Ampichino & Shoboat

Through tireless studio work and a focus on collaboration, midwestern rapper Ampichino built a name for himself, beginning in the early 2000s as part of Yukmouth's massive collective the Regime. Working mostly out of his home base in Ohio, Ampichino released an enormous catalog of mixtapes and studio albums, achieving regional success as well as some chart placement with his 2002 single "Do the Damn Thing." Ampichino changed with the times, moving from the rough-edged street raps of early-'2000s albums to more nuanced and storytelling material on his 2010s mixtapes, like 2015'...