Pursuit of Dopeness

While it’s exciting to hear the new solo work from Vic Mensa, it’s sad to learn that it’s bittersweet because it also marks the end of Kids These Days. The band had been on a great run in their career so far, having played SXSW, Lollapalooza, and Conan. Creative differences were cited in Vic Mensa’s announcement of the band’s breakup by way of an XXL interview.

The news is shocking, to say the least, and while the saying goes “all good things must come to an end,” we can’t help but feel that this breakup appears a bit untimely. Call us a bit selfish, but we would have liked to hear more from this up and coming Chicago band. Best of luck to all of the members of Kids These Days, we can’t wait to hear what you’ve all got in store for us next.

(Fake Shore Drive)

Save Money’s Vic Mensa has released the visuals for his new track, “DID IT B4.” See the video for INNANETAPE’s first single above.

The track was produced by Mensa himself, with additional production work from Peter Cottontale. The visuals come courtesy of Austin Vesely.

Frank Ocean went back home and performed at this years New Orleans Jazz Fest this past weekend.  Frank also brought along Nico and JP from Kids These Days to help out his band.  Check out footage of his performance of “Novacane” up above and more after the jump.  [...]

Some footage of Kids These Days’ set at week two of Indio, California’s Coachella festival has surfaced on youtube. Check out their performance of “Bud Billiken” off of Traphouse Rock above and be on the lookout for more footage.

Sources: FSD & Carlos Hernandez

Yaffe Media caught up with KTD frontman Vic Mensa to talk about his influences, Coachella, being in a band and much more. Check out the new interview above.

Chance The Rapper and Kids These Days just finished up their March Madness Tour in which they visited several college towns and put on some shows. Luckily for us, Austin Vesely caught those performances on videos and has put this recap together. Check it out above.

Be on the lookout for when Acid Rap, Chance’s latest project, drops this month.

The Side by Side Media Collective have just released the latest episode of their SXSW series featuring Kids These Days. Check out the clip above and you might be able to some of the POD team hitting that zan!

Chance The Rapper and Kids These Days made a stop at The Castle Theatre in Bloomington for their second show on their March Madness Tour.  Check out their performances up above and check if they will in a city near you on the last four dates of their tour.

Source: FSC & MMR

Bud Billiken

If there’s one thing that’s certain about us at Pursuit Of Dopeness it’s that we love to see Kids These Days play live.

During our stay in Austin, TX for SXSW, we headed out the Belmont to catch an intimate show by our up-and-coming local band. Vic Mensa and the rest of the KTD family played a set including songs from Traphouse Rock and the Hardtimes EP.

See the additional videos after the jump.

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Jay-Z’s Life + Times recently met up with Chicago’s very own Kids These Days to decode a track off of their most recent project, Traphouse Rock. Watch KTD perform and decode their track “Who Do U-Luv” above.