MondreM.A.N. have a new mixtape set to drop this month, a collaboration with Sacramento producer Tynethys that promises to do something good to your earholes. Main Attrakionz last collaboration with Tynethys ended disastrously when their completed material was lost in a hard drive crash, likely an indicator that one of these dudes looks at weird stuff on the internet. Instead of re-recording the lost tape they decided to write a new one, an inspiring decision shrouded by terrible inefficiency.

At just over two minutes in length, "International" is the fun sized candy bar of rap songs. If you haven't sampled Main Attrakionz yet, now seems like a pretty good time.

James Blake ft. Chance The Rapper - "Life Round Here"

English OG and electronic music king of men James Blake has a fresh take on his single "Life Round Here" from the album Overgrowth released earlier in 2013. He's recruited Chance The Rapper for some hot rhyming action, and that's damn sensible. Chance is beating rap's ass like he just finished a video game and got to start over with all of his special abilities and inventory intact. There are few up-and-comers as promising as Chance, having been featured in XXL and Complex as a rapper deserving of your unwavering affection and eternal devotion. Probably.

I don't read XXL or Complex.

Pusha T ft. Future - "Pain"

Your weekly reminder that My Name is My Name is out now, going hard for hip hop album of the year.

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Just Announced: Chance The Rapper

Twenty-year-old Chicago MC Chance The Rapper has taken the hip hop community by storm in 2013 after self-releasing his second mixtape, Acid Rap. With a soulful style similar to College Dropout era Kanye and a hyper-energetic flow, the young rapper has already opened for artists like Childish Gambino, Kendrick Lamar, and Mac Miller and will now embark on his first headlining tour this fall. The Social Experiment tour includes a stop in Buffalo at The Waiting Room on Thursday, November 7th and will also feature fellow Chicago artists DJ Rashad and DJ Spinn. Tickets for the all ages show are $20 and go on sale this Friday at 10am.

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Tonight: Mac Miller & Odd Future

Pittsburgh born rapper Mac Miller has certainly come a long way since releasing his K.I.D.S mixtape on Rostrum Records back in 2010. The last few years have seen the 21 year old MC take a turn stylistically towards a more west coast, eclectic sound working with respected artists like Schoolboy Q, Ab-soul, Jay Electronica, Earl Sweatshirt, and Tyler, The Creator. His latest album, Watching Movies With the Sound Off, features the Flying Lotus produced single "S.D.S.," which has the rapper sounding comfortable delivering lines over the dizzying experimental beat.

Tonight, Los Angeles hip hop collective Odd Future will join Mac headlining an absolutely packed bill of emerging talent at Buffalo's Outer Harbor Concert site with support from Earl Sweatshirt, Vince Staples, Chance The Rapper, and The Internet.

After returning from boarding school in Samoa last year, Earl Sweatshirt picked up right where he left off, making an appearance on "Super Rich Kids" from Frank Ocean's sublime Channel Orange and dropping a characteristically poetic verse on Captain Murphy's "Between Friends." His debut LP, Doris, is expected out August 20th on Columbia and features collaborations with RZA, BadBadNotGood, and Pharrell.

Chicago MC Chance The Rapper has been riding a wave of much deserved success after self releasing the year's most vibrant hip hop album, Acid rap, which effortlessly combined soulful hip hop and R&B to serve as the 20 year old's opening statement to the rap world. Along with Earl and Brooklyn's Joey Bada$$, Chance is part of the next wave of young rappers that are beginning to redefine the genre with their strong cultural identity that radiates from their tracks.

Gates for tonight's show open at 6pm, tickets are $40 and can be purchased at the gate or online at Ticketmaster.com.

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Listener's Digest: Chance The Rapper - "Acid Rain"

Acid Rap, the incredible new mixtape from Chicago's Chance the Rapper, is full of soulful production and impressive lyrical prowess. On one of the more mellow tracks on the tape, "Acid Rain," Chance dials it back to offer an introspective look into his world over an orchestral sample. With lines like "Sometimes the truth don't rhyme, sometimes the lies get millions of views," the young rapper offers his insight on the things that trouble him most. The lyrical transparency brings to mind Kendrick Lamar's Good Kid, M.A.A.D City and much like the Compton MC, Chance's appeal is the conviction with which his lines are delivered that make it apparent that the 20-year-old has a lot to say.