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#Pilsen #Chicago #SaveMoney #LeatherCorduroys live @RBSoundSelect @RedBullChi @ThaliaHallChi

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Have you eva?

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Wanna start Friday off right @joeypurps wants you to with new visual #LeatherCorduroys Lucile

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Leather Corduroys (Kami & Joey Purp)  performing at Reggies

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Show Review #1: SXSW Day 1 Show Review- Vic Mensa

3/17/2015

St. Pattys Day! First day of SXSW Music kicking off! 

I started the day off right, hitting up all the free drink spots for the last day of SXSW interactive giving out drinks to people willing to listen or look at stuff for their tech start ups. I had about 6 Deep Eddy’s cocktails in me by the time I left to get some free McDonald’s, right next to the free drink spot. I alternated between the two until they closed for the night, then I would decide which showcase to catch.

Now for the first day there wasn’t a whole lot of Hip Hop going on, and that’s all I was really interested in. The name of this blog is RAP Talk TX, after all.

In the end there was only 2 hip hop shows I was interested in. Either the Chicago Made showcase (Which featured Vic Mensa and Leather Corduroys as far as hip hop went) or go to the Blackheart (Which featured all hip hop, hosted by DJ Drama, performers: BJ The Chicago Kid, Skeme, DeJ Loaf, Chaz French, GoldLink, OG Maco)

I ended up choosing the Chicago Made showcase, because Vic Mensa was only gonna be at SXSW one day, while the other performers I could catch during almost any of the other days. Plus I saw him last year at SXSW during the Thrasher Death Match showcase (Video Here ) and it was a great performance. So off to the Main for the Chicago Showcase we went.

We waited outside in line for about an hour from about 6:30 to 7:30 or so, with other people lined up mainly coming to see Vic Mensa, who wouldn’t come on until 1 AM. I had never been to this venue before, so when I got in I was surprised with how small the stage was. It wasn’t very big at all, which was cool because it gave us a more intimate show with the performer, I was just wondering how a whole band would fit on that stage, but it worked out great in the end. The small stage and small bar venue added to the show in my opinion.

The first act was the Leather Corduroys of Vic Mensa’s Save Money crew. (You can check their soundcloud here: https://soundcloud.com/leather-corduroys , I like the 'In Da Club’ track). I had never heard of them before, so I didn’t really know what to expect. They brought a whole lot of energy, got the crowd hyped, and got me interested enough to check out their music. So overall, they did their job, decent performance. I wish I had video but my phone was running low so I had to save it for Vic (I know, rookie mistake! Last time it happened for all of SXSW though)

The second act was Dos Santos: Anti-Beat Orquesta, a Latin rock band from Chicago. I don’t really listen to Latin rock so I can’t accurately judge them, but it was a cool performance, not too boring or anything, but I was here for hip-hop.

In between acts the hostesses “The Rapper Chicks”, a female rap trio from Chicago threw out these cool Chicago Made T-Shirts. I was in the front the whole time so I was able to catch two of them, one black and one red. What a dude from Texas will ever need a t-shirt that just says “Chicago Made” on the front of it I don’t know, but hey, free t-shirt! 

The third act was a rock band from Chicago (noticing a trend?), Gemini Club. Again, a cool performance, kept my interest, nothing boring or played poorly, just not my thing.

Right after Gemini Club finished their set though, the lights went out! Everyone was panicked, it was about 11pm at this time, so just two hours until Vic Mensa would come on. The crowd got restless really quick as quite a few stage technicians and sound people got on stage to try to fix the electricity issue on stage. There was still some other lights still on from around the bar and stuff, but on stage there was no sound, very little light, so no performances could go on. This went on for about an hour, so as a result the next act, Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, got cut. Which really sucks for them, to come from Chicago to Austin only to have one of their main showcase sets get cut, but they did other performances throughout the week so not all was lost. Eventually the power situation got under control, and the next act was able to take stage.

At about Midnight, Twin Peaks, a Garage Rock band from Chicago took the stage. They were pretty cool, again not my thing but they definitely had a great stage presence, jumping around, screaming, and really putting a lot of energy into their performance. They were the most entertaining non hip hop act of the night for sure, if you’re into their type of music I definitely recommend checking them out anytime they’re in your town.

Finally, they were done at about 12:45 AM, and the DJ started to play hip hop music for the first time all night. Tunes like Kanye’s “All Day” and Drakes “Know Yourself” were being played and the crowd, including myself was chanting every word along with tracks. We were ready for some hip hop!

At 1 AM Vic Mensa took stage in his Yeezy 750 Boosts (which stepped on my hands a few times, like I said, small venue, small stage, not a lot of room lol), the energy was crazy, everyone was pumped to see him, shouting out “SAVE MONEY!”. He started out with 2014 Single “Feel That”, which got everyone jumping and bouncing, then onto “Wimmie Nah”, “Orange Soda”, and other tracks.

Vic also gave the fans a treat and performed some unreleased tracks, my favorite being “Roll My Weed”, making everyone more excited for the future work he’s about to put out.

Later on in his set, he tells everyone to put their hands up for Chicago, and talks to us all about violence in Chicago, and how he lost a friend, and went on to do InnaNet Tape’s “Holy Holy”, which is one of my favorite Vic songs, I was surprised he would perform this, didn’t really seem like something that would fit into his live shows, but it fit in perfectly and I really respect him for bringing awareness to violence in Chicago and doing an emotional song like that.  After that he got into Down on My Luck, another hot track from 2014. 

As the set was winding down Vic says “A lot of people don’t get to hear this song..” Then went into the Kanye track only seen performed at places such as New York Fashion Week, his London Concert, and SNL - WOLVES. This was really cool for me, considering how much I liked that track and considering we still haven’t had a CD Quality audio MP3 drop for it yet. The performance was awesome and yes, the song sounds GREAT live. I really can’t wait for this one to drop. 

For his final song, Vic performed a track previously performed with Kanye West in London called “U Mad”, it was a real banger, had everyone jumping and bouncing to end the show the same way it was started. Great performance by Vic and definitely left a memorable mark to kick off SXSW Music.

(sorry if my videos suck, just wanted to give some visual, you might could find better videos elsewhere on youtube!)

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'Tis the #Season for Leather Corduroys

- Xavier Veccia, Guest Writer

Chicago Hip-Hop always seems to be at the forefront of trends yet to be seen in the genre. Stars like Chance the Rapper, Chief Keef and, not to mention, Kanye West have been defining Hip-Hop in the 21st century for years now. However, a relatively new upstart duo is potentially on the verge of creating a sound all their own, one of cohesive chaos with tracks that clash and mix genres like very few artists could do.

The duo is Leather Corduroys, the brainchild of SaveMoney affiliates Kami de Chukwu and Joey Purp. With former trail blazers like the aforementioned Chance and Vic Mensa leading the way to the mainstream hype of the Windy City collective, Kami and Joey are making it their mission to continue what the more popular members have started—make music no one else is making.

Recently, I talked to the duo about their breakthrough full-length Season, their origin as collaborators.

Xavier Veccia: You guys just dropped Season. How do you feel about the finished product?

Kami de Chukwu: Really proud of it. Very proud of it.

XV: What was the inspiration behind including so many styles?

KC: Everything, really. Nonmusical references, our favorite musical references, taking into account growing up— everything that affects us. We can do a little bit of everything as opposed to having six different types of styles.

XV: What were you two listening to while recording in order to stay open to different sounds? Anything specific that really drove you?

KC: Everything, man. It’s hard to answer that question, ‘cause like there was never a point where you just listened to one situation. You’re always keeping your ears open. Your ears are always open.

Joey Purp: Yeah, and we were first doing the album where we worked on this sh** for literally, a year-and-a-half. Like 18 months. There wasn’t a specific time period where we recorded a lot of the music. We had a long, long time to get it done. So, we kinda lived through everything that was coming out and everything that was recorded.

XV: How do you think you two grew in between Porno Music and Season? Both musically and individually?

KC: I mean we naturally and organically grew a little bit older. Not that many of our values changed, but they kind of dissolved and then grew. We’re still the same people just at a different point of life. So musically, I think that resonated more with Season. I think Season is a little bit more concise than Porno Music.

JP: Yeah, I think, as far as musically, we’re a lot better at paying attention to small things. You gotta credit bringing in other people to let them prepare you to like see what they want to do with it as opposed to having everything being our interpretation—our input.

XV: How does being apart of SaveMoney influence you as artists?

JP: Personally, from the beginning, we all showed each other the possibilities of what we were capable of. We all kind of just helped each other.

KC: Just seeing Channo and Vic [Mensa] do their sh** kinda just put it in perspective that it is possible. That sh** was like a blessing for us. A lot of people don’t have that, but we definitely still have our own perception and take on making music. So, it just compliments us. We all compliment each other.

XV: When did you guys first decide to create Leather Corduroys?

KC: What was the first time we actually said that sh**?

JP: I don’t know, I can’t remember now.

KC: Yeah, it’s been a minute. That sh** was also just another thing that just happened in transition that just sort of stuck. We’re really good at doing stuff and then making them have a purpose. Because a lot of this sh**, like, come on, our first tape is called Porno Music Vol. 2. That sh** was in stride. But, that means something now, I guess. I couldn’t tell you when we made half of these songs, really. Or, when we decided to name what what. Like, hey, it stuck, it fit, obviously.

XV: How does working as a duo differ from working alone?

JP: Working as a duo allows more freedom to leave things unfinished—to leave things to the wind—because you always know there’s another influence as opposed to having to really put your head down and get through something because it’s only you that has to finish it.

KC: Yeah, I’d definitely say working in a duo is easier. It’s like, it’s [more fun], but I think, like he said with doing solo stuff, you really have to be able to sit there until the end of it. You can’t rely on anybody, leaving any ideas open, because then you just won’t have a finished song. There’s always another perspective with a duo to complement each other. That sh**’s fun. We’ll probably never do it again, though.

XV: I noticed in past interviews, you called Leather Corduroys an “art project.” So, is it still an art project for you two or has it become something bigger?

KC: I think you can never be bigger. Like, an art project is the biggest thing you can possibly be in the sense that we’re not taking away from it by calling it an art project, we’re adding something to it.

JP: Yeah, we’re not saying this is a rap group—this is a stage name—something like that. This is an actual art project. It’s a living, breathing thing. It can be whatever it turns into.

KC: ….Calling it an art project, and it being used just kind of tears down a lot of the boundaries it has. Leather Cords can translate into a whole ‘nother medium. It’s an idea.

Video courtesy of Pursuit of Dopeness.

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#joeypurp, #leathercorduroys (at Soho House Chicago)

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This is keeping me up but I got school tomorrow thanks Purp and Kami

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#Austin #ChicagoSXSW #ChicagoMade This is happening tonight! @vicmensa @psalmone #HynopticBrassBand #LeatherCorduroys #SXSW2015

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#SaveMoney #LeatherCorduroys #Season

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Words can't even describe my night. Savemoney family knows how to get turnt. Best night ever. Especially when you A.get to take a selfie with @joeypurps And #leathercorduroys takes a selfie with your phone. #SAVEMONEY #towkio #selfie

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SERIOUSLY CAN NOT STOP LISTENING TO THIS SONG! DIPSET/OUTKAST/PUFF DADDY CIRCA 94'

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Kami performing a Reggies

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