It’s been more than two years since drill music and its best-known practitioner, Chief Keef, broke out of the south side, but a casual observer could easily get the impression that they’re still the only thing happening in Chicago rap. Two recent high-profile Web documentaries—World Star Hip Hop’s ambitious and messy The Field, which came out in January, and Noisey’s sensationalist and repugnant Chiraq, which ran weekly from January till March—both focused on the drill scene, and in February the folks at WTTW’s Chicago Tonight ran a story that sounded like they’d just discovered it.

You can find photos of Taylor Bennett with Spenzo on Instagram; Spenzo showed up to perform at Bennett’s sold-out headlining show at Reggie’s last month, and he appears on a track from Bennett’s new mixtape, Mainstream Music.

“Earfucked” also includes a line that exemplified Wiley’s lyrical approach at the time: “We don’t give a shit about shit.” He’d prioritized flow over content, resulting in an abundance of playful, vigorous, and not especially thoughtful rhymes. Since then Wiley has become a more introspective writer, and he demonstrates his evolution on the mixtape Village Party, which comes out Tuesday, May 27. “I want people to know me on a deeper level than just knowing shit about me,” he says. “Knowing shit like I like joints more than papers—that type of shit—that’s not really knowing a person. I feel like I want people to know how I think and certain things that have happened that have gotten me to this point.”

That “we” mostly refers to Pivot Gang, a west-side crew that includes Chandler, Frsh Waters, Joseph Chilliams, John Walt, MFn Melo, Sway Swala, Kevo B, and Smack. Their impressive debut mixtape, Jimmy, came out in the fall. (“Jimmy” is Frsh Waters’s real first name; he’s in prison, but nobody would say why.) Chandler’s got big plans for Pivot Gang: “I want to be like a supergroup, a super boy band.”

Wed 5/7, 8 PM, Metro, $23, $36 VIP, $75 meet and greet. 18+

Taylor Bennett, Kene, Joey Purp, Logan

Mainstream Music release party. Sat 5/24, 9 PM, Lincoln Hall, $13, $10 in advance. All ages.

Saba and Pivot Gang, Auggie the 9th, Hurt Everybody, St. Millie

Thu 5/22, 9 PM, Emporium Arcade Bar, 21+. Free.

Nitty Scott, Alex Wiley, J. Sirus

Thu 6/19, 8 PM, Subterranean, $18, $15 in advance, 17+.