Mayhem Music‘s #ThrowbackThursday feature is back in full effect and this week’s joint is something special. “Lo Sweatas” was Project Mayhem‘s very first full length video and permanently stamped the group’s place in Chicago’s hip hop & fashion scene. The buzz and acclaim surrounding this video catapulted the group into the cross hairs of not only local, but national media outlets. Directed by Phil Lee (see also: “Amazing/Celebration”), this visual masterpiece was unrivaled by any video put out by any local Chicago area artist dating before its release. We know its getting a lil cold outside, no worries for us though: “My clique, we rock Lo Sweatas”….

Directed by @MP3DIA, this clip from Gutter City artist Tone Skeeta comes from his forthcoming mixtape project titled “The Total Package“. The track features and is produced by Gutter City captain Tree. Expect “The Total Package” to be delivered some time in the near future. In the meantime, re-familiarize yourself with Tone Skeeta by downloading the re-release of his “Mixtape Music” project which features tracks not included on the original release by clicking the image below…

TONE SKEETA – MIXTAPE MUSIC [RE-RELEASE]

Tree hits us with another brand new cut and visual, this time alongside his Cabrini Green brethren YK, off of his upcoming collaborative project, “Tree Featuring The City”…

Project Mayhem is back at it!!! Middle America has received critical acclaim and has been touted as one of the best mixtapes of 2012 by various blogs & media outlets, so it was only right to give the stand-out track “Amazing” the FULL visual treatment. Produced by Project Mayhem’s resident beatsmith/rapperTree, “Amazing” stars Tree, himself, Lennon, Ish Claiborne, & Marco Dane. This song serves as a true display of the group’s beautifully meshed versatility as they paint a vivid picture of the Chicago streets they were raised in and their “AMAZING” lifestyle over Tree’s soulful & head-nod inducing production. Directed by Phil Lee, these stunning visuals bring the words to life as only the Mayhem Machine could. As a bonus the video also leads into a verse from the Tye Hill produced “Celebration” starring Paypa, also from Middle America. Enjoy and please feel free to share, blog, and tweet this video…

Project Mayhem Music artist and New Deal Crew member Chris Crack and the directorial collaborative Young Wonder are at it again. This time the two link up for the official video for “The X-File“.

“The X-File” is the first single from Crack’s upcoming, sophomore project entitled “Kitchen In The Bassment“. Produced by New Deal Crew’s resident hitmaker P-Cutta, this spaced out banger is sure to please the eardrums of even the trippiest of individuals and the ladies of Young Wonder bring the song to life as only they could. Be on the lookout for “Kitchen In The Bassment” to impact in the very near future…

CLICK HERE FOR CLEAN VERSION OF “THE X-FILE”

Project Mayhem Music/Gutter City artist Tree and Chicago film group Kinfolk Collective have teamed up to work on the first piece for Kinfolk’s “Artist Portrait” documentary series in preparation for Tree’s end of year mixtapes Trillin, Tree Featuring The City, and the iTunes release Soul Trap. Tree’s Artist Portrait, titled “Damn Near Made It”, features behind the scenes footage, unreleased music, and exclusive interviews exploring the life of Chicago’s most critically acclaimed rapper of 2012. The film will explore the past, present, and future for Tree and give fans and critics an in depth look into the mind and creative process of “the city’s greatest rising talent” (Andrew Nosnitsky, MTV Hive). The Artist Portrait will be available in full online Fall 2012. Congratulations is definitely in order to Tree for all of his accomplishments this year…

Last week Project Mayhem took to the streets of Chicago with director Phil Lee to shoot the full length video for their instant classic “Amazing” from the critically acclaimed Middle America album/mixtape. Director Bobby Rocwell (@dudegotbars) was there to catch all of the behind the scenes footage. The full length, official video coming very soon. You can expect it to be “AMAZING”…..

Footage above & snapshots below…

Gutter City/Project Mayhem Music‘s Tree was just crowned as one of SPIN Magazine’s 5 Best Artists For August ’12. If you haven’t noticed, Tree has been grinding hard and it’s great to see that hard work rewarded by all of the accolades he’s been receiving. If you haven’t already, download Tree‘s recently released project with producer Tony Baines, “The Lit“, and be on the lookout later this month for Tree‘s next project, “Trillin‘”, with producer 110% Pure. Told ya he was grinding…….

Excerpt from Spin.com:

Who: Rapper/producer from Chicago, subtle in every way that the city’s burgeoning “drill scene” is in your face, whose beats are delicate sample-based things that take seemingly played-out breaks and flip them in ways that will leave your head spinning, instead of nodding (the usual low-stakes goal of soul beat maestros). Tree’s raps are choked out and often crooned, in a voice that invokes Tom Waits as much any fellow MC.

File Next To: Freeway, J. Dilla, Scarface

Where to Start: The drunk trumpet moan of “50′s” off Sunday School, out now for free download, and the recent The LIT (E.P.) with producer Tony Baines, also available for free.

New video from Tree, “BEST“, off of his critically acclaimed mixtape “Sunday School“!! Track produced by @beatsbyned. Video shot & chopped by Bobby Rockwell (@dudegotbars).

Download “Sunday School” by clicking the album cover below.

Mayhem Music artist Tree‘s Collab with up-comer Young Giftz, “Nino“, is featured in Fakeshoredrive.com‘s “FSD’s Favorite Chicago Songs of 2012 (So Far)“. Read the write-up & peep the Heart of the City directed video for the Tree Produced “Nino” below…

Excerpt from Fakeshoredrive.com:

2012 has been a breakout year for Tree, but newcomer Giftz has also seen his profile rise significantly this calendar. So its only right they celebrate their new-found notoriety by teaming up to craft an ode inspired by the king of the Carter.

Tree’s beat is so heavenly, you almost forget they’re likening themselves to a crime lord here. Giftz rides the track in a calm, cool and collected manner; dropping calculated punchlines and clever couplets throughout, while Tree’s contrasting voice is literally cracking over the track. This hasn’t left rotation since it leaked in the spring, and not since Ice-T has someone made a song this dope about Nino Brown — and that was 20 years ago.