Update on Wednesday, September 18: This column has been edited to correctly reflect which Lollygagger release is on the Midwest Action label.

  • Solo Sam isn’t yet streaming the new Plated, but “Hubris” is his latest single.

Underground hip-hop label Why? Records, run by a collective of Chicago rappers, only just launched this year, but it’s already a crucial part of the local scene. On Friday, September 20, Davis Blackwell (also half of Why? Records duo Udababy) drops his debut album, Green Parakeet Suite, which he’s also calling GPS. Gossip Wolf has high hopes for this one—on the single “Super Green,” Davis chews up every second he’s on the mike.  v