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The Oscars are this weekend and so Gabe & Vivian run down the nominees and predict who is going to win on the biggest Award Show of the year! Pat Loboyko from G-Mart Comics explains why there are 52 good reasons to pick up Justice League of America and DL Hopkins has the low down of what’s going on in the City of Chicago this weekend. Check it out!

This week’s show features a music pioneer from the City of Chicago and Vocalo’s Music Curator. I’m talking about Jesse De La Pena! He checks in to the Weekend Wrap Up Mix Show to discuss the early days of Chicago Hip Hop, satisfying tough crowds and how he came aboard Vocalo, 90.7fm. Pat Loboyko from G-Mart Comics and DL Hopkins from Time Out Chicago have the low down on new comics and entertainment around the City of WIn. Gabe & Vivian introduce a new segment titled The Last Thought. What’s on the duo’s mind? Tune in and find out!

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In what is the first of many episodes that will feature the faces and voices of Vocalo, this week we’re proud to have the Prince of Bronzeville, Brian Babylon as our guest. The Chicago native, comedian and host of Vocalo’s Morning Amp shares his stories of starting out in the world of comedy and the early days of Vocalo. We also check in with Pat Loboyko from G-Mart Comics and DL Hopkins from Time Out Chicago. Let the good times roll.

As you might’ve noticed the weather has become the talk of the town here in Chicago this past week. Gabe and Vivian share separate stories of how the weather effected their respective but less than durable vehicles. Pat Loboyko from G-Mart Comics once again checks in about new comics this week including Spiderman’s latest adventures, and Time Out Chicago’s DL Hopkins has a great spot to go to watch Super Bowl 47. Vocalo’s first round draft picks also also weigh in on R. Kelly headlining Pitchfork, BlackBerry’s new android like phone, and Super Bowl predictions! We got you covered on this week’s show, so hunker down and bundle up because it’s cooooollldd out there!

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What a show we have this week! Embassy Music Group’s Aye Burks joins us to talk about his latest album, Meet The Press. New Weekend Wrap Up contributors Pat Loboyko from G-Mart Comics, and Time Out Chicago’s DL Hopkins gives us new Comics and new events around the city you need to check out. Compton’s living legend Mc Eiht joins us to talk about the new EP, Keep it Hood, working on Menance II Society and almost joining Snoop on No Limit! Give us a listen and tell a friend!

CNN’s Eliott McLaughlin made huge waves this week when he wrote that Nas was the best lyricist of all time. Gabe and Vivian talk about the article and its accuracy and discuss Nas’ legacy and storied career. Justin Timberlake also sent the twittersphere in to a craze when he announced he was returning to music with Timberland. The Weekend crew debate whether returning was the best move for JT and also talk about bitter sibling rivalries when a game control stick brings out the worst in us. This and more!

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By Vocalo Senior Hip Hop Correspondent Gabriel Mendoza (@weekendgabe) & Vivian Mikhail (@viv_status)

We return with our first show of the year with Tracy Swartz from the Chicago Red Eye. Tracy the last several years has been covering the Homicide blotter in the Red Eye and talks about how she and the Red Eye counts murders in the city. We also get the low down on upcoming CTA changes and improvements that are forthcoming in 2013. A lot of local news made national waves when Chicago’s own Kanye West announced he was going to become a father, and the Chicago Bears decided to part ways with Head Coach Lovie Smith, we tackle both stories. This and more!

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Last Friday, tragedy struck the small community of Newtown, Connecticut when 20 first grade children were murdered in their grammar school. Viv and Gabe talk about the closing of Mental Illness Clinics in Chicago and how it relates to the murderer in the Newtown killings. The Bears took another L this past weekend against the Packers, and next year can’t come quick enough for Viv & Gabe as the duo look forward to Spring Training for both the Sox & Cubs. Do fans take fandom too serious? Viv & Gabe trade stories of pissing off fans of their rival teams. All this and more!

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By Vocalo Senior Hip Hop Correspondent Gabriel Mendoza & Vivian Mikhail

Rolling Stone released their top 50 rap songs of all time, and well, we both have some disagreements about the list of what they did and didn’t include. The end of the world is near, but there’s something much more scarier to be spooked about then the Mayan calendars, we’ll tell you. And we have the best Christmas gift to buy… if you like spending New Years alone, we’ll tell you this and more on this week’s Weekend Wrap Up Mix Show.

New Music from The Boy Illinois, The Game featuring Common & Kanye and a throwback from Biggie.

Gabe and Vivian return after a LONG hiatus with news on The Congress Theater, Mike Tyson’s plans for Chicago, The Chicago Hot Dog, and CTA Fare hikes. We have new music from Minneapolis native, Y-Hustle with his latest single, Turn the Club Up (Tear The Club Up), California’s Fashawn, and Chicago’s WINN. Add-2’s classic, Luxury closes out this week’s show. Give us some run and tell a friend.