DJ Kaos™ Ω

☢ QueDawg AND Omega Man (2-Spr. ‘01-Poisonous ΠΨ) x IP Attorney x Damn Good DJ = musically eargasmic Chicago-getta, TWITTERPOLL™ originator | IG: @IamDJKaos ☢

[DJ Kaos™ Ω @IamDJKAOS]

#Dope thread. https://t.co/IPddZISSMg

[Barry Butler Photography @barrybutler9]

Today is the 134th anniversary of the beginning of the CTA Elevated Trains. On this day in 1892, the first "L" train ran from Pershing & State to Congress & Wabash. Chicago is the only city with elevated trains in its downtown area. #history #chicago

[DJ Kaos™ Ω @IamDJKAOS]

#Chicago x #Classic

[80's & 90's Throwbacks @80s90sJukebox]

Ferris Bueller took his "Day Off" 41 years ago today. June 5th 1985. Happy Ferris Bueller Day #80s

[DJ Kaos™ Ω @IamDJKAOS]

Still 🔥🔥🔥🔥. 🗣️To this day!

[Melodies & Masterpieces @SVG__Collection]

“Give Me the Night” by George Benson was released on this day in 1980.

[Pugs Moran (Gentleman South Sider) @pugsandco]

Chicago has more sand beaches
(26 beaches over 26 miles) than...

NYC: 14 beaches over 22 miles
San Diego: 9 beaches over 17 miles
Miami: 7 miles of continuous un interrupted Beach
LA: 1 beach run by city (Venice Beach)

We can thank the plan of 1909 for our amazing Chicago beaches

[DJ Kaos™ Ω @IamDJKAOS]

Always x forever #Chicago.

[Barry Butler Photography @barrybutler9]

Happy 99th birthday to Chicago's Buckingham Fountain. #chicago

[Melodies & Masterpieces @SVG__Collection]

The discography of Sonny Rollins is one of the great journeys in jazz.

Every era of his career pushed the music forward.

Rest in peace to one of the last true giants of bebop and beyond.

[Melodies & Masterpieces @SVG__Collection]

Sonny Rollins was the last surviving musician from “A Great Day in Harlem”, the iconic 1958 photograph by Art Kane that brought together dozens of jazz legends in Harlem.

[Melodies & Masterpieces @SVG__Collection]

Rest in peace, Sonny Rollins…

Nicknamed the “Saxophone Colossus,” he reshaped modern jazz with fearless improvisation, a towering tenor tone, and timeless classics like Saxophone Colossus and The Bridge.

One of the last great bebop giants, his sound and spirit changed jazz forever.

[DJ Kaos™ Ω @IamDJKAOS]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[DJ Kaos™ Ω @IamDJKAOS]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[HBO @HBO]

The music that moved everybody.

#EarthWindandFireHBO premieres June 7 on @HBOMax.

[Modern Notoriety @ModernNotoriety]

Chicago's MUL (Made U Look) Crew tagged the Supreme store with Kill Bill-inspired graffiti art

[Anish Moonka @anishmoonka]

A woman mailed Michael Jackson a gun, her photo, and a letter telling him to kill himself at a specific time. The song he wrote about her is sitting at #1 on Spotify right now, 43 years later.

It started in 1981. She began sending Michael letters claiming he was the father of one of her twins. He had never met her, so he ignored the whole thing. The letters kept coming anyway. Then one day, a package showed up. Inside was her photograph, a gun, and a note instructing him to kill himself at a particular date and time. She planned to kill “their” baby afterward, so they could be together in the next life. The Jacksons later found out she had been admitted to a psychiatric hospital. That is where the line “the kid is not my son” came from.

The bass line you hear in the first eight seconds is one of the most famous in pop history. They almost didn’t find it. The bassist Quincy hired, a guy named Louis Johnson, walked into the studio carrying every bass guitar he owned. Michael made him play the same line on each one until they settled on a Yamaha. Then they layered a synthesizer playing the exact same notes on top, which is why the bass has that thick, almost glowing sound.

The drum sound took even more obsession. Quincy Jones told his engineer Bruce Swedien he wanted a sound so distinct you’d know the song from the first three drum hits. So Bruce actually built a wooden platform for the entire drum kit. He put a flat piece of wood between the snare drum and the hi-hat cymbal to keep them from interfering with each other. He also built a custom cover for the kick drum, with a small slot for the microphone. Michael had programmed the beat on a drum machine when he wrote the demo at home. When it came time to record the album, drummer Ndugu Chancler walked in and played the same pattern on a real kit. He nailed it in three takes.

Then came the vocal. Michael sang the entire main vocal in one continuous take. For the extra harmonies and adlibs on top, Quincy made him sing through a six-foot cardboard tube rigged up in the booth. Michael was also getting vocal training every single morning while they were making the album.

The song hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in March 1983 and stayed there for seven weeks. Yesterday it hit #1 on Spotify Global with 6.02 million streams in a single day, the highest the song has ever climbed on the platform.

[Bleacher Report @BleacherReport]

Shaq receives his Masters degree from LSU 🔥🎓

(via @TheBrandLSU)

[RUN DMC @OfficialRunDMC]

40 years ago today, Raising Hell changed music, fashion and culture forever.

More than a multi-platinum album, it became a movement — introducing Hip Hop to new heights and cementing one of the most iconic relationships in music history through “My adidas.”

#RAISINGHELL40

[Chicago History ™️ @Chicago_History]

This panoramic view highlights the genius of the 1909 Plan of Chicago. Architect Daniel Burnham famously declared that the "lakefront by right belongs to the people".

He fought to ensure that private interests would not block the public from enjoying the water. Look closely at the shoreline; almost the entire expanse is a continuous playground of green parks, harbors, and paths.

Burnham envisioned a "Paris on the Prairie". Seeing how the massive skyscrapers are kept perfectly balanced by wide-open civic spaces proves his green footprint still protects the heart of the Windy City today.

📸: @khasapis 👈🏼

#ChicagoHistory ☑️This panoramic view highlights the genius of the 1909 Plan of Chicago. Architect Daniel Burnham famously declared that the "lakefront by right belongs to the people".

He fought to ensure that private interests would not block the public from enjoying the water. Look closely at the shoreline; almost the entire expanse is a continuous playground of green parks, harbors, and paths.

Burnham envisioned a "Paris on the Prairie". Seeing how the massive skyscrapers are kept perfectly balanced by wide-open civic spaces proves his green footprint still protects the heart of the Windy City today.

📸: @khasapis8 👈🏼

#ChicagoHistory ☑️

[Barry Butler Photography @barrybutler9]

Happy 106th birthday to Chicago’s Michigan Avenue Street Bridge.

[DJ Kaos™ Ω @IamDJKAOS]

🔥🔥 Eternal classic. 🔥🔥

[Rhythm & Blues 💎 @RnB_DITR]

As

Stevie Wonder (1976)