Wiley grinds his way through the tracks with a quick tongue and a playfulness that never skews into cynicism. His first full-length mixtape, Club Wiley (2013), featured several notable collab tracks with Chance, Kembe X, Vic Mensa and Freddie Gibbs, to name a few. Wiley hails from Chicago, which seems to be a veritable birthing ground for rappers changing the shape of the game, so it comes as no real surprise that his early mixtapes showcased an engaging flow with a keen ear for soul-sampling beats. And after the two put out “Don’t Quit” in 2013, it was only a matter of time before he had other name-drop-worthy conspirators like Chance the Rapper and Action Bronson in his court. Life is short in one sense of the word and very long when you live in. Don’t quit because of someone else’s timeframe. We feel like we have to achieve so much by a certain age or we’re a failure. We quit on ourselves because we feel like life is a race against time. A collaboration with Kembe X in 2012, Can I Borrow A Dollar EP, put Wiley on the map. Here is why I don’t want you to quit on yourself: 1.

Alex Wiley established his underground bona fides relatively soon after he decided to start rapping.

Dont quit kembe x