what a run it has been. 4 years of interviewing artist in Chicago and it finally comes to an end. Our beloved Rubin is moving. Come listen to our final shit show as we got way to drunk and reminisced over all of our episodes. If you were eve

I Get Locked Down

Dec 1st, 2020 2m 14s

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Nov 22nd, 2020 1m 2s

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IA & UP ep. 117 w/ HAYWARD

Oct 22nd, 2020 2h 21m

HAYWARD is a rapper and videographer originally from Detroit but currently making a lot of noise in the Chicago scene! He is the owner and head of visuals at Beat Box Entertainment and has recently dropped a new song/video called Domino. We ha

IA & UP ep. 116 W/ DJ Curt Henny

Oct 15th, 2020 2h 22m

Dj Curt Henny is a Chicago DJ and Guitar player. He plays Guitar for the band The Arsonists, and is the Official DJ for Ever Evolved as well as Solo Sam. We had a great time getting too know Curt Henny during Making it this week. Go check ou

IA & UP ep. 115 w/ Will is Chillin'

Oct 1st, 2020 1h 44m

Will Is Chillin' is a Chicago Hip Hop artist who is also apart of the group Tiny Chain Gang. Will has been making noise in the Chicago music scene for a long time, so we were very lucky to get him as a guest this episode! He recently dropped a

IA & UP ep. 114 w/ Music Man AJ

Sep 24th, 2020 2h

Music Man AJ is a Chicago "connector". He is a music manager, A&R Rep, works in marketing and is the promotions director for 88.3 WZRD Chicago. He came on the Podcast and talked to us about the value of networking and meeting like minded peop

IA & UP ep 113 w/ MOECYRUS

Sep 3rd, 2020 2h 16m

MOECYRUS is a Chicago Hip-Hop artist making his second appearance on the podcast (formerly Unkle Slump). He recently dropped his 5th studio Album called, I Already Coined That, on all streaming platforms. Moecyrus has one of the most unique so

IA & UP ep. 112 w/ Umraan Syed

Jul 30th, 2020 2h 5m

This week on "making it" we interviewed Chicago artist Umraan Syed. We had a great time meeting him and learning all about his creative process. He has a new song called "Beginings" that is available on all streaming platforms, go check that

IA & UP ep 111 w/ Austin Fillmore

Jul 23rd, 2020 3h 27m

This week good friend of the podcast Austin Fillmore came on, and we talked about everything lol He brought a couple friends and we ended up having a long form conversation for 3 hours. No segments in this episode, just real conversations. We

IA & UP ep 110 w/ Rhymster & Keem

Jul 16th, 2020 2h 13m

Guest of the year 2019 winner Rhymster comes back on the show to shoot the shit and he brought his friend Keem Singing as well. We had a great time chatting it up with these guys and finding out how they have stayed productive during the quaran

IA & UP ep. 109 W/ WRDS

Jul 2nd, 2020 2h 19m

Wrds comes back on the show to kick it with the guys. It is always an interesting conversation when Wrds stops by. He has recently released an EP called "Winter Solstice" and also a few singles in the past couple weeks. Thanks again for comi

Sucks To Talk About Ep 1 (BLM, Corporate Pandering)

Jun 15th, 2020 1h 3m

This is the first episode of a new show were calling "Sucks to talk about" featuring Adam and longtime guest Ty. The goal of this new series is to have more in-depth conversations about uncomfortable topics. This week's topics include:Why Bl

IA & UP ep 108

May 19th, 2020 2h 18m

new episode brah, i dont even remember what we said brah

IA & UP ep 107

May 12th, 2020 2h

good news! we have been deemed essential. The guys will be returning as much as possible to talk about this crazyness we call quarantine

IA & UP ep 106

Apr 29th, 2020 2h 7m

the boys risked there lives to come together and do this podcast. just a classic talking shit episode with no guests. Kazak dropped some knowledge on us as well

IA & UP ep 105 (Tiger King)

Mar 27th, 2020 1h 3m

the boys are in quarantine so we decided to talk about everyone's favorite Netflix doc right now... Tiger King. If you have seen it, listen to our thoughts on it! if you haven't, what else could you possibly be doing with your time right now?

IA & UP ep. 104 w/ Cantbuydeem

Mar 11th, 2020 2h

Cantbuydeem is a Hip-Hop Artist and artist from Chicago. It was a pleasure to have him on and learn about his upbringing into the rap game. you can check out his latest mixtape Not for Sale, available on soundcloud!

IA & UP ep. 104 w/ Cantbuydeem

Mar 11th, 2020 2h

Cantbuydeem is a Rapper and Artist from Chicago IL. He recently dropped a mixtape called, Not for Sale vol. 3 on soundcloud. We had a great time hanging out with him and learning how he got his start in Hip-Hop!

IA & UP ep 103 w/ Wilhelm Duke

Feb 12th, 2020 2h 18m

Wilhelm Duke is back on for his 3rd time! This time we talked about his new project, The Robber Barron, and also a new streaming service called Lum. Wilhelm is an early adapter of this new music service that pays out to artist much better than

IA & UP ep 102 w/ Jai the Artist

Feb 5th, 2020 2h 6m

Jai the Artist is a hip hop artist from Chicago who is apart of the artist collective, Ever Evolved. She recently dropped her first album and is performing all over the city. go check her out!

IA & UP ep 101 w/ Illuminati Congo

Jan 29th, 2020 2h 3m

Illuminati Congo is a hip-hop artist and spiritual seeker from Chicago. He came on the podcast and not only talked about his music introduction but his introduction to all of the spirituality that he practices. He also is currently teaching h

IA & UP ep 100 w/ Rhymster

Jan 22nd, 2020 1h 51m

Ill-Advised & Unprepared has made it 100 episodes!! no better way to celebrate that then having the winner of our 2019 Guest of the Year award, Rhymster. Rhymster is a friend of the podcast and is a hip hop artist and producer from Chicago. H

IA & UP ep 99

Jan 15th, 2020 1h 35m

On the first epsiode of 2020 we reviewed some of the best 2019 moments and set some goals for the next decade. No guests were interviewed for "making it" in this episode but we did have 2 long time friends in the studio to add some opinions

IA&UP ep 98 w/ VO

Dec 18th, 2019 1h 39m

We could not think of a better way to end the decade than to interview the great Vo! Vo is a Chicago Hip-Hop artist who has accumulated millions of views through his rapping in the car video series. He has worked with legends such as Twista an