Lucki Ecks

Lucki Eck$, who calls himself the "most innovative dude in Chicago on the rap scene", dropped the new video for "Hidden Place" off his Body High mixtape. The video finds the young rapper in front of a green screen with a trippy collage comprising things like lasers and found footage, sometimes with multiple versions of Ecks crowding the screen...

A body high is a pleasurable state when the body feels no pain and every bit of contact is magnified and exhilarating. This term is often used to describe the physical element of drug experiences. Creating music to capture the essence of that feeling can be a daunting task, but rapper Lucki Eck$ nailed it on his aptly titled Body High mixtape...

Even in the increasingly eclectic Chicago hip-hop multiverse, Lucki Eck$ is hard to pin down. The teenager certainly doesn't fit with the drill movement, but his stuff isn't a full-on "escape" the way Chance the Rapper or Vic Mensa's is, either, thanks to a weariness in his voice...