Shouts to Brock for whipping together this graphic before the show! If you missed OTA Live on Tuesday night, here is the audio from OTA Talk with our guests Jester, Bryan Brock from 1LoveTO.com and Ro’Shine and Flo from TOFLO.com. This was our 2009 wrap-up show where we cover our picks for Album Of The Year, Local Artist Of The Year, Video Of The Year and more! Video coming soon courtesy of Write Just Films!!!

OTA Talk on OTA Live (January 5th, 2010)
w/ Jester, Bryan Brock (1LoveTO.com) & TOFLO.com
(Update) Full show: http://usershare.net/3astzzd6surf

Clip 01: http://usershare.net/5bovies492nm
In this clip we introduce our panel of guests!

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We start the show with the panel’s picks for the most memorable moment of 2009.

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In clip 3 we get into the panel’s picks for International Album Of The Year and talk about the relevancy of full albums in 2010.

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In this clip we give our choices for Video Of The Year (which also opened the door for Worst Video Of The Year choices lol) and we give Drake his unanimous props as International Artist Of The Year.

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The conversation shifts to talk about the impact blogs (and the Internet as a whole) are having on the Toronto infrastructure as well as the exporting of our culture and music. Shouts to the local ambassadors!

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In clip 6 of our 2009 wrap-up show we wrap-up the blog talk and touch on the monster that is Twitter. Is Twitter being used to it’s max potential when it comes to being a delivery method for artists and their music?

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In clip 7 we get into our favorite subject, Toronto. Find out our picks for Local Album Of The Year and Local Video Of The Year.

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To wrap up the show we talk Local R&B and Hip-Hop Songs Of The Year, Local Artist To Look For In 2010, Local Producer Of The Year and Local Artist Of The Year!

Previous: NEWS: Jester, 1LoveTO.com & TOFLO.com on OTA Live Tonight (2009 Year In Review)

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Halifax’s Quake (Team Offense) goes in on Drake’s “Fear”.

Not bad, at all.

New tape featuring MTL’s finest! Souts to EscapeMTL on the linkage. Hosted by Don Smooth and mixed by DJ Critical Hype! Tracklist under the hood. Here’s the details:

This time around I think we have a classic on our hands, with music from all over the city from Magnum 357, Sans Pression, Bad News Brown, i.Blast, Milli Millz, Narcy, mUgz, D-Shade, Dialekt, Hindu Kush, Mr. Bits, Boy6lue and so many more… as well as top notch production from Dirtwork, C4 and Theory Beatz for example. The product this time around is off the chain. I won’t say anymore except for sending a thanks to all of the artists who submitted their music as well as everyone who helped and had patience with me from DJ Critical Hype, Don Smooth & Nick Fury, Moe Arora, Labnoise, 514 Smoke, Dirtwork, C4 Entertainment, Revolver Muzik Records  and everyone and anyone I may have forgot.

It’s going to be a big year in 2010 for Montreal, let’s hope we finally get the shine we deserve. Track-listing and download links follow…

DOWNLOAD: EscapeMTL.ca presents Mont Real Vol. 2 – Real City’s Finest

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We are releasing this collector’s edition, which features new artwork by Pixel Pusher, along with the video version of “Don’t Die” (which has 88-Keys on the song instead of critically acclaimed lyricist Talib Kweli.) As well as a limited edition composition of “Don’t Die” that features both Talib Kweli and 88-Keys on it (along w/ Colin Munroe & Bun B of course.) Download this now, because soon it will be gone forever.

Get it HERE!

Previously: Video: Beatnick & K-Salaam – Don’t Die feat. Bun B, 88-Keys & Colin Munroe

From 1LL via 2DB!

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New Belly off the Back For The First Time Mixtape.

Produced by Boi-1da.

Kardinal Offishall – We Gon’ Go feat. Darryl Riley
OTA Vintage: Nas – It Ain’t Hard To Tell
Sade – Soldier Of Love
UBX: New Edition – Cool It Now
UBX: Bobby Brown – Roni
UBX: Bobby Brown – Every Little Step
Megacity Classic: Dan-E-O – Dear Hip Hop
Megacity Sleeper: Darryl Riley – Freedom

THE MEGACITY COUNTDOWN (January 5th, 2010)
10. Spek Won – Hip-Life (NEW)
9. Famous – I Wanna Know your Name feat. Oh! (​-1)
8. K’naan – Wavin’ Flag (​+1)
7. Belly – Hot Girl feat. Snoop Dogg (​-3)
6. Saukrates – Hot Like The Summer feat. Andreena Mill (​+1)
5. Ayah – In My Lifetime (​+1)
4. Luu Breeze – Stick Up For Love Pt. 2 (​+1)
3. Melanie Fiona – It Kills Me (​0​)
2. k-os – I Wish I Knew Natalie Portman feat. Saukrates & Nelly Furtado (​0)
1. Aion Clarke – Do You Right (​0)

*OTA Talk w/ Jester, 1LoveTO.com & TOFLO.com*

Join us tonight on OTA Live for another exciting edition of OTA Talk! Tonight we welcome Jester, 1LoveTO.com and TOFLO.com into the FLOW studios to talk all things 2009 including our picks for Album Of The Year, Song Of The Year, Artist Of The Year and more. If you don’t know about OTA Talk check out www.muchmusic.com/otalive for past shows!

OTA Talk on OTA Live!
2009 Year In Review feat. Jester, 1LoveTO.com & TOFLO.com
January 5th, 2010
10-1am. Talk starts at Midnight.
www.flow935.com to listen live online!

Technology at its best. Shouts to BigMouthsOnline for videotaping the live stream lol! Era talks T-Dot, Drizzy and does what he does best…destroys some musical compositions with lyrical murkeration (i.e. freestyles after the jump).

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It’s a new decade people. Times are changing. And the feeling in our city, Toronto, is at an all time high. We got Drake sweeping the galaxy, Rich Kidd finally getting the exposure he deserves, and Kardinal is carrying the torch on. I know I wasn’t that loud in 2009, but I did release this mixtape with my boy DJ Dlux. It features some new and old material that was never released. Since the response was a success, I now offer it as a free download.

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Previously: New Music: Bishop Brigante feat. Kinsmuv “Money Train”