I dedicate Chapter II: The Bars to the weekend – to the many wild nights getting weird in Mad City. As youth, we aspired to go downtown to party with the big kids and see college girl titties. Can we do it drunk? That’s really the only question we ask ourselves when deciding recreational activities.
Since Wisconsin gets drunker and has more liquor stores than anywhere else in the United States, and has the 3rd most bars per capita (behind North Dakota and Montana) – I think it’s fair to say the Cheeseheads party the hardest.
There’s always sumn going on at The Bars and I’m a king of the night scene. I get it lit whether I’m out, on stage or behind the bar. I’m in a strange position now that I’m 15 months sober, but nothing can take away my time in Madison, Milwaukee, and wherever else in Wisco we decided to get bopped. In times of need, the bars have been there for work and recreation. I don’t have a problem with alcohol, it has a problem with me. Drink Wisconsinbly. This is my 4th EP of 2016.
“Ay, who dat der? Wait, I know her, she look like Kardash But why is she creeping behind my back now? To get with dude from my old frat?”
Chaos NewMoney returns with a more jazzy style. I dig it. He’s relentless on the mic, and that’s why we get 41 tracks too. Get your copy today (May 19, 2016). See his last project The Come Up too. Chaos is always working, and this is only a snapshot into his new direction.
Big Daddy Earl is a central leader for AFGM. I spoke to the emcee regarding the beginnings of AFGM. We also spoke about his recent album. The Madison, Wisconsin spits a few punchlines, explains what motivates him, but doesn’t shy away from his problems. “Whether it’s working, taking care of your parents, your kids, going to college, getting yourself right,” Earl delivers knowledge for everyone.
Earl has the best in local production on The Purpose of Man – Scattered Brains, THP, Victory and Quaibozz all blessed the album. The Mad City artist also heads Montsta Click, with artists Jay Jupiter, Castro, Derek John and THP. He has a passion for turning up as well. Big Daddy Earl was headed to open mic at Marty’s Comedy Club after leaving my spot in Hollywood.
Each part of the Chapter II concept album fits into the story like a novel. Each line, each verse composes a narrative from my life. There are many different pieces to this puzzle. Rappers would call these projects EP’s. The first EP – called The Hustle – dropped on January 15, 2016. The next came a month later, called The Fall In. Following the tape for the ladies, Beef released The Depression in April and The Bars in June. After finishing up some crazy shit in California, I released my debut book Why Wisconsin Voted For Donald Trump: The Coastie Privilege, dipped from Mexico, and arrived back in Wisco to drop the full Double Major album, while homeless, and writing my second book – The Life of Cliff G: Dog. Then, I dropped the rest of the EP’s in the first week of July 2017 – The Fall Out, The Producer, The Move Out West, The Home State and The Remixes – completing Double Major on July 5.
I’m not gonna tell ya what Double Major means exactly, because it’s in the music. This is my life… The central message is that I recently graduated from the University of Wisconsin – Madison with a double major, while handling a labyrinthine set of personal circumstances at the same time.
I started out in the arts writing poetry, so finessing a little flow is no problem. I can outrap most major label artists no problem. Understand that this is not about rap, though. I create music first n foremost so that I don’t go completely fucking mental. Secondly, I do it for the squad. Even in the Midwest, Wisconsinites are outcast as drug abusing hicks. So this is for home too, this is for everyone that gets cast aside. On God, I will bring the industry to Wisconsin. This is my autobiography though and I can’t really speak for anyone but myself at the end up the day. I can only keep it Basement Made.
Chaos dropped The Come Up outta nowhere of course. The Mad City artist just released E2 back in September and he’s already back with another project (November 19, 2015). There will be no full mixtape stream because this is exclusive. The “Fatality” video is coming soon also. #GONE
Chaos NewMoney embodies the wild side of Mad City. He’s loud, unpredictable and won’t hold back for none. The Madison, Wisconsin native dropped the second part of his Ebola series on September 16, 2015, showcasing his insane freestyle ability and auto tuned hooks.
Here, the emcee speaks out on the Tony Robinson murder with “Motivation”:
While the auto tune can overshadow the lyrics at times, Chaos is in the pocket – always. Whatever he ends up recording will sound good when it’s done. We talked about how he got to that level last year. “Honestly man, I think it’s the comfortability in my flow,” he said. “You can hear the growth in a lot of new artists, you can tell they was reading off paper”.
Also, the artist vibes with his engineer Scattered Brains on a different level. For the past few years, the two have been comfortable enough to drop a mixtape damn near every season.
Ebola Part 2 is a mix of hype and romance. The high energy emcee levels it up on this project too, adding more melody and structure to his unscripted style. This is only a collection of bangers, though. I can only imagine what he has planned for the debut album. AFGM or eat glass.
Chaos NewMoney of Madison, Wisconsin unleashed New Money New Problems Part 2 – EXTENDED – on October 31, 2014. AFGM is out here. The versatile emcee releases a project so often, this is normal.
“Like I Said” x “Seven (I Grind)” x “You Mad Bruh” are classic. This “Krazy” music video / short film is next level.
