WWWD: Diamond Rings, Onra, G20 Photo Exhibit
Posted by Anupa in Art, Concerts, Toronto, WWWD on 08. Oct, 2010 | 1 Comment
Too good to hang out with your family this weekend, eh? If you’re not ‘burb-bound or celebrating Turkey Day with family fights, bedroom drinking and board games this long weekend then rejoice in what your benevolent mother Toronto has to offer instead: Diamond Rings, Toronto Public Library Parkdale Branch, Oct. 8 So I tooootes saw [...]
Flying Lotus releases Pattern+Grid World EP, makes parties happen
Posted by Anupa in Interviews, Music on 21. Sep, 2010 | 2 Comments
Three weeks ago I saw Flying Lotus play a live show at the Opera House in Toronto. It was packed with all kinds of people, from frat boys to forever ’90s junglists to girlfriends in stilettos. My favourite person was this older guy, in the center of his own circle created to make way for [...]
Why Rakim is better than your new favourite rapper
Posted by Anupa in Concerts, Music, Rappers, Reviews, Toronto on 13. Jul, 2010 | 0 Comments
I was kind of surprised to see such a huge turn out for Rakim’s free show at Harbourfront on Saturday night. Granted, it cost zero dollars, so there’s that, but despite the heavy Drake, K’Naan, Shad, et al-love of late, the rap scene in Toronto has slowed down significantly. It’s obviously a sign of the [...]
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 [...]
Drake’s “Find Your Love” by the numbers
Posted by Anupa in Music, Rappers on 11. May, 2010 | 2 Comments
At a very prompt midnight, last night, the new video for Drake’s “Find Your Love” debuted on MTV.com. (Funnily, Canadians were unable to watch until it was uploaded half an hour later by OnSmash). All obviousness aimed at his Degrassi-braised acting chops, marijuana and murking aside, I’m digging the Mavado cameo because he looks hard [...]
