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Phlow kicks off her #PhlowFridays series with ‘Pent House’, an emotionally broody and somewhat off kilter track that exposes the Nigerian native’s vulnerability. On the Teck-Zilla produced track, Phlow collects all of her ‘pent’ up emotions, and ‘houses’ them in her head to process. Although this coping mechanism for the most part works to Phlow’s…
On The Radar is a new production series where MJM showcases entire albums to focused on features from producers that reside or represent a certain country. For this session they have some of their Canadian friends on the radar as they are happy to present, Project Canada. Face A: 1 Téhu – Brazze Séquence 2…
Bajan singer/rapper Teff bursts back onto the scene on is new single, ‘So Insecure’ featuring international superstar Rihanna’s brother Gallest. Highlighting the female insecurities so magnified by modern culture, the track addresses social pressures, anxiety at parties and fake confidence on social media. Whilst the catchy hook and vocals, produced by Mohamed Haniff and Yuri…
Longtime Friends and Toronto Natives Acetik (of Bangerville) and Daniel Son (Crate Divizion) drop some heat on us for the end of summer with the aptly titled track ‘High Noon’. They recruited OG wordsmith, Hempstead’s very own SmooVth (of The Winners) for this certified magma-rock. This joint compares their urban surroundings to that of the…
Miami artist Swa Playmaker drops off the new single ‘Now’ detailing his grind over the years and the need to get it sooner than later. Having worked in the Miami scene for over a decade with legends including DJ Khaled, Rick Ross, Fat Joe, and many more, Swa has been stepping out on his own…
Toronto songstress Staasia Daniels has just released her debut EP project ‘Hidden Gems‘, premiering earlier today on Complex Music Canada, the project is now available on all streaming services. Much of the 11 song project are produced by Xpress aka DJ XP, with producers 5PieCE, Artclass, PDUB, Giangelo Power and others assisting with well rounded…
6 weeks after ‘The Pain’ was recorded with Royce da 5’9″ in Vancouver SITES was arrested and sent to prison for 6 years. After his release the video was made for the song in London while Prhyme was touring. This video is dedicated to Canadian rapper DY, aka Forrest Schab who introduced SITES and Royce.…
About Moka Only’s new album ‘Malkin Jackson – Summerland’: “Okay, where to start? Here? Okay! Upon first listen, you will realize Malkin is just a different angle of my world. An alias, if you want. The bulk of this projects was created in 2012 after some time spent in the Okanagan region of BC. Something…
Fortunato delivered a clip for ‘I Am’ off of his ‘The Blue Collar‘ EP late last year, and now the Toronto rapper has dropped a video for ‘Ain’t Nobody Know’ from the same record. The track features production from Sean One, while the video comes courtesy of director Lucrative Sight. The new video tells the…
It’s that time of year! Party season in the six and all across the board in Canada as they move into this good weather. Following a beautiful May long weekend, the Raptors tying things up against the Cleveland Cavaliers – They’re feeling pretty ecstatic up north right about now, so Vernon, B.C. ‘s TassNata decided to…
Djs From Mars and Quentin Mosimann team up for their new collaboration ‘Somebody Call The Cops’ (already supported by Tommy Trash, Firebeatz, Promiseland, Boostedkidz). The new track hits you with whip-cracking kicks, earth shattering bass, distorted synths and a sample that makes it very clear that the party isn’t stopping without the intervention of law…
From the Sistine Chapel to Da Vinci’s The Last Supper mural, the music video for ‘Jameson Ave’ takes inspiration from the long gone era of classical art and applies old tropes to a new reality. Featuring a lot of lot of drunken party-goers, naked women and even a marauding Rob Ford all reimagined as baroque…
The young, aspiring Canadian duo Scumbag Inc releases their debut EP ‘Harsh Times & Large Lines’. Hailing from Calgary, Shameless and Dopesic bring you a project thats “written for the heart as well as the ears”. Harsh Times & Large Lines EP by Scumbag Inc https://twitter.com/scumbaghiphop1 www.youtube.com/channel/UChNWtZfHnBZmzey77b28_RA http://scumbaginc.bandcamp.com/
MEZZIAH is an explosive urban artist, one that Canada’s rap game has been looking for. His style is not only different, but is still true to his Afro-Canadian roots. Born in Montreal and Migrated to Toronto, his upbringing made him mature very quickly. This 6’6 emcee always had a different view of life. Using pen…
Twenty-year old artist Saya is a singer and songwriter, but above all, a storyteller. Listen to her debut cut ‘Wet Dreams’ which see the Toronto native relay her versatile vocal and Hip Hop rhyme schemes, drawing from early influences of blues, jazz, funk, and disco. This offering, like many of her forthcoming tracks delivers a…
Following singles with Popcaan, Kardinal Offishall, Stylo G & Konshens, Lucas Dipasquale heads home to Canada to bring us the official video for ‘Come Home’ featuring Assassin (aka Agent Sasco). In true authentic style, the visual sees Lucas head to Assassin’s hometown Jamaica, and to the U.K where he’s been well received by radio tastemakers…
He is the face of a newly formed collective called The Rite Group. Manny RITE, which stands for Raised In The Eastend, is from Scarborough (located in the east end of Toronto, ON) and is leading the charge of a much needed change in the music game. He takes pride in bringing it back to…
Mississauga, Canada rapper Audric Rose presents ‘No Fuxks Given’, the new single from ‘Concrete Rose’, his forthcoming album set to feature DJ Agile, Hagler (who co-produced Drake’s ‘Furthest Thing’) and Wondagurl (who produced Jay-Z’s ‘Crown’). ‘No Fuxks Given’ is produced by Kevin Gates/Little Simz collaborator Prezident Jeff. Formerly known as Shocka, Audric released the music…
Canadian MC Infu teams up with Just Luu and Canadian Hip Hop Legend Saukrates to bring you Sayin Oh! Listen as Infu and Just Luu go bar for bar on the Zanets Production while Saukrates rides the hook. Be on the look out for more music from Infu as we anticipate the release of his…
Over Again is the first record to drop off of Brooklyn & Peter Jackson’s Album, Two Side’s To A Story. This record, created in 2014, was recorded with Jackson during Brooklyn’s three week stay in Ajax, Ontario. Over the course of those weeks, the pair became close and would spend years solidifying their relationship through…
If anyone was a strong candidate for a JUNO nomination that didn’t get a nod, it was Peter Jackson. The 9-0 Nickel CEO and artist has continued to take leaps and bounds in elevating his game and shaping the landscape of the Canadian Hip Hop scene. Aside from continuing to play a large role in…
‘Good Chick’ is the first record to be released off of Canada’s 9-0-Nickel Entertainment’s album ‘A Long Time Coming’, dropping this February. Featuring a plethora of Toronto’s Hip Hop’s finest, Andreena, Hardbody, Peter Jackson and P Dollaz, with production from Snaz Music ‘Good Chick’ is just a taste of what’s to come! https://twitter.com/andreenamusic https://twitter.com/ftHardbody https://twitter.com/pdollaz…
Sometimes all you need is an outsider’s perspective to see things from an alternate angle. When Cee and Notion moved from their native Melbourne, Australia literally across the planet to Toronto, Canada, they planned on becoming the artists who brought that change. When Cee headed east to Montreal a couple years later, the focus grew…
Toronto rapper VNCHY presents ‘Hold Me Down’, his new Bijan Amir-produced single from ‘EMINENT’, his forthcoming mixtape which will also feature production from Jordon Manswell and Jason Amos. Noisey premiered another Bijan Amir collaboration ‘Owens’ (read) as well as ‘Godlevel’ (read), and The Source premiered his ‘NEVERLAND’ EP in 2015 (listen). VNCHY recently made Hip…
Toronto rapper VNCHY presents ‘Hold Me Down’, his new Bijan Amir-produced single from ‘EMINENT’, his forthcoming mixtape which will also feature production from Jordon Manswell and Jason Amos. Noisey premiered another Bijan Amir collaboration ‘Owens’ (read) as well as ‘Godlevel’ (read), and The Source premiered his ‘NEVERLAND’ EP in 2015 (listen). VNCHY recently made Hip…
VLXL (Via Linez x Mark Lyve Oabel) hailing from Toronto, Canada, drop their 4th Single ‘MOODSWING’ off the ‘Trains, Automobiles and Flights’ LP which is now available via iTunes. ‘Moodswing’ is the last joint off the TA&F LP which takes listeners left field and in a much more aggressive direction. The video also embodies the…
OVO/REPSUP affiliate Cokekey$ Car’tel links up with Vancouver, Canada’s finest Tony Mason and HeatWave for the bouncy new single ‘Super Lit’. Appearing on Tony Mason, HeatWave, and Fat Loonie’s upcoming project, ‘Super Lit’, this self-titled track might be your new turn up anthem after a few listens. Whether you’re trapping out the bando or the…
From Toronto to the Islands, 90 Nickel rapper/CEO Peter Jackson takes it to Jamaica in new Nordia Rose directed video ‘Bubble For Me’. Linking up with Sizzla Kalonji, one of JA’s top respected reggae artist, Peter finds himself on a yacht surrounded by Beautiful island woman as they whine in half naked bikinis. Peter and…
Toronto based Scott Ramirez presents his first full length album, ‘Monte Cristo’. Taking inspiration from an Ol’ Dirty Bastard rhyme & the novel by Alexander Dumas, this is a 12 track journal chronicling late smokey nights, self-therapy in between jobs, the daily grind for paper & intoxicated meditations on the pursuit of the good life.…
With his new heater ‘I Get Up’, Autoerotique continues to prove that his sound design is among the strongest in the game. After years of producing massive electro house tracks, the Toronto native has redefined his already stellar sound to create deep, innovative tunes of epic proportions. With its dark bassline and bubbling house backbeat,…
With a year of strong releases from many of rap’s heavyweights, Toronto upstart SYPH looks to establish himself not just as a player in the game, but as the future of the genre with the release of his debut mixtape ‘Rookie of the Year’. Across the 13-track mixtape, the Mississauga native has enlisted guest features…
Fresh off of a win in 2015’s Toronto Independent Music Awards (Best Urban category), Canadian emcee, Es, delivers an emotionally charged new single (DJ Pack) and video entitled ‘Fact Remains’. Here is what he had to say about it… “This new song speaks to the usually uncomfortable topic of race relations. It was inspired by…
His third and newest album, Art On Fire!!, displays a true visionary at work by turning instruments upside down, flipping soul samples into full-driven punk records, and taking music into an unexplored territory yet to be heard. This is an album where passion is shown in the work through compositions that took nearly ten years…
Negril, Jamaica/Montreal,Canada rapper/producer Jonathan Emile presents ‘The Lover/Fighter Document’, his new album featuring Kendrick Lamar, Murs (watch the music video for ‘End Of The World‘), Buckshot (watch the music video for ‘The Century‘), Kim Richardson, Tek Luciano, Natasha Marie and Ashley Rose. Emile was in the hospital fighting cancer when he created his philosophy of…
Remixing Troy Ave’s recently dropped single ‘Bang Bang’, Manny Rite drops a video to go along with the audio he released late this summer. In this current visual he creatively reps where he’s from while receiving a cosign from the recent twitter sensation Norm Kelly, also a Scarborough native himself. This visual displays Manny as…
Scott Ramirez creates a mad alternative blend of contemporary Hip Hop from all coasts. Educated from hallowed rap traditions meshed with a forward-thinking guerrilla focus, Ramirez has cultivated the art of slanging linguistics over break-beats & 808’s whereby he catalogs the pursuit of the good life in a rapidly gentrified Toronto as a Filipino Canadian.…
Check out the official video for HOURGLASS, WHO I AM & BOUT IT, by Vancouver based artist Tom MacDonald ‘Hourglass’ is the first single from Tom MacDonald’s upcoming album, slated for release in later this year. ‘Who I Am’ & ‘Bout It’ are the first two singles from Tom MacDonald’s upcoming mixtape, also slated for release…
VLXL, Emcee, Via Linez & Producer, Lyve, both hail from Toronto, Canada, with an established resume in their respective solo careers. After collaborating in 2008 they began to build and structure numerous hit Singles which has now spawned into their new LP. VLXL follow-up with their 2nd Single ’77 off their ‘TRAINS, AUTOMOBILES, & FLIGHTS’ LP.…
After the success of the Abdominal & The Oblique’s UK tour earlier in the year, it was clear as day that fans traveled across the country to witness Abdominal’s unique sound and delivery. A huge highlight from each show was when the band performed a string of DJ Format and Abdominal tracks to rapturous applause.…
Check out the second compilation of works from ‘The Jazz Jousters’ collective member, Mr. Moods, which includes tracks from his ‘precious collaborators’, The Ice Fox, Erik Jackson, Lou Mistrau, Vinkate and SmokedBeat, via Millennium Jazz Music. Mr. Moods – The Jazz Jousters series vol.2 by Millennium Jazz Music Mr. Moods – The Jazz Jousters series vol.1…