Say hi to the bad guy: On “lazy” “Canadian” “rappers”
Posted by Anupa in Canada, Music, Toronto on 25. Feb, 2011 | 4 Comments
Even baby knows what up: Hip-hop ain’t dead. It lives in the north. Post-Drake, hip-hop in Canada just feels different. Busting through the previously impenetrable, iced out fortress surrounding the U.S. rap establishment is the one—one—thing I continually give dude props for. A.D. (after Drake), it’s like we’ve made it through years of just endless, [...]
Shit List 2010: Worst commercial featuring a rapper
Posted by Anupa in Rappers, Shit List 2010 on 21. Dec, 2010 | 3 Comments
Fuck lists. Everyone makes the same damn list with the same damn songs and movies and predictable-ass people on it. You can read plenty of lists right now, but there is one thing these lists won’t tell you, which is THE DAMN TRUTH. Many music/art/film critics complain of this weird agenda to promote streamlined taste, [...]
show and tell: K-os, the Anchorman mixtape
Posted by jessekg in Music, Show & Tell on 12. Aug, 2010 | 0 Comments
K-os released his slightly delayed and somewhat anticipated mixtape, oddly (and awesomely) titled ”The Anchorman Mixtape.” Complete with random samplings from Ron Burgundy and crew, the tape contains some previously recorded but unreleased material and collaborations with the likes of Drake (Faith) and Sebastien Grainger (BlackWater). For the Drake number (video link here), it begins with what [...]
Celebrate Canada Day with a rapper roundtable
Posted by Jef in Canada, Music, Rappers on 01. Jul, 2010 | 1 Comment
Here’s a real good one from the the National Post, who roped together eight Canadian emcees from different eras and different scenes and had them shoot the shit about Drake and Canadian hip-hop in general. The partial transcript reveals a nice amount of candour (see: Maestro and Saukrates openly discussing their initial animosity, and D-Sisive [...]
Listed: Summer starts with songs
Posted by theashcan in Listed, Music on 22. Jun, 2010 | 6 Comments
Does the thought of an entire summer with Ke$ha, Usher, and Katy Perry pumping from car stereos give you a serious case of the Beibonic plague (see that, a play on Bieber, a contagious and mind killing pop sensation who we will surely be hearing a lot of this summer, and bubonic, a contagious and [...]
