JDOTT TRIFE - PEARLY GATES (PRODUCED BY DJ O-ZONE)

VIDEO: JDOTT TRIFE - HOMOCIDE (DIRECTED BY SENSE HERNANDEZ)

VIDEO: CHANCE THE RAPPER BREAKS DOWN LYRICS ON "EVERYBODY'S SOMETHING" PRODUCED BY DJ O-ZONE

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If you are even vaguely a member of the hip-hop listening community, by now you've probably spent at least some time with Chance The Rapper's recent mixtape release, Acid Rap. The tape is rich with detail and multiple meanings, so in this episode of MTV Rapfix's "Mixtape Daily," the young rapper/song singer/suspended subpoena for misdemeanors dreamer gives you a small dose of access into his lyrical thought process. In this personalized close reading of the song "Everybody's Something," Mr. Bennett reveals that one of the bars was actually an allusion to a Lil Durk lyric. Chance's line, "I used to tell hoes I was dark light or off-white" can be traced back to a Durk line in which he refers to cutting off his dreads, calling himself Jamaican. Chance goes on to explain his ambivalence toward the fact that he used to want to be seen as mixed (which he is not), then raises questions about perceptions of racial identity in general. It's a bit daunting to realize how much weighing and considering went into this one lyric, especially once you begin to extrapolate to the project as a whole. But as Chance says himself of the mixtape, not at all facetiously, "[Acid Rap involves] critical discourse analysis that invokes on people to, you know, analyze words and rhetoric." Watch and learn above. Written by Alexander Gleckman

VIDEO: DJ O-ZONE & SABA SPEAK ON THE MAKING OF CHANCE THE RAPPER'S "EVERYBODY'S SOMETHING"

VIDEO: THE KID DAYTONA X DJ O-ZONE - BASS LEANIN

VIDEO: THE KID DAYTONA SPEAKS ON "RUNNIN' WTIH THE BULLS" PROJECT W/ ALLHIPHOP.COM

Kid Daytona AllHipHop Interview at "Running With The Bulls" Listening Session from J. Aire on Vimeo.

EVENT: LUMEN ON FRIDAYS W/ DJ O-ZONE

Fridays at Lumen (w/ DJ O-Zone, DJ Kid Clay, DJ G Cue) from DJ O-Zone on Vimeo.

SONG: JDOTT TRIFE - CLOCKWORK (PROD. BY DJ O-ZONE)

MIXTAPE: CHANCE THE RAPPER - ACID RAP

1.Good Ass Intro (ft. BJ The Chicago Kid, Lili K., Kiara Lanier, Peter Cottontale, Will for the O'mys

2.Pusha Man (ft. Nate Fox & Lili K.) (Prod. by Ceej for Two9)
3.Cocoa Butter Kisses (ft. Vic Mensa & Twista) (Prod. by Cam for J.U.S.T.I.C.E League & Peter Cottont
4.Juice (Prod. by Nate Fox)
5.Lost (ft. Noname Gypsy) (Prod. by Nate Fox)
6.Everybody's Something (ft. Saba & BJ The Chicago Kid) (Prod. by DJ O-Zone)
7.Interlude (That's Love) (Prod. by Ludwig Gorransen)
8.Favorite Song (ft. Childish Gambino) (Prod. by Nate Fox)
9.NaNa (ft. Action Bronson) (Prod. by Brandun Deshay)
10.Smoke Again (ft. Ab-Soul) (Prod. by Blended Babies)
11.Acid Rain (Prod. by Jake One)
12.Chain Smoker (Prod. by Nate Fox)
13.Everything's Good (Good Ass Outro) (Prod. by Cam for J.U.S.T.I.C.E League)

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MIXTAPE: THE KID DAYTONA x DJ O-ZONE - RUNNIN' WITH THE BULLS

The Kid Daytona hit the midwest for some shows - Chicago, bloomington, and Ohio. While on the tour in December, he met DJ/Producer and tastemaker - DJ O-Zone, and the two discussed working on some music. Daytona has always had deep roots and love in the Chicago area, and has always felt a bond with the talent coming from the Midwest - from NALEDGE, CHUCK ENGLISH, YP, CHANCE THE RAPPER, GLC, BROADWAY, ILL BROWN, and others. The fruits of that experience spawned forth Daytona's latest project "Runnin With The Bulls". Take a ride with Daytona as he teams up with some of good friends from the Midwest on this new Mixtape "Runnin With The Bulls"

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