Top Dawg Entertainment rapper Ab-Soul is from California, like the rest of the members of Black Hippy (Kendrick Lamar, Schoolboy Q, and Jay Rock). But Ab-Soul's collaborated with enough Chicagoans over the past couple years that I'd like to think he considers this city a second home—he's dropped tracks with Twista, Common, Lupe Fiasco, and Cool Kids' Chuck Inglish and Sir Michael Rocks; plus he's on one the best tracks on Chance the Rapper's Acid Rap and my favorite tune on Vic Mensa's Innanetape.…
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