Directed by Footage.

New music/visuals from Quanche feat. Kamikaze & Study Rider – “Loyalty”.

Previously: VIDEO: Quanche (Interview w/ HHC & SFA TV)

Why is this better than the original lol? Brrrraps when the “horns” come in haha! Via 1 Love T.O.! Talk about a way to make an introduction…

Mike Tompkins has been killing it lately! He’s originally from London, Ontario, but has been living in Toronto for some time now. He’s a 1-man-band, recreating songs entirely with his mouth. He not only beatboxes, but sings and creates unique sounds while covering popular songs like Rihanna’s “Only Girl” featuring our homie Shad!

Check out the video above, shot entirely in Toronto, with glimpses of the TTC, Yonge & Dundas Square and City Hall.

To see more of his music videos CLICK HERE.

DJ Menzee sits/stands with Glenn Lewis during a recent stop in London. They talk the usual plus get into the new album. It’s a two-parter so hit the jump for the other half.

Previously: NEW MUSIC: Glenn Lewis “Good One” (Prod. Dre & Vidal)

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It seems like every rapper smokes weed, but how many do you know distribute their own line of bongs? Alex Dimez dropped through the Royalty Radio studios to promote his recently released mixtape “2010″ AKA “20-Dimez” and talks about everything green.

Download his EP for free at http://handsolorecords.com/twentydimez/

Previous: VIDEO: Alex Dimez (Interview w/ The Come Up Show)

Previous: NEW VIDEO: Angerville feat. Alex Dimez “The Statement” (Directed by The Sharpshooter)

Previous: NEW VIDEO: Alex Dimez “All Out” (Directed by BonxX of Ryder Vision Films)

Dope. From the crew with one of the illest logos in hip-hop. Get caught up with them here: http://crownathornz.ca!

In the Lab with Crown A’ Thornz off an Amun Rah instrumental and the squad starts an Impromptu freestyle which becomes the vibe to a song. J Wyze and Kolor Brown go in on it and Eklipz captures the magic. Just a small sample of a great day of practicing for an upcoming show and creating music.

Previous: NEW VIDEO: Crown A’ Thornz – Hip Hop Revisited

Musically speaking this ain’t really my thing but I gotta show love to C4 who is making a name for himself as a producer who takes the extra time to make sure his sh*t is TIGHT. Case in point…this video took a year to make but the results are pretty sick! That last D-Sisive joint is durty too (shouts to Marc-Andre!).

I just released a project called Dirty Deeds ” Stupid People” with a video that I worked on in France with an animation / video production company called Flying V and Wizz Productions. The video has been getting a lot of playing in Europe in the last week, hitting 50K + views and blog love worldwide.  The music is a blend of a bunch of styles and the whole goal is to keep shit creative. I produced, wrote the lyrics and performed the male parts in this track. – C4

Previous: NEW VIDEO: D-Sisive “First Winter” (Directed by Marc Andre Debruyne)

Previous: NEW MUSIC: Choclair feat. David Bilsley “Waiting On You” (Prod. C4)

Entourage drops “Number 1” feat. Kyra.

Produced by Golden Tone.

Footage from Ronaldo‘s album release party last week at Revival. Way Past Love is available now! And don’t forget to vote for “I Won’t Budge” on The Megacity Countdown!

Previous: NEW VIDEO: Ron Dias feat. Nel “Stay Dreamin” (Directed by Brenda Ha & Wolf J)

Previous: NEW ALBUM: Ron Dias “Way Past Love”

Directed by Footage.

Thing about Belly is that because of his Palestinian roots he can actually pull off joints like this without it seeming/sounding forced. Nice produce from the Boi-1da also.

(Ty EDIT: This director is not our boy Footage …aka Rinku, Write Just Films; this is a completely different dude.. Salute!)

Last year Belly released his mixtape with DJ Smallz Back For the First Time, which built a huge buzz with songs like “Hot Girl” and “Make it Go“. Part of the tape was also a record titled “What a World” produced by Boi 1Da, which garnered some attention and posting online, but didn’t really create a massive buzz. Being that it was one of Belly’s favorite records, he decided to create the visuals for it and release it once again to the online audience. The video was directed by Footage and premiered on WSHH yesterday with rave reviews. The song will be also be featured in Belly’s upcoming mixtape titled Sleepless Nights. More info on that is to follow.

(Ty EDIT: Big shouts to Lola for coming thru with the dj packagery and clearing up the ‘Footage’ mystery, lol!)

Deejays you get the main, instrumental, 8 bar intro version and acapella. And just so you know, it’s only one verse so you’ll have to get creative, lol.

Belly – What A World (Prod. Boi-1da)

Belly – What A World (DJ Pack)

Previously: NEW VIDEO: Belly “I’m Ready” (Directed by Jordan Tower Films)

Kheaven drops a pretty valid critique on why hip-hop has struggled to expand creatively while maintaining its pop viability.

Follow him at his new twitter account where he’ll be dropping snippets from his upcoming “Black On Blonde” project.

More enlightened discourse after the jump!

Previously: NEW MUSIC: K-os feat. Saukrates & Ski “4,3,2,1″ (Remix)

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