Tosten Burks

The Beautiful and the Damned: Chris Spencer

Tosten Burks recalls first meeting Vic Spencer and Chris Crack, and breaks down the duo's newest single as Chris Spencer, "Bacon."

Mar 16, 2017 • Tosten

Spiritual Temper Tantrums: Saba and Tink’s “Temporary”

The Chicago rapper continues to deconstruct the space-time continuum.

Aug 13, 2015 • Tosten

ShowYouSuck’s Rocky Horror Rap

More pop culture escapism from Chicago’s most underrated rapper.

Jul 22, 2015 • Tosten

Percussive Teen Troubadour: An Interview with Chicago's Kweku Collins

The North Shore’s best young rapper talks African folk tales, Brazilian dance fighting, skipping college for a record deal, and his plans to save the…

Jul 13, 2015 • Tosten

Hurt Everybody and Mick Jenkins Reach Power Level 10,000

Chicago stays winning.

Jul 6, 2015 • Tosten

Odd Future’s Pronouns: The Internet, Frank Ocean & Antonin Scalia

A look at the differences between Frank Ocean and Syd tha Kyd’s love songs.

Jun 29, 2015 • Tosten

Premiere: XVRHLDY Covers Gil Scott-Heron

Iman Shumpert listens to this while David Blatt is speaking.

May 15, 2015 • Tosten

Bracket: Vote for the Hardest Rap Album of All Time

Voting open through Sunday, and the winner will be announced early next week.

May 7, 2015 • Staff

From Kids to Kanye: "U Mad" & The Evolution of Vic Mensa

Yeezy's latest protege gets himself a Benz with the Backpack.

Apr 14, 2015 • Tosten

Tactical Thunder Rockets: Hurt Everybody's New Single

Speaking languages incomprehensible to plastics, the Chicago trio conjure magic from the year 2060 over the nastiest whiny synth line since A$AP Rocky’s…

Mar 30, 2015 • Tosten

An Energy Drink's SoundCloud Profiles, Ranked

Which SoundCloud would be your main? Your sidepiece?

Feb 17, 2015 • Tosten

Kaytranada, Vic Mensa, and Towkio Get Funky

Give Tosten Burks all the Grammys.

Feb 11, 2015 • Tosten

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