The accolades continue to pour in for Project Mayhem Music artists and their work in the year 2012. Fakeshoredrive.com just released it’s year-end list for “The 30 Best Chicago Mixtapes” and Mayhem Music grabbed up two slots on the coveted list with “Middle America” and “Sunday School” posting at #16 & #2, respectively. 2012 was indeed a great year for the Machine, expect nothing less in 2013. Write-ups on both projects and their placing on the list can be found by clicking their respective jumps below…

MIDDLE AMERICA ON FAKESHOREDRIVE.COM’S “THE 30 BEST MIXTAPES OF 2012″

SUNDAY SCHOOL ON FAKESHOREDRIVE.COM’S “THE 30 BEST MIXTAPES OF 2012″

Chicago area’s leading hip hop blog Fakeshoredrive.com dropped its list of “100 Great Chicago Rap Songs of 2012” today, with the Mayhem Machine finding its way into a total of 6 of those slots. “Dynasty pt. 2 (Middle America)“, “Amy (Sunday School)“, “Do What I Want To (Trillin’)“, “Amazing (Middle America)“, “Nino (Giftz featuring & produced by Tree)“, and “Hey Ma (Chance The Rapper, produced by Tree)” owns real estate on the list at #67, #49, #41, #37, #6, and #5 respectively. Shout out to the entire Mayhem Machine for all of their hard work, as 2012 was definitely a GREAT year for Project Mayhem Music and it won’t stop there. Today: Chicago, next: “The Rest of the World”…

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”….

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…

Took a week off, but this week #ThrowbackThursday is back and features a song off of my (@skyhighfly_p) favorite Project Mayhem mixtape to date, their 2008 project “The More Than Hype Musical Experience“. The song “Into My Life” is reminiscent of that Renaissance Era of hip hop with its sample heavy track and the way Ish, Paypa, & Lennon flow freely and effortlessly. No hook needed. Ain’t shit about them champagne but toasters…

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Furiou$tylez & Vic Lloyd dropped the second installment of their “Putting The STREET Back In Streetwear” mixtape series today and Project Mayhem Music’s presence is felt through out the project. The mixtape also contains features from Giftz, Mikkey Halsted, YP, Lungz, Bo Deal, Nick Jr., comedians Leon Rogers & DeRay Davis, as well as a host of others. Download and stream the mixtape via Datpiff.com here…

In Project Mayhem Music‘s first installment of our “THROWBACK THURSDAY” series we feature Ish (@bigishlo) of Project Mayhem. This track, “1080P”, is from Ishbah’s 2010 mixtape The Body In The Trunk. Enjoy…

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Recently the good folks over at IXHIPHOP.com sat down with Paypa, Ish, and Lennon of Project Mayhem to talk about their sound, their music tastes & influences, and the Chicago hip hop scene as a whole. Check out the full write-up after the jump below…

Project Mayhem Featured on IXHIPHOP.com

Congratulations to both Project Mayhem & Tree for making Fakeshoredrive.com‘s short list “The Top Ten Chicago Mixtapes of 2012 (So Far)“. Middle America & Sunday School made the list at numbers 8 and 2, respectively. Hit the jumps below to read the write-ups on both mixtapes & click on the album covers for free full downloads of each…

#8. Project Mayhem – Middle America

#2. Tree – Sunday School