The Office Hours Interview w/ Ernest Wilkins

This week, Ernest is joined by Mess Director of Strategy Alex Menocal to discuss the Chicago Fire and strategize on how the team can build a larger fanbase locally with marketing

This week:

The four words that will change your life forever: Create More, Consume Less.

Client 101 — I bet you don’t know how expensive a website like Healthcare.gov is (I didn’t!) so Mess’s Director of Strategy Alex Menocal pulls up and drops game.

Inspired by Lizzo, Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande, a rant about critics because I don’t think people don’t get what a critics’ actual job is (including some critics!)

(In non-Office Hours news, I get married TOMORROW! That means no newsletter next week because I will be on a lil’ honeymoon with my #1. I’m gonna log off and go celebrate love’s endless beauty with my friends and family now Ok byeeeeeeeeeeeeeee_

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How consuming less and creating more will change your life

How consuming less and creating more will change your life

This week’s podcast episode:

How I make quick decisions and tips to help make quicker decisions if you suck at making quick decisions

Client 101: How much a website actually costs (w/Mess’s Director of Strategy Alex Menocal)

TUNES - The 106.9 WQRL “The Curl” trilogy

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This week: How to make decisions when it’s hard to make decisions, Client 101 - How much does a website actually cost? and Ernest shares 3 playlists for your listening enjoyment!

This week: How to make decisions when it’s hard to make decisions, Client 101 - How much does a website actually cost? and Ernest shares 3 playlists for your listening enjoyment!

This is kind of a rare get. Tree is easily one of the most talented rappers I’ve ever heard in my life. His “Soul Trap” style feels like the midwest cousin of Pimp C’s “Country Rap Tunes” down south and mild g-funk (the vocals, people!) from out west.

He broke big in 2014 via his Scion-sponsored @MCTREEG E.P. but had his hand in crafting the sound of Chicago that got broadcasted to the world in 2012. Tree crafted out a lane where his now-classic Sunday School album — and the equally impressive sequel — led to performances all over the world, not to mention some production work on the side.

His alliances with Chris Crack and Vic Spencer — both undeniable rap talents that don’t get mentioned enough when discussing Chicago’s rich bounty of rap talent — have produced so much consistent music over the past 8 years that I’m highkey angry that they haven’t just said screw it and became Chicago’s version of Def Squad. (That’s the floor of that potential project for comparison, btw. Erick Sermon, Redman and Keith Murray is the FLOOR. That’s how dope that album would be. )

Anyway, listen to this podcast when you get some time this weekend.

*Heads up, there are some technical difficulties with this one. Nothing inaudible, but you’ll be very…uh, aware that I edited this myself.

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We talk with Tree, a Chicago-based rapper whose new album WE GROWN NOW can be found everywhere. Despite producing for and rapping alongside some of hip-hop's biggest names, odds are you haven't heard of him. He says that's on purpose. Listen to find out why!

We talk with Tree, a Chicago-based rapper whose new album WE GROWN NOW can be found everywhere. Despite producing for and rapping alongside some of hip-hop's biggest names, odds are you haven't heard of him. He says that's on purpose. Listen to find out why!