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Common (originally GOOD SENSE) continues to be perhaps one of the most highly important figures in rap music, keeping the advanced lyrical technique and moving syncopations of jazz-rap alive within an era once the mainstream and hardcore have increasingly threatened to obliterate everything in its path. His outward-looking, nimbly performed …

Southside Movement was a Chicago-based funk and spirit octet which recorded in the first ’70s. Comprised of vocalist Melvin Moore, guitarist Bobby Pointer, keyboardist Morris Beeks, bassist Ronald Simmons, drummer Willie Hayes, alto saxophonist Milton Johnson, trumpeter Stephen Hawkins, and trombonist Expenses McFarland, the group got its begin as the …

RP Boo (sometimes spelled Arpebu) is often cited as the inventor of footwork, a frenetic offshoot of Chicago home that combines high BPMs and booming bass with offbeat, stuttering examples. Delivered Kavain Space, RP Boo started DJ’ing (and afterwards dance) in the ’90s within Chicago staff House-O-Matics. He started creating …