Perfect for Halloween; check out Aesop Rock's dope new video for "Coffee" which is full of blood, zombies and werewolves. Off of his new album None Shall Pass.
Freestyle 101 features yet another Project Blowed emcee. Check it out.
Video for the first single "Baaang!!!" off of Musab's new album Slick's Box.
Introducing VinylDisc; a new product from German company Optimal Media Production. VinylDisc features a regular 70 min CD on one side and a 3 min record on the other. [via]
Galapagos4 co-founder, Offwhyte is set to drop his highly-anticipated third album Mainstay on November 13th. Mixing a new grittier sound with mellower ballads and even some subtle reggae influences, Mainstay should prove to have a little something for everyone. Download the MP3 of "Mental List" right here.
Camobear Records is five years old. To celebrate this momentous occasion, the label is releasing its first DVD/CD, entitled Camobear Orange. New videos from Josh Martinez, Moka Only, and Evil, and an incredible collection of skits, live show footage, and banned foreign language films offer an inside look at the secretive cold war lair of one of Canada’s greatest cultural exports. The CD features brand new party jams, breast-caressing love ballads, and riot-inducing manifestos, sure to build excitement for this Canadian powerhouse label’s upcoming releases from Moka Only, Josh Martinez, The Chicharones, Evil, and The Goods. In stores October 29. www.camobear.ca
I recently caught up with Kay the Aquanaut to talk a little about Saskatoon's rap history, performing live, and the release of his new album Spinning Blue Planet on Side Road Records.
UGSMAG video feature on Toronto based beatboxer Poizunus (Scribble Jam 2007 Beatbox Champion).
Is the famous 1990's R&B singer back to resurrect Tupac for another hit single? Apparently not; this is a different Jon B altogether, one who is actually a pretty dope producer from Edmonton. There definitely is some resurrecting going on here though, as this is a remix album, but these aren’t your everyday remixes. The press release states very fittingly that this is a “rap experiment.” Jon doesn’t shy away from things such as playing with familiar pitches, turning a couple of your favourite rappers into chipmunks. You can end up first thinking he’s going to fuck up one of your favourite tracks, but by the end of the song thinking that, hey this is pretty cool. The overall sound here is distinctly lo-fi, evoking the image of a kid in his parent’s basement having fun making pause-tape remixes with cassingle accapellas and instrumentals. Along with classics from Mobb Deep, Busta Rhymes, and Afu-Ra…to name a few; Jon B also takes time out to showcase local Canadian talent such as Touch (The Representatives), Wordburglar, Mindbender, and more. These sprinklings of lesser known rappers, such as one of the stand-outs by Corvid Lorax, combined with Jon B’s somewhat untamed production style are what make this album really worth checking out. If you’re not hearing the original familiar beat in your head, then you’re probably listening to good remix, and more often than not that ends up being the case on Beat Diarya.
If you're like me, Sean Kingston's first 2 singles were stuck in your head for the entire summer. Even if you don't want to admit it, I am sure at some point you caught yourself humming along and perhaps even singing along with the hook in "Beautiful Girls". If that is the case then, like me, you will be disappointed with the rest of the album. Who knew that for the most part Sean Kingston rapped about guns and gangsters? Well you would if you had bothered listening to his mixtapes or checking out his myspace page. This works out alright on a couple of tracks, such as "Colors" featuring Kardinal Offishall among others, but basically the 17 year old is taking himself waaaaayyyy too seriously and would be better off sticking with his more lighthearted and infinitely more enjoyable fluffy songs. Let's hope he's more believable as Notorious B.I.G., who he is set to play in the upcoming biopic, than he is as a gangster.
After hearing this album Serengeti became my favourite Chicago rapper. Dont Give Up is his team-up with producer Polyphonic (one of his label mates on Audio 8). This album is Geti's most experimental so far, both vocal and production wise. Polyphonic's beats manage to stay beautifully melodic and sound consistent despite bouncing all over between hip hop, glitchy electronica, and drum & bass. Serengeti grew a beard and is on some sad rap shit and it's awesome. Geti does quite a bit of imperfect singing on here and it's pretty impossible not to love. Dont Give Up is his best album yet, don't sleep.
soso's new album Tinfoil on the Windows is a collaboration with Indie-Rocker and fellow Saskatoonian Maybe Smith. Look for the album in stores November 13th on Clothes Horse Records / Endemik Music in North America and, as of today (Oct 5th), is available on Hue Records in Japan.
I’m just a dude. With a gang banger pops, and a strong, beautiful, powerful, but literally insane mother. Superhero grandmother. Tap water, Macdonald’s packet sugar sandwiches and frozen no name wieners.
African hip hop duo Zimbabwe Legit have returned to drop their sophomore effort since initially recording their first LP nearly fifteen years ago. House Of Stone drops today. Featuring Stic.man of Dead Prez, Chubb Rock, Vast Aire, Mike G of the Jungle Brothers, Skillz, Breez Evahflowin' and more, House Of Stone proves that Dumi Right and Akim's relevance in the game has not been lost. For more info check myspace.com/ZL . Here's a sample mp3 of one of the tracks "Where I'm At" Ft. the Mike G of the Jungle Brothers.
