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Smino Albums
Christopher Smith Jr. (born October 2, 1991), better known by his stage name Smino, is an American rapper and singer. He is the founder of the musical collective Zero Fatigue with Bari, Monte Booker, Jay2, and Ravyn Lenae. He is one third of the supergroup Ghetto Sage, with Saba and Noname. Smino is signed to Downtown Records and Interscope. Smino initially gained local recognition in 2012 where he released a mixtape called ''Smeezy Dot Com'', and a collaboration mixtape with Bari called ''Retail''. In 2015, he released two EPs: ''S!Ck S!Ck S!Ck'' and '' blkjuptr''. His debut studio album ''blkswn'' was released to critical acclaim on March 14, 2017. His second studio album, '' NØIR'', was released on November 8, 2018. His third studio album, ''Luv 4 Rent'', was released on October 28, 2022. His fourth studio album, ''Maybe in Nirvana'', was released on December 6, 2024. Early life and education Christopher Smith Jr. was born on October 2, 1991, in St. Louis, Missouri, into a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Missouri
Missouri (''see #Etymology and pronunciation, pronunciation'') is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area, 21st in land area, it borders Iowa to the north, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee to the east, Arkansas to the south and Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska to the west. In the south are the Ozarks, a forested highland, providing timber, minerals, and recreation. At 1.5 billion years old, the St. Francois Mountains are among the oldest in the world. The Missouri River, after which the state is named, flows through the center and into the Mississippi River, which makes up the eastern border. With over six million residents, it is the List of U.S. states and territories by population, 19th-most populous state of the country. The largest urban areas are St. Louis, Kansas City, Missouri, Kansas City, Springfield, Missouri, Springfield, and Columbia, Missouri, Columbia. The Cap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blkswn
''blkswn'' (pronounced "black swan") is the debut studio album by American Rapping, rapper Smino. It was released on March 14, 2017 with Zero Fatigue under license to Downtown Records. The album includes guest appearances from Ravyn Lenae, Bari, , Jay2, Via Rosa, Drea Smith, Akenya, Jean Deaux, and Noname (rapper), Noname, with production from Monte Booker, THEMpeople, Sango, Phoelix, and J. Bird. The album artwork was created by Victor Birriel and taken by Chicago native, Taylor Madison, photographer behind Diary of Disposables. Background The release date holds a special significance to the St. Louis rapper because 314 is the area code of his hometown. Release and promotion Singles On December 2, 2016, Smino announced the title of the album and released "blkswn" as the first single. On February 8, 2017, the second single, "Anita" was released. He released "Blkoscars" on February 24, and "Father Son, Holy Smoke" on March 10 as promotional singles. On July 26, the music v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bucket List Project
''Bucket List Project'' is the debut studio album by American rapper Saba (rapper), Saba. It was released on October 27, 2016 by Saba Pivot, LLC. Background The album was produced mainly by Saba himself and Phoelix, with guest producers ranging from Cam O'bi, daedaePIVOT, Joseph Chilliams, Ken Ross, Flex Lennon, squeakPIVOT, among others. The album also includes guest appearances from Noname (rapper), Noname, Twista, Smino, Ravyn Lenae, and Jean Deaux, among others. Critical reception ''Bucket List Project'' received critical acclaim from critics. Pitchfork wrote "it is superbly written and performed. Saba is a crafty storyteller who makes full use of his long memory and slithering wordplay." Finishing 12th on ''Rolling Stone'''s list of 40 Best Rap Albums of 2016, Saba "successfully mashes of-the-moment hip-hop and atmospheric, live-band funk textures." Consequence of Sound compared ''Bucket List Project'' to Kendrick Lamar, writing "Saba maintained a precocious mastery of h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mick Jenkins (rapper)
Jayson Andrew "Mick" Jenkins (born April 16, 1991) is an American rapper based in Chicago and signed to Cinematic Music Group. His mixtape, '' The Waters'', was released in 2014, followed by the ''Waves'' EP in 2015. Early life and education Jenkins was born in Huntsville, Alabama. Following his parents divorce, he moved to Chicago, Illinois with his mother and sister when he was nine years old. As a child, Jenkins was heavily influenced by his parents' musical preferences. His mother listened to Neo-soul, while his father enjoyed contemporary black gospel music. When Jenkins was just 17 years old, he began going to open-mic events at Young Chicago Authors, which engages young writers. Mick Jenkins attended Hirsch Metropolitan High, where he began participating in mock trials for the school's law academy in 2008. Following this opportunity, he went on to become a courthouse intern at the Dirksen Federal Building in Chicago. Jenkins ended his law studies in 2009, when he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pitchfork (website)
''Pitchfork'' (formerly ''Pitchfork Media'') is an American online music magazine founded in 1996 by Ryan Schreiber in Minneapolis. It originally covered alternative and independent music, and expanded to cover genres including pop, hip-hop, jazz and metal. ''Pitchfork'' is one of the most influential music publications to have emerged in the internet age. In the 2000s, ''Pitchfork'' distinguished itself from print media through its unusual editorial style, frequent updates and coverage of emerging acts. It was praised as passionate, authentic and unique, but criticized as pretentious, mean-spirited and elitist, playing into stereotypes of the cynical hipster. It is credited with popularizing acts such as Arcade Fire, Broken Social Scene, Bon Iver and Sufjan Stevens. ''Pitchfork'' relocated to Chicago in 1999 and Brooklyn, New York, in 2011. It expanded with projects including the annual Pitchfork Music Festival (launched in Chicago in 2006), the video site ''Pitchf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Telefone (mixtape)
''Telefone'' is the debut mixtape by American rapper Noname. Originally announced in 2012, the mixtape faced numerous delays and was finally released four years later on July 31, 2016, as a free digital download. It features guest appearances from Saba, Ravyn Lenae, Raury, and Smino among others. The mixtape was met with universal acclaim. ''Pitchfork'' ranked opening track "Yesterday" as the 37th best track of 2016. Background Noname, then performing under the stage name Noname Gypsy, announced to fans in 2012 that her debut project would be titled ''Telefone''. Noname first gained attention through her guest feature on the song "Lost" by Chance the Rapper from his second mixtape '' Acid Rap'' (2013). In July 2013, ''Hypebeast'' reported that Noname's debut mixtape ''Telefone'' was "due out soon" and ''Fact'' reported in August 2013 that the mixtape was "set to drop any day now". In January 2014, Noname stated that her first project ''Telefone'' would be either an extended pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smino
Christopher Smith Jr. (born October 2, 1991), better known by his stage name Smino, is an American rapper and singer. He is the founder of the musical collective Zero Fatigue with Bari, Monte Booker, Jay2, and Ravyn Lenae. He is one third of the supergroup Ghetto Sage, with Saba and Noname. Smino is signed to Downtown Records and Interscope. Smino initially gained local recognition in 2012 where he released a mixtape called ''Smeezy Dot Com'', and a collaboration mixtape with Bari called ''Retail''. In 2015, he released two EPs: ''S!Ck S!Ck S!Ck'' and '' blkjuptr''. His debut studio album '' blkswn'' was released to critical acclaim on March 14, 2017. His second studio album, '' NØIR'', was released on November 8, 2018. His third studio album, '' Luv 4 Rent'', was released on October 28, 2022. His fourth studio album, '' Maybe in Nirvana'', was released on December 6, 2024. Early life and education Christopher Smith Jr. was born on October 2, 1991, in St. Louis, Missouri, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blkjuptr
''blkjuptr'' (pronounced "black jupiter") is the second extended play by American rapper Smino. It was released on December 11, 2015 with Zero Fatigue under license to Downtown Records. The EP was later re-released on June 3, 2016 on all digital platforms. Production was handled by Monte Booker, who previously worked with Smino on his S!Ck S!Ck S!Ck EP. He would go on to produce the bulk of his debut album, 2017's blkswn. Guest features came from Jay2 and Julien Bell. Background Smino stated that he created Blk Juptr as an escape from alienation on Earth, which is reminiscent of Parliament-Funkadelic and Sun Ra. His goal is an intergalactic flight to a far off, pretend planet; he achieves his mission. Smino also explained in an interview "The black metaphor thing. hatthe song embodies fucking made me wanna just name the whole project, because I was listening to it like damn, it sound like a journey. These five songs sound like a little journey... lkjuptris me feeling like I feel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chicago, Illinois
Chicago is the List of municipalities in Illinois, most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States. With a population of 2,746,388, as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it is the List of United States cities by population, third-most populous city in the United States after New York City and Los Angeles. As the county seat, seat of Cook County, Illinois, Cook County, the List of the most populous counties in the United States, second-most populous county in the U.S., Chicago is the center of the Chicago metropolitan area, often colloquially called "Chicagoland" and home to 9.6 million residents. Located on the shore of Lake Michigan, Chicago was incorporated as a city in 1837 near a Chicago Portage, portage between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River, Mississippi River watershed. It grew rapidly in the mid-19th century. In 1871, the Great Chicago Fire destroyed several square miles and left more than 100,000 homeless, but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hazelwood Central High School
Hazelwood Central High School is located at 15875 New Halls Ferry Road in unincorporated St. Louis County, Missouri, adjacent to the current northeast boundary of Florissant. The school is one of three high schools in Hazelwood School District (HSD), the others being Hazelwood East High School and Hazelwood West High School. History The first Hazelwood High School was completed in 1954, located at 1865 Dunn Road in Spanish Lake, an unincorporated community in north St. Louis County. The building is still in use as Hazelwood Opportunity Center. During the early 1960s, as farmland became subdivisions, more students enrolled in the district and a new school was needed to deal with the rapid growth; the second Hazelwood High School was built in 1965 and opened the following year. In its first year, it held 2,515 students who were in the 10th to 12th grades. As the only high school in the district, it quickly became overcrowded, as the baby boomers reached high school-age. In 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muddy Waters
McKinley Morganfield (April 4, 1913April 30, 1983), better known as Muddy Waters, was an American blues singer-songwriter and musician who was an important figure in the post-World War II blues scene, and is often cited as the "father of modern Chicago blues". His style of playing has been described as "raining down Delta beatitude". Muddy Waters grew up on Stovall Plantation near Clarksdale, Mississippi, and by age 17 was playing the guitar and the harmonica, copying local blues artists Son House and Robert Johnson."His thick heavy voice, the dark colouration of his tone, and his firm, almost solid, personality were all clearly derived from House," wrote the music historian Peter Guralnick in ''Feel Like Going Home'', "but the embellishments, which he added, the imaginative slide technique and more agile rhythms, were closer to Johnson." In 1941, Alan Lomax and Professor John W. Work III of Fisk University recorded him in Mississippi for the Library of Congress. In 1943 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blues Hall Of Fame
The Blues Hall of Fame is a music museum operated by the Blues Foundation at 421 S. Main Street in Memphis, Tennessee. Initially, the "Blues Hall of Fame" was not a physical building, but a listing of people who have significantly contributed to blues music. Started in 1980, it honors people who have performed, recorded, or documented blues. The museum opened to the public on May 8, 2015. Inductees Performers Non performers Literature Albums Singles/album tracks Sources * References External linksBlues Foundation official website {{authority control Blues music awards Music halls of fame Halls of fame in Tennessee Awards established in 1980 Music museums in Memphis, Tennessee Museums established in 2015 2015 establishments in Tennessee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
