Alex Wiley

After releasing his interestingly titled track, "Sexual Dolphin", The Come Up alum Alex Wiley is back with the visuals for his new single "Takeoff" featuring Kembe X. The Hippie Sabotage-produced track is featured on his sophomore project Village Party, which is currently available to stream. Che...

Dolphins are lowkey pretty notorious for their sexual habits, so the title isn't as ridiculous as it may immediately sound. "Sexual Dolphin" is idiosyncratic in form though. Alex Wiley's schizophrenic tendencies get pared down to a mile-a-minute performance over Odd Couple & Carter Lang's terse percussion and aquatic riff. Th...

Alex Wiley gave "Splash Game (Self Doubt)," another cut off the Village Party mixtape, the video treatment. This one is far less of a headtrip than the last. The Visual Mecca-directed video rides off some animation and a little bit of humor. We ...

Alex Wiley was never really the conventional Chicago rapper. For an example, listen to "Ideas," which features a riff that sounds ripped right out of an '80s horror flick and a saxophone coda that slinks its way in. For a further example, look at the VisualMecca-directed video. ...

Statik Selektah is busy with the rollout of his upcoming album, What Goes Around..., due out on Aug. 19. He's gathered everyone from 2014 XXL Freshman Jon Connor to Black Thought, and today we get a bonus track off the LP. Rising Chicago rapper Alex Wiley and Statik Selektah worked on a track together called "Future Guns," which features Statik's laid-back production that bodes well for

Now that we're at the halfway mark of the year, it's time to look back at some of the best mixtapes and free EPs that have come out in 2014. As we pointed out in our 25 Best Albums of 2014 (So Far) yesterday, at this time last year the heavy-hitters were rolling out their major albums, while we'd already gotten great tapes from Waka Flocka (DuFlocka Rant 2), Big K...

Alex Wiley is an emerging diamond in the Chicago rough. The rising lyricist releases his highly anticipated second project, Village Party, which followed his previous debut Club Wiley. Village Party has beautiful rambunctious production from some of Wiley’s usual suspects: The Innovatorz, Stefan Ponce, Hippie Sabotage, Odd Couple, and THEMPeople. His ...

Chicago's Alex Wiley is the co-headliner for Nitty Scott, MC's The Art Of Chill Tour. Before the two hit the road on their national tour, Wiley delivers some new music for fans who might not be up on him. Village Party is released through Closed Sessions and serves as his most ambitious project yet...

Alex Wiley unveils the video for "OVA." Showing off California's scenery, the buzzing MC presents a fitting visual as he attempts to cease all the "bullshit & lame drug raps" with the chill track. "OVA" appears on Alex Wiley’s upcoming mixtape, Village Party . ...

XXL Freshman Class of 2014 has finally been revealed. Our seventh anniversary lineup includes 12 artists who are breaking new ground in hip-hop. The artist who didn't make the list voiced their opinions out on Twitter, here are 11 of them. Previ...

Check out Alex Wiley's new video for "Vibration". "Vibration" appears on Wiley's upcoming mixtape Village Party, due out this spring.

Boston meets Chicago on "Step Brothers." Michael Christmas and Alex Wiley drop some bars on this record, there's even Pokemon references. Listen to the record below.