Currently #5 in the city on The Megacity Countdown (get your vote on daily), here’s the DJ Pack (main and instrumental only) for Harvey Stripes‘ joint “Material Girl” feat. Jay Vado (produced by Beat Merchant). If you haven’t seen the video starring the incomparable Anaya Hayes peep that below too.
Here is the DJ Pack for Harvey Stripes new single “Material Girl” featuring Jay Vado, produced by Beat Merchant. Look out for Harvey Stripes’ new single featuring Lloyd dropping in late April.
New Erik Flowchild called “What Up”. Look for the “Delivery Boy” project to drop real soon.
Ironically this pic was shot on the exact day, at the exact moment KRS-One was supposed to be on OTA Live for an OTA Talk interview. And if you were able to zoom out of this pic, you would’ve seen me standing there just shaking my head in disbelief. I had left OTA Live (which was already on the air) and spent an hour trying to convince his people that if he didn’t show up there would be a lot of disappointed listeners; but it just wasn’t gonna happen.
As I stood there watching The Teacher peep Flowchild on the mic I realized, you can schedule a b-boy for an interview, but sometimes you just can’t take the b-boy out of the cypher. A very surreal moment (lol).
A-Trak is not an uncommon name in this crazy music industry. We all know this humble story of this Montreal-er – a multiple DMC Champion handpicked by Kanye West to be his touring DJ, co-founder of Fool’s Gold Records, a pioneer in this electro dance scene, an avid twitter-er, a renowned hotel reviewer and the list goes on. EIKNARF and Asian Dan in collaboration with Media Contender & KLOUD had the opportunity to be invited into Alain’s apartment/studio to get a candid view into how he got to where he is, what it took to get there and where he is going. djatrak.com
hyperadmin | Music,Video | Saturday, March 27th, 2010
JD Era performing the sickest 1:35 of straight club crack music I’ve heard all year. The synergy between him and Beat Merchant is so evident on the “Th1RT3EN” mixtape.
I swear this song (just like Tona’s “See Me In Ya City”, which ironically also features Era) does not get the attention it deserves (smh).
Die-Rek (Derek Jordan) grew up in Scarborough, Ontario during a time when the borough was defining what hip-hop now is to its culture.
He emerged as a part of the group “Young and Hard Hitting” (1993-1995), and then transitioned to a solo artist role, going by the name “Unique Stylz”. During the mid-90’s, Die-Rek connected with some other crews in Scarborough who possessed the same passion for Hip-Hop music -Lyrical Coalition, MVP, and The Horde, better known as Toronto’s own “The Mighty Monolith”. Die-Rek played the background, but remained supportive at shows and live events. He continues on a similar path today as seasoned lyricist and producer Die-Rek.
Staying true to his underground roots in 2005, Die-Rek realeased his debut 12″inch single “Questions”, with the B side “Come Alive” which was distributed by one of the top record pools in America, “Heavyweights” home of DJ Babu, Strong Arm Steady and Truly OdD. The single was spun internationally in the U.K., Germany, the West Indies and cities Los Angeles, New York and all across Canada.
In 2006 Die-Rek’s exposure reached newsstands and received press in the Toronto Star as the featured artist in an article revolving around “Positive Hip Hop”.
At present Die-Rek is steadily performing at local and international shows and building his production catalogue. Steady grinding with an unwavering commitment to family, community and holding on to what’s real. Die-Rek is keeping it moving, featuring on multiple local productions and getting ready for the highly anticipated release of his debut album coming late spring/early summer.
Eternia spoke to HiphopDX during her time at SXSW. She talks the new record deal, working with Moss, what the new album sounds like and why Toronto has ALWAYS had dope artists.
