Von off North Ave "Trippin'" (feat. PayZay) [VIDEO]

Some of the songs on Von off North Ave’s 38th & Garfield were waiting for projects that never materialized. The Chicago rapper gathered them into an EP, explaining that his drive to release substantial projects had sometimes denied individual songs the attention he wanted them to receive. “Trippin',” featuring his close friend PayZay, has an official video shot and directed by SEASXNS. Kulture. produced the song, which brings the only guest appearance across the EP’s five tracks. Listeners who followed Von as Dyzzi from DivSel will recognize an artist whose recording history has often involved close friendships. In a 2019 interview with The Real Hip-Hop, he traced DivSel back to meeting Chaz in sixth grade: one wore a Lil’ Wayne shirt, the other a Nas shirt, and a conversation about music started their friendship. KReal joined their circle later. The collective’s name stood for Diverse Selection, reflecting the different approaches within that shared foundation. His album KidsBackThen drew on childhood memories and involved friends from those years. With 38th & Garfield, Von revisits his approach to releasing music, selecting songs he still cares about from planned or cancelled projects. The EP takes its name from the block where he says his musical beginnings were rooted. PayZay’s presence on “Trippin'” keeps a close personal connection within this smaller collection, released through Below System Records.

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Von off North Ave "38th & Garfield" [EP]

Von off North Ave had songs he still cared about stranded in plans for other projects. On “38th & Garfield,” the Chicago rapper formerly known as Dyzzi from DivSel gives some of that material a home, while reconsidering a habit of releasing so much music that individual songs could pass listeners by. The five track EP arrives through Below System Records, with its title referring to the block where he says his focus began with music alone. That concern with how to introduce his work reaches back to his Dyzzi catalogue. In a 2019 interview, he explained that KidsBackThen was supposed to be his first album, but its lengthy development led him to release Same Clothes As Yesterday while he finished it. Juno Adonis produced several songs on that earlier record and reconnects with him here on “Pull Up.” Von says he contacted the producer during a spell of writer’s block, returning to a collaborator with whom he had already made numerous songs. “Pull Up” went through at least three rewrites. What began as a diss prompted by a confrontation involving friends became a broader statement about his direction, with work and success replacing retaliation as its purpose. Elsewhere, close friend PayZay joins “Trippin’,” while Ghowste, 3am and Kulture contribute production. Von describes the collection as drawing on personal life, relationships and time away from music. Among its songs is one he says he wrote entirely in jail on inmate request sheets.

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Von off North Ave "Pull Up" [VIDEO]

“Pull Up” began as a diss record and changed direction through at least three rewrites. Von off North Ave says he wanted to turn anger over a confrontation into a broader statement about his position in music. His explanation centres on making success and hard work the response, rather than retaliation. The single reunites him with Juno Adonis, a producer he has known and recorded with for years. Their first collaboration in some time previews the forthcoming EP 38th & Garfield, with SEASXNS shooting and directing the video. Von previously recorded as Dyzzi from DivSel. He introduced the new name with “Been Busy,” produced by LethalNeedle with cuts from Chinch 33, after a five-year break. In describing that earlier track, he reflected on the period behind Same Clothes as Yesterday and the need to move beyond it. “Pull Up” now carries that change of identity into a fresh body of work, with an old production partnership helping him find a different starting point.

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Von off North Ave "Been Busy" (feat. Chinch 33) [VIDEO]

Von off North Ave's "Been Busy" video brings Chinch 33 into a direct, activity-first street record released through Below System Records. LethalNeedle produced the track, Confidence mastered it, and SEASXNS shot and directed the visual. The credits are unusually complete for a single this compact, and that transparency suits the delivery—no mystery, no unnecessary ambiguity, just work documented cleanly. "Been Busy" sounds like its title: forward movement, blunt emphasis and a feature that reinforces the pace rather than disrupting it.

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