No, he’s not Latino but some of the talent is! Congrats to Mewa!!! This is the dude responsible for the Famous videos “Ain’t No Use“, “A Kid Tryna Make It“, “I’m Here” and “4th Biggest City” as well as Tona’s “Major” and the soon to be released 2nd version of “Fast Pace”! Moral of the story…don’t butt in line at Starbucks. From Mewa himself:
THE CONTRACT is heading to NYC July 31 – Aug 01! The short film directed by David F. Mewa has been invited to HBO’s 10th Annual New York International Latino Film Festival (NYILFF). It screens 2 nights at this prestigious festival celebrating Latin American’s in film. Big shout to Producer Ana Trinidad, co-stars Alexis DeLaRosa and Amanda Michaels and the talented writer Kevin Wynter. If you haven’t seen it already join us for 2 nights in lower Manhattan or watch the new festival cut online…
Big shouts to the Freqs!!! This is part of their New North series. Basically they bring in 4 guests over a period of 4 weeks then get all four together to bless a track. Dope idea! Heateration 101 came out a while back but now that it’s available on iTunes we’re getting this behind the scenes look which is pretty dope! The next track should be coming out soon too. Looking forward to it!
Cameos from Mellenius, Famous, Theo 3, Arcee, Grimace Luv and more!
“If your release party is better than your record…that’s a problem!” lol. THE FREQS!!!
“A look at the state of the Canadian Hip-Hop scene in the late 1990’s. Features interviews with Maestro, Michee Mee, DJ X, SCAM, Choclair, Monolith and more”
“Northern Touch” is one of the first Canadian Hip-hop docs I remember seeing as a come-up 90’s kid (don’t even remember how or where I saw it).
In retrospect it’s a pretty good gauge of how far we’ve come and still have to go.
There’s something funny about Death Row now being owned by a Toronto-based company lol. All good. Was wondering what they were gonna do with all the material left over from rap’s biggest empire (as it says in the pic – apparently only 10% of everything they did ever came to market). My guess is that it’s because Dr. Dre was a perfectionist and the other 90% is trash (well, the music at least. I’m sure the video and picture content will be cool to see) but we’ll find out. Here’s the first look at what the company is planning:
TORONTO July 27, 2009 – This, September 1, 2009, WIDEawake Death Row Entertainment will finally open its vault and launch a Special Collector’s Edition of music, video, interview and promotional material entitled The Chronic Re Lit & From The Vault. WIDEawake Death Row Records is giving the fans – unreleased songs from the Death Row vault to celebrate the phenomena of West Coast Rap and honor one of the most influential producers of our time – Dr. Dre.
New music from King Reign! This is the follow up to his “The Audacity of Hope” single that had T.O. buzzin’ a few months back. Rich Kidd on production one more time and featuring Bigg Soxx and Tona. This is my shiiiiiiiit!
King Reign – Soarin’ to Heaven feat. Saukrates, Tona & Rich Kidd
When you think of Africa, you will no-doubtably think about the poverty, civil wars, and the AIDS epidemic. Although that is not what the heart of Africa is all about, it is the reality in many regions (although sometimes hyper-sensitized and convoluted by the media). To me Africa means a lot of things. I come from a community of displaced African people, but still we carry forward a culture rich and strong, just like the vibrancy of all my brothers and sisters from the various parts of the continent. (more…)
Paying tribute to a fallen musician is always so tricky but the Toronto Love Jay shirts capture the city’s love for J Dilla beautifully. I def need to cop one of these! The shirts have been recently re-released thanks to IRIS’ 2-year anniversary. J Dilla R.I.P. More pics after the jump!
This is the first official look off Mosaic Music’s Trifecta Project. Talked to Soze on Saturday and they’re definitely going hard with the whole project. Oh, and shouts to Sharpshooter on the casting! QUINN!!!!
