All City Chess Club

All City Chess Club was an American hip hop supergroup started by Lupe Fiasco and Pharrell in April 2010. It was composed with members Asher Roth, B.o.B, The Cool Kids, Charles Hamilton, Blu, Wale, Diggy, J. Cole, Mickey Factz, and Dosage.
Fiasco explained in an interview, "It's kinda this new vanguard. The kids who wouldn't necessarily be the basketball team they would probably be the Chess Club if we was in high school. […] I just wanted it to be the collective of those dudes and put a name on it. Like they already kinda put us all in the same box. They kinda put us in the same family of MC's whether it be the hipster rappers or the nerd rappers... Since they putting us in a box, might as well own the box. And write our name on the box and paint it the color we want it." He described it as a "movement" rather than a group.Harling, Danielle (April 30, 2010). "Lupe Fiasco Talks All City Chess Club". HipHopDX.Phillips, Yoh (June 7, 2016). "All City Chess Club, the Rap Supergroup That Never Was". DJBooth.
The collective only released one track, the remix to Fiasco's "I'm Beamin'" featuring Asher Roth, Charles Hamilton, The Cool Kids, Blu, Diggy Simmons, B.o.B, and Dosage. It was added to B.o.B's 2010 mixtape No Genre as the final track. Fiasco mentioned of recording a mixtape if he could round everyone up, explaining, "I think it'll most likely live in the mixtape world so we don't get caught up in that label thing." However, they disbanded for unknown reasons.Alexis, Nadeska (July 27, 2012). "Lupe Fiasco's All City Chess Club Will 'Live in the Mixtape World'". MTV News. Archived from the original on June 22, 2016. There has been a known feud between J. Cole and Diggy Simmons, which began in 2010 with Diggy's diss track, "What You Say to Me."Krishnamurthy, Sowmya (September 21, 2012). "Diggy Simmons vs. J.Cole: What Really Happened?". Vibe.
== Background ==
B.o.B told MTV News that the group first emerged by Fiasco when the two and Charles Hamilton were at a show. He reflected, "I've already done songs with Charles Hamilton, Lupe and Asher Roth. Basically, the whole concept of it is to have a project, a freelance project, that's something fun and creative."Rodriguez, Jayson (May 18, 2010). "B.o.B Says All City Chess Club Side Project Is 'Fun and Creative'". MTV News.
Mickey Factz, a member brought later on, told Vibe, "J. Cole had sent me some beats. We're supposed to get in the studio soon. As far as Diggy, we've been corresponding through managers... whenever they decide to really go hard with [All City Chess Club], I'm down. I just want to be a part of something that stands for something. And I feel like this does stand for something."
== References ==
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