GangStarr – Moment Of Truth
GangStarr – ALONGWAYTOGO
GangStarr – All 4 Tha Cash
Choclair feat. Guru & YLook – Bare Witness
GangStarr feat. Inspectah Deck – Above The Clouds
Guru feat. Chaka Khan – Watch What You Say
GangStarr feat. Freddie Foxx & Big Shug – The Militia
GangStarr – Work
GangStarr – Gotta Get Over (Large Professor Remix)
GangStarr feat. Nice & Smooth – DWYCK
GangStarr – The Man
GangStarr – Mostly The Voice
GangStarr – Take It Personal
GangStarr – Code Of The Streets
GangStarr – Just To Get A Rep
GangStarr – Now You’re Mine
Era gets on his hook duties and helps out Ottawa native Harvey Stripes with the follow-up single to “Material Girl” feat. Jay Vado. Joint’s called “Big Deal” and is produced by Beat Merchant. Shouts to the girl on the track who I have no idea who it is (I’m guessing Anaya Hayes) but she pretty much does as much as Era does (lol) but doesn’t get an official feature credit. Is that sexism? Anyways, don’t forget to vote for Harvey Stripes on The Megacity Countdown!
Fresh off his latest single and video “Material Girl”, Harvey Stripes flips his style and comes with a gritty street banger. From the jump, “Big Deal” hits hard with some dope production by Beat Merchant. The snare drums, along with what sounds like bongo drums in the background, are coupled with ominous tones that give Stripes the canvas on which he illustrates his bravado.
Given the title, this song is about Stripes telling the world about his skills and making them take notice. He shows his confidence with lines like “foamin at the mouth and you barkin at a big dog/all I’m about is a dolla dolla bill y’all”. And let’s not forget about JD Era lending his support to Stripes’ cause by contributing the hook, which only completes the message Stripes is trying to send.
It’s obvious that Stripes is comfortable in his skills as he prepares his album, featuring a lead single with R&B star Lloyd. If he stays on his grind, there’s no doubt that come the end of the year, he will be a “Big Deal”. – Sirmac
Famous is working on his next official project but in the meantime he’ll be putting out verses recorded over the past few months as part of a freestyle series called “Eat You On Your Own Sh*t”. Here’s the 2nd installment over the Dirty Money “Love Come Down” beat. If you missed the “Popular Demand” freestyle last week, it is below also.
That good sh*t. Tona and Adam Bomb from The 5th Letter Fam connect to pay homage to Biggie the right way. Oh yea, Rich Kidd kinda helped out too. This sh*t bangs and I’m only listening on iMac internal speaks. Can’t wait to get this in the whip.
hyperadmin | Artwork,Music | Tuesday, April 20th, 2010
For Immediate Release
Urbanology Magazine’s New Issue Highlights One of Canada’s
Most Sought-After Producers, Boi-1Da
Toronto, ON – Urbanology releases its latest issue this week with one of Canada’s most sought-after producers gracing the cover. After producing the Grammy-nominated single “Best I Ever Had”by Drake and the star-studded “Forever” featuring Kanye West, Lil Wayne Eminem and the aforementioned Drake, all of Matthew ‘Boi-1Da’ Samuels’ hard work is beginning to pay off.
His first feature in Urbanology was when he was only 17, five years ago, after being crowned champion of the Battle of the Beatmakers competition. This producer battle was an annual event sponsored by Urbanology, where the hottest producers in the city would come out and try to take the top spot. Boi-1Da went on to consecutively win this producers battle three more times, before taking the role of a judge.
After sitting down with Boi-1Da for the cover story, it was clear that despite his rapid growth to success, he still remains humble. He is a positive symbol in Canadian hip-hop and continually reiterates the message of always going after dreams and never giving up hope, the theme of this issue.
Also included in this issue is a feature on Bite TV’s Rhyming Chef, world champion beatboxer Scott Jackson and an in-depth feature on corporate Canada’s move to using the urban voice in marketing campaigns. Plus read all about how, after finding a new home in Canada, Death Row Records seems to have a chance at a resurrection
About Urbanology Magazine: For the past five years, Urbanology Magazine has been the leading Canadian hip-hop/urban lifestyle publication on newsstands across North America. Its focus on delivering content that matters surpasses any other magazine on the market today. Urbanology manages to touch on issues that really affect and relate to its readers, while still maintaining a mainstream edge. For more information please visit www.urbanologymag.com<http://www.urbanologymag.com>
Dope look for Boi-1da! The latest issue of Urbanology is available at newstands and stores across Canada and The U.S.!
hyperadmin | Music,Video | Tuesday, April 20th, 2010
Slakah drops visuals to the remix for “Enjoy Ya Self” off his Soul Movementalbum. No, Drizzy’s not in the video, but still dope concept and direction from RT!
Ro Dolla hops on the new Dirty Money joint “Hello Good Morning” feat. T.I. Don’t forget that you can keep up to date with all things Ro Dolla on his new podomatic site: rodolla.podomatic.com!
Crown A’ Thornz pay tribute to the music and culture with their new joint/video for “Hip Hop Revisited”. Shouts to member J Wyze who you can now vote for on The Megacity Countdown for his solo single “Mr. Lucky”.
Crown A’ Thornz ode to Hip Hop and the founders. New video by Store House Media Inc. Cameo by Michie Mee one of Hip Hop’s mavericks. Directed, produced, and edited by Leon Robinson for Storehouse Media Inc. Thanks to Mike Rita for sharing camera work responsibilities, to Knowledge Born for behind the scenes coverage, to Milton Lowe for being set photographer, and to the people who came out to be in the video and helped out in various ways.
Marcus Voyce drops another version to “Nobody Like You”. Word from Marcus is that there was some type of problem surrounding the beat of the original version (that we posted a few weeks back – below) so they just produced another version of the song all together. This one is produced by Chozen Williams.
