Artist	Song
Kanye West	Heartless
from 808s & Heartbreak (Bonus Video Version) (2008)
Common	Universal Mind Control (UMC)
from Universal Mind Control (2008)
Twista	Overnight Celebrity
from Kamikaze (2004)
Nelly	Hot in Herre
from Nellyville (2002)
Lupe Fiasco	Superstar (feat. Matthew Santos)
from Lupe Fiasco's the Cool (Deluxe Version) (2007)
J Dilla featuring Common & D’Angelo	So Far to Go
from The Shining (2006)
Kid Cudi	Day 'n' Nite
from Day 'n' Nite (Crookers Remix) - Single (2009)
Bone Thugs-n-Harmony	Tha Crossroads
from E. 1999 Eternal (2008)
Da Brat	Funkdafied
from Funkdafied (1994)
Chingy Featuring Tyrese	Pullin' Me Back (Radio Edit)
from Pullin' Me Back - Single (2006)
Jibbs	Chain Hang Low
from Jibbs Featuring Jibbs (2006)
Tech N9ne Collabos	Sickology 101
from Sickology 101 (2009)
The Cool Kids	Mikey Rocks
from The Bake Sale (2008)

Comment:

When it came to hip-hop, the City by the Lake was also a City on the Make, as hard-spittin’ rhyme hustlers came hurtling out of Chicago for a nationwide hip-hop invasion: “conscious” rapper/activist/actor Common, next-wave MC Lupe Fiasco, and crossover king Kanye West. But don't forget the Motor City, with late, great beatmeister J Dilla and Eminem's hard-hustlin' runnin' buddy Royce da 5'9". And did we mention St. Louis superhero Nelly, and Cleveland gangsta godfathers Bone Thugs-n-Harmony? The Midwest [i]never[/i] rests.

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