Miss Melanie breaks down her roots, growing up in Toronto, talks about her album The Bridge and more! Seen on 2DB!

From J. Staffz’s blog. If you missed it, peep “Can’t Say No” below too.

A few months back we had a session with Wiz Khalifa & Boogz Boogetz out in St. Catherines. This is one of the tracks we made. Looks like they got Yung Berg in on it as well.

J. Staffz works with SilverBridge Media (www.silverbridgemedia.com) producing music for major television networks such as MTV, Discovery Channel, Nickelodeon and VH1. Aside from that he has also produced for artists like Tony Yayo, 40 Glocc, Terminology, Wiz Khalifa, Yung Berg, Rochester, Melanie Durrant & MANY more.

Boogz Boogetz – Yung Rock Starz feat. Yung Berg & Wiz Khalifa (Prod. by J. Staffz)

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From RuTV via TRF!

The 2nd Installment in RUTv’s “Retrospective” series. In this webisode they talk to the legendary K-cut of Main Source.

Peep TRF’s Differently Still Guy (DSG) series for a more indepth convo with K-cut HERE!

Previously: NEW VIDEO – Dj X (RuTV)

Dope exclusive marketing idea complimented by one of hip-hop’s sickest logos! Get ’em before they’re gone…

Hit up JWyze (iandijwyze@gmail.com) or Eklipz (eklipzgrafix@aim.com) to copp!

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CreamWorldMagazine and iluvlola.net partnered up to bring you this exclusive behind the scenes footage of the video as well as an interview with P. Reign himself!

Follow P. Reign on twitter at www.twitter.com/preign and visit him on myspace at www.myspace.com/preign to listen to more music.

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Off OB4CL2 and produced by Toronto-based producer MoSS! MoSS is signed to DJ Premier’s label and has also recently completed an album with Eternia!

Check out MoSS on MySpace.

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Seen on TRF!

Frank Dukes talks about his work with 50 Cent and more! If you don’t know, Frank has also produced for Joell Ortiz, Styles P, and will be on the upcoming Masta Ace & EDO G. album, “Arts & Entertainemt (A&E)”.

Seen this on TRF! Think I seen Era too lol but shouts also to J. Robb, Stolen From Africa, Tone Mason, Ghetto Concept, Kid Kut and I think I saw Jaydahmann…..?

Toronto MC Spek Won collaborates with producer Lord Quest for a bangin joint and an even more impressive video. I really like the way this was shot, shouts to Hatch X of Long Field Films on a great job. Props to BrokenCool for putting me on as well! Saw some cameos from Rochester and if I’m not in need of an optometrist’s appointment, JD Era.

A lot could change between now and then but looks like this is the breakdown of the first single off Thank Me Later. Shouts to Omen and 40! From Billboard.com via RR!

Drake’s long-awaited debut, “Thank Me Later,” was recently pushed from a fall release to early 2010. But one of the album’s producers, Harlem-based Omen, says the Toronto MC is ready to release first single, “Shut It Down” featuring The Dream, in the coming weeks.

“We’re filming a video for it soon helmed by Hype Williams. The track will be serviced just a few weeks after,” Omen tells Billboard.com.

The song came about when Omen teamed up with Drake’s longtime musical collaborator, 40, and together they came up with the production. “I was working on some drum patterns and 40 had the melody going. 40 is very skilled and has a crazy ear for obscure sounds and chords,” says Omen. “It took us the whole night to come up with the track, but we finished it and played it for Drake the next day, who already had the song’s concept.”

The idea for the track, which Omen describes as a “Prince-like, powerful song,” is about “empowering females. Drake said he had a song idea called ‘Shut It Down’ aimed at club-going females. When they go out and they get dressed up and put their makeup on and get their hair done, they have the capacity to shut the club down,” Omen recalls.

The-Dream eventually got on the track; as of now, he has a verse and appears on the last two choruses and on the bridge.

But Omen’s working relationship with Drake started years before this track came into fruition. Omen, an up-and-coming producer then, met 40 in Toronto back in 2003 while working on Canadian artist Jellystone’s album. A few years later, during another visit to Canada, Omen was introduced to a new artist 40 was working with named Drake. “He told me he needed my insight on Drake’s direction,” says Omen. “I heard Drake, and immediately thought, ‘this kid is crazy!'”

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