What up y’all! By request of the good people at Manifesto, I whipped up a mix showcasing a broad selection of tracks by key artists from this year’s line-up. It’s a doozy! Toronto’s got that heat! Spread this mix out far and wide and see y’all at the events around town this weekend!
Here’s the second installment of Empire’s tribute mixtape series. The 1st one was the Nas tribute (link below), this time they pay homage to the infamous m-o-b-b! Tracklist after the jump! Word is the Get It album will be out next month!
“Some of Toronto’s finest beatmakers, Rich Kidd, Boi 1da, Mega Man, Team Soundsmith, & Northern Profit gathered yesterday nearby Scarborough Town Center to show love to each other and play each other’s favourite beats. Collectively, they have produced for the likes of Drake, G-Unit, Busta Rhymes, Rakim, Kardinal Offishall, Young Jeezy, Fabolous, K-Os, and Saukrates just to name a few. Watch as they select their favourite beats from each other; some already hit records, others yet to be released, all heateration.”
Looks like it was a DOPE event (shouts to Keezy on the footage!).
Off the “The Les-Kils EP” (a collaboration with producer Fresh Kils) comes the latest single from emcee More Or Less which also features Ghettosocks, Timbuktu & Uncle Fester.
If the extravagant emcee names don’t hint at it, this should be categorized under fun, light-hearted (but with a message) hip-hop ala Jurassic 5. Perfect for a nice Sunday evening just before the VMA’s.
From XXLmag.com! Shouts to 1da doing great things right now. They talk Drake, 1da’s desire to work with the Jonas brothers and everything in between. Peep the article below or click here to go to the page.
Drake isn’t the only star emerging from Toronto. T. Dot producer Boi-1da is steadily making a name for himself behind the boards—crafting noteworthy singles over the past 12 months, including Kardinal Offishal’s “Set It Off,” Drake’s “Best I Ever Had” and the monster collabo “Forever” featuring Drizzy, Kanye West, Lil Wayne and Eminem.
With a growing clientele that includes G-Unit, the Diplomats and Andre 3000, it looks like Boi (born Matthew Samuels) is just getting started. XXLMag.com recently caught up with the beatsmith to speak on his role on Dr. Dre’s mythical Detox project, his interest in the Jonas Brothers and his work on Drake’s highly anticipated debut, Thank Me Later.
XXLMag.com: I read that Drake is trying to come up with his own sound instead of using big name producers. You have definitely cemented your place as one as Drake’s signature producers. How many tracks have you done for the new album?
Boi-1da: Right now I have three that I know of. There are a lot of other beats that he likes. There is one that he wants to use and there are like a couple other beats. The thing is, [the way] Drake works is differently. He won’t write a song exactly when he gets the beat. He’ll want ‘til it comes to him and than after that he will write.
XXL: How many of those songs has he recorded already?
Boi-1da: One of them [he] recorded that’s finished and one of them he just said, “Yo, this has to go on my album.”
JD Era feat. Drake – Rock N Roll
J Staffz feat. Drew James & Ashley Carvalho – Can’t Say No
King Reign feat. Saukrates, Tona & Rich Kidd – Soaring To Heaven
Jay-Z feat. ALicia Keys – Empire State Of Mind
Kanye West feat. T-Pain – Good Life
Jay-Z – Thank You
Slum Village – Ez Up
Drake – Fear
Drake – The Winner
Mic Geronimo – Masta I.C.
Rich Kidd feat. Steve Jlin – Ridin’ Solo
hyperadmin | Audio,Music | Thursday, September 10th, 2009
Originally off Slakah’s“Soul Movement Vol.1” (in stores now!) and featuring hugely slept on Melanie Durrant, here’s a remix courtesy of Tone Mason (Whatup Melly!).
