Welcome to the adventures of the incredible accomplishments of Boi-1da. Congrats amigo! Peep the two Billboard articles below for all the details.
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Previous: VIDEO: Boi-1da Interview on MuchMusic
SICK look for Eternia. Her grind is crazy! Really happy to see things falling into place for her. Here she sits down with one of the world’s biggest/most influential websites to talk about her new project with MoSS and much more. At Last June 29th! Oh, and if you’re in the NYC area this Saturday be sure to go wish E a Happy Birthday at her official Bday Jam. Here’s all the event info!
“People ask me all the time is it hard to be that honest or raw or whatever. And my answer is no. I think it’s actually really hard for people who have to be one thing on record and another thing in real life. That is hard. That takes work. That can cause people to have a mental breakdown.”
Eternia is far from crazy. She’s actually so sane it can make listening to her music rather uncomfortable. Her unflinching, documentary-style raps pull no punches in the ‘reality rap’ department. Refreshingly, this multi-faceted artist’s version of the truth encompasses the life of a performer and a human being. If the hard-hitting confessionals found on It’s Called Life and the mixtape Get Caught Up were a preview of Eternia’s evolution, her fifth full-length, At Last, due out June 29th, will elevate her status Stateside with hip-hop fans.
Produced by fellow Canadian, MoSS, At Last is the culmination of two years of recording between Canada and New York City with some of hip-hop’s finest including Rah Digga and Joell Ortiz. Though she’d been indirectly introduced to MoSS’ work by her label Fat Beats in 2005, circa his production of “Kilos” on Ghostface‘s Fishscale, it took a fortuitous gig as the opener for Marco Polo on tour for Eternia to know MoSS should helm her next album. MoSS said ‘he saw a whole album in his head’ after watching Eternia perform and the rest is history. But with Eternia, it’s no surprise that she came to the same conclusion in her own time, in her own way.
Previous: VIDEO: Eternia & MoSS – It’s Funny (rmx) feat. Ras Kass (Behind The Scenes)
The Stylus DJ Awards are literally right around the corner. Gonna be a great night + weekend full of activities (including our event Sunday night at MOD Club!!!). Performers for the actual awards show were announced yesterday, here’s the official press release! More under the hood.
Stylus DJ Awards & Spinfest presented by Marc Ecko Watches
Performers Announced for 2010 Stylus DJ Awards 5th Anniversary Show
Monday May 31st 2010The Stylus Group is proud to return with the 2010 Stylus DJ Awards. Celebrating their 5th anniversary, The Stylus DJ Awards presented by Marc Ecko Watches will unify the country’s most influential DJs, artists, and industry tastemakers from across Canada for an evening of recognition honouring our country’s biggest DJs. After four incredible sold out years, this award show has quickly become the must-attend “hip” event of the year.
The Stylus DJ Awards will be take place at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre at the Canadian National Exhibition Grounds on Monday, May 31st, 2010 at 8:00 pm. The star-studded show will feature some of Canada’s biggest selling recording artists, and a sneak peak at tomorrow’s emerging talent. The highly anticipated event has continued to grow with an expected attendance of over 1,300 guests.
This year’s host will be rising star & renown comedian Trixx (currently seen on Much Music’s Video on Trial and featured worldwide in the Yuk Yuk’s International Stand Up Comedy Series).
The evenings performance’s for this year’s award show include; award winning CP recording artist Belly, producer, songwriter and EMI recording star Karl Wolf, exciting, new hip hop duo A Game, emerging R&B sensation Trish and a special tribute performance to the life and music of Guru and Gangstarr featuring some of Canada’s finest hip hop MC’s.
Smart likkle viral promo idea from the kid. Simple yet effective as the visuals from the trailer really compliment the song and vice versa. The trailer is for a documentary called Babies which recently screened in Toronto and is getting a lot of buzz in the “awww they’re so cute” world. The track is off the Goddess Girl project but if you missed it the first time, MP3 is below! You can also buy on iTunes!
Take a listen to my new single “How It’s Gotta Be” feat. Kim Davis. I felt the footage represented in these visuals give meaning to the feel of the song so I decided to combine the 2. – Famous
DOWNLOAD: Famous – How It’s Gotta Be feat. Kim Davis (Prod. by Burd & Keyz)
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Take a look behind the scenes as well as at the show itself when Erik Flowchild headlined at MOD Club May 6th! Flowchild is gearing up for his release The Delivery Boy! Sleeping on Erik thus far (smh)? Peep the links below to get caught up.
Previous: NEW MUSIC: Erik Flowchild “What Up”
Previous: MIXTAPE: Erik Flowchild – The Chixtape
Previous: Erik Flowchild – Over Here (VIDEO)
Promise is getting his leak game on with a joint called “HIStory” featuring Peter Katz and produced by Colin Munroe.
Just doing some spring cleaning and leaking a bunch of music before summer. Came across this joint I did years ago produced by Colin Munroe featuring my boy Peter Katz (Curve/Sony) who’s CD release is actually coming up!
Date: Friday, May 14, 2010
Time: 7:30pm – 11:00pm
Location: The Music Gallery
Street: 197 John Street
City/Town: Toronto, ON
DOWNLOAD: Promise – HIStory feat. Peter Katz (Prod. by Colin Munroe)
Seen on HHC!
Mz Chawlz takes a musical breather (so to speak) with The Wonderfuls before taking the stage for her What? What! What?! EP Release Party @ Revival last Saturday. Sick!
Previously: VIDEO: Tanika Charles “The Silly Happy Wild Sessions” (Part1) (Directed by Mark Valino)
From Qtv!
Here’s the full video of K’naan’s chop-up with “Q’s” Jian Ghomeshi. They talk about pretty much everything under the sun – the success of Wavin’ Flag and why he changed the lyrics for the Coca-cola version, to the idea of a good producer being able to ‘speak different languages’ and whether he considers his music political. It’s almost a full hour so grab a beverage – a mauby or a malta (Carib of course) – and enjoy!
P.S. Wavin Flag’s been #1 in like TEN different countries.. Talk about having REAL bragging rights to put in a verse, lol!
Previously: VIDEO: K’naan – Wavin’ Flag Live on Sound Opinions (In-Studio)
Directed by Jake Nava.
Is it possible for anyone living in Toronto to not be aware of this song?
Already an OTA Live! future classic, this is a great example of how easily Noah “40” Shebib’s sound & Drizzy’s writing translate with raw R&B (Alicia Keys’ vocals are sooo perfect for this type of production). I hope they do more work in the genre. Vibe-wise this initially reminded me of “Making Love In The Rain” (Herb, Lisa & Janet) and “Funny How Time Flies” (Janet) – two classic urban mood music pieces – but now with the video out I definitely appreciate the message she chose to associate with the lyrics.
This is R&B being comfortable in it’s own skin and we need more of it.
Simply put: a beautiful piece of work with hometown beginnings and visuals to make it potentially more timeless.
Not exactly sure what to call this but the self-proclaimed rookies of the year have put together 8 tagged snippets of some new beats they’ve been working on and have zipped ’em together in one nice likkle package. This can either just be for your listening enjoyment or artists, yes these are for sale (as far as I know). Yo Burd, do I get a commission??? Anyways, here’s some more info:
Fresh off their trip to LA for the ASCAP – I Am Music Expo, production duo Burd & Keyz have been on a rampage as of late working with several artists in the city, corporate projects as well as artists in the U.S. With acclaimed work for artists like Famous (Goddess Girl: The Soundtrack), Luu Breeze (“Stick Up 4 Love Pt. 2“), Rochester, and more, the two have decided to drop a brief 8 track instrumental CD for your enjoyment.
DOWNLOAD: Burd & Keyz – Beats Demo
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