Tue 31 Jan – Listening Event for Inhale Pt 4 "Horai"

Honestly, I haven’t heard a record like this in a long time. The ad-libs just hug your ears in such a soulful way. Hailing from Chi-Town The Boy Illinois is a recent transplant to New York City and as means to introduce himself, he held a special listening event at a super chill spot called Dominion NY. The audience was floored with what can only be described as total audiogasm.

His name and his flow prove that he will truly be an artist that will bring nothing but great…

Sat 20 Nov – Inhale 3 Promotional Tour (Free Admission)

Illi loved Bosten and Boston loved Inhale # "After School Program" . He got some photos shoots in , met some special people at the AWOL facility and all the places he visited. The Boy Illinois was shown luv by everybody that he came into contact with. Illi says that he was pleasantly surprised by the city and the positive he met. Shoutout to NT fam that came out. Illi says that he can't wait to go back there ASAP. Ya'll make it happen.

Mon 8 Nov – TheBoyIllinois Official New York City Listening Party
NYC is the media center of the USA. Fitting that Illi's listening event was held in Harlem, and accepted for his fresh new approach to "Hip Hop". Illi had a chance to do several interviews for blogs, and radio.

While writing this, I know that the music world is now ready for "The Boy Illinois". One of the attendees there even said that , "He is even better than Wiz". True or not, reality points to a new approach as to whats out there. Drake, for all that he…

Tue 17 Aug – The Boy Illinois Live @ Abbeys Pub

Illi Killt it yall. With more energy than the everready bunny and wordplay that would make Kanye proud, The Boy Illinois debuted a few tracks from his fanale of his Inhale series. Audience was def into Illi last night. If you ever get a chance to peep this dude you won't regret it. Had a great time. Lot's of fine women there too.

Hip Hop has been in flux since Kanye delivered a different kind of flow with music and clever wordplay that dared to reach out to the college and affluent community. There is a new "State of the Art" also out of the Chi (Chicago). His name embraces the pride that he takes in his home and the state where he's from. "The Boy Illinois" works at his craft with a passion and sense of humor and fun not known before, he lives, breathes, eats, and sleeps it, literaly.

Illi has been a student of artists like Lupe, Nas, Kanye, Pac,…

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Phil Adé & The Boy Illinois: the New Hip-Hop Generation
13 May 2010, 15:30

So all of you last.fm bitches know that I support local DMV artists and I've just started listening to Phil Adé, whose mixtape, Starting On JV has a lot of creative wordplay, reminiscent a little of Wale. His flow interests me, but I would like to see what he can do beyond this mixtape. Mixtapes can usually be hit or miss and there's several gems on this one, including Never Let U Go, Try Out, Flyer Than The Rest,…

Fri 16 Apr – The Boy Illinois Performance The Boy was remarkable, and balanced with his flow. In one word dope. Room wasn't big enuf for this kid. College Chick was str8, Loyalty b4 the luv was the shit. gr8 word play live. would I go again. Yer