On Wednesday May 27th 2011 the world lost one of the most critical, significant voices in recent history. Gill Scott Heron was not only a poet, musician and cultural pioneer, but he was an artistic freedom fighter and aspiring revolutionary. His words were the soundtrack of the push for transformative change and African liberation. The sound of his voice will forever stir up imagery within us of the active resistance and self- determination synonymous with the Liberation movement of the 60’s and 70’s.
In this Gil Scott Heron tribute, appropriately titled ‘The Revolution will not be Televised’, Freedom Writers Frankie Payne and Tona offer lyrical wisdom, flow and timing placed in between excerpts from Gil Scott Heron’s classic original version. The track is produced and Big Sproxx who also directed the video.
Our hearts and minds go out to the family and friends of our fallen hero, as we wish them peace while they mourn his passing. His epic impact on life and culture will not be forgotten.
Toronto rapper Rich Kidd has been making a lot of noise the last couple years and he’s one of my favourite new cats in our scene. While Rich is our homie I decided to do a lil something unofficially with one of his big singles from 2010. What was once only heard exclusively on our radio shows is now available to the public. If you’re a fan of classic hip hop i’m sure you can catch the reference when you listen to the track. Check it out! – Big Jacks
Btw…shouts to Ritchie for murking his performance at The Stylus Awards on Monday. It’s about to get really real for dude really soon. Shouts to me for intentionally using alliteration in that sentence.
hyperadmin | Audio,Music | Thursday, June 2nd, 2011
The U.K.’s Juliette links up with Toronto’s Aka Subliminal and veteran producer, musician and writer Herb Middleton (Mary, Usher, Total – and also co-wrote one of my favorite Bobby Brown records) for “Energy”. This is a snippet so deejays interested in grabbing the full record need to hit up the contacts listed below.
hyperadmin | Audio,Music | Wednesday, June 1st, 2011
Fresh off his impressive performance at the Stylus Awards on Monday, Richie lets off “Don’t Sleep On Me”, which first dropped last year but is getting its official push now with accompanying visuals on the way. If you did sleep on it when it first dropped – grab it now courtesy of 2DB!
