New music produced and performed by Ayo Leilani who’s part of the Toronto collective 88 Days Of Fortune (which includes KJ, Spek Won, Brendan Philip, Wolf J and The OBGMs).

A nice minimalist approach with nods to the early 90s house/late 90s broken beat eras.

Listen to and download it @ http://ayoleilani.bandcamp.com/

Video coming soon! In the meantime here’s the audio from OTA Talk last week with our guests JD Era, Andreena Mill and A-Game.

Part 01: http://www.zshare.net/audio/76810451d09b6a59
We introduce our guests Andreena Mill, JD Era and A-Game. Find out how to tell the twins apart and what our guests think about the progress the city has made in the past year.

Part 02: http://www.zshare.net/audio/76810516a49c2c6c
In this clip we talk about A-Game’s influences as well as their style and sound.

Part 03: http://www.zshare.net/audio/768105696508fd86
Era talks about the music and promo behind his latest mixtape Th1rt3en and breaks down his relationship with producer Beat Merchant. Also, we talk about whether Toronto artists need to move to the U.S. to “make it”.

Part 04: http://www.zshare.net/audio/7681061519d3af8e
Does A-Game tweet about being on the toilet? Thankfully not. Twitter talk in Part 04. We also chop it up with Andreena about the double standard between men and women when it comes to song lyrics.

Part 05: http://www.zshare.net/audio/7681067615ee3d6f
In this clip, Andreena touches on the writing and recording for her hit “Picture Perfect” and we talk with the panel about the writing process in general as well as the difference between being an artist and a business man/woman.

Part 06: http://www.zshare.net/audio/768107298cf1ef81
Find out how our guests tackle the live stage. A-Game talk about their new video for “Airplanes” and the music video creation process in general. And we find out what’s next for Andreena, Era and A-Game.

TSOL is available now!!! Simple little viral video Shad did with The National Post. One mic, one rapper. What else do you need?

Canadian Hip Hop Artist Shad visits The National Post to record two a cappella tracks from his latest release, TSOL. TSOL is currently sitting at #2 on iTunes Canada. In an age where music is shared so freely, we wanted to THANK YOU for supporting Shad’s new record in such a big way. We’ve also been getting a ton of support from the Canadian press which we’re extremely thankful for as well.  Here is a piece that the National Post did with Shad last week.

Previous: NEW VIDEO: Shad feat. Lisa Lobsinger “Rose Garden” (Directed by HotDogGarbage)

Great night at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre Monday night! Big shouts to all the nominees (the categories were really tight competitively speaking) and of course to the winners. Here are some of the categories or check www.stylusgroup.ca for a full list of the winners!

R&B Single of the Year: Melanie Fiona – It Kills Me
Hip-Hop Single of the Year: Drake – Best I Ever Had
Producer of the Year: Boi-1da (Drake – Best I Ever Had)
Radio Mixshow DJ of the Year: P-Plus
Mixtape of the Year: DJ Wristpect
Club DJ of the Year: Ill Kidz
Female DJ of the Year: DJ Lissa Monet

Via TRF! Another solid feature appearance from Colin Munroe off Pill’s new DJ Drama-assisted The Overdose mixtape. Joint’s produced by Colin also!

DOWNLOAD: Pill – No Time For Sleep feat. Colin Munroe (Prod. by Colin Munroe)

Slakah, Tingsek & Ebrahim perform “War Within” @ Lula Lounge.

Please believe this song is siiick!

Previously: NEW MUSIC: Slakah The Beatchild feat. Ebrahim & Tingsek “War Within” (Prod. Slakah The Beatchild)

Via TRF! Can’t front…Stylus weekend had us so busy that we def had to slack a bit on the blog posts. All good. Today we’re back to normal! Here’s a couple joints off Virginia native Nickelus F’s new mixtape featuring some head-cracking T.O. production from Rich Kidd and Burd & Keyz. IF you’re not familiar with Nickelus F, he was one of the first artists to work with Drizzy back in the day so has always had a strong T.O. connection.

DOWNLOAD: Nickelus F – Season Premiere (Prod. by Rich Kidd)

DOWNLOAD: Nickelus F – World Renowned (Prod. by Burd & Keyz)

Directed by Hank Devos.

T-West drops visuals for “Black Kid/City Life” off his latest mixtape “Maybe It’s Okay”.

Lyrically, it doesn’t get any truer than this. Keep killin’ em Mr. West!

Previously: MIXTAPE: T-West “Maybe It’s Okay” (Mixed by Dj Gutta & Live The Dream)

Via TOFLO! Slum Village hooks up with Colin Munroe for a new joint called “Faster” off their new and upcoming project, Villa Manifesto EP. Nice joint!

DOWNLOAD: Slum Village – Faster feat. Colin Munroe

Luu Breeze – Oh Girl feat. Show Stephens
OTA Vintage: Camp Lo – Lucini
DJ Agile feat. Liya – Focused
UBX: A Tribe Called Quest – Can I Kick It
UBX: A Tribe Called Quest – Steve Biko
UBX: A Tribe Called Quest – Stressed Out (rmx) feat. Raphael Saadiq & Faith Evans
Megacity Classic: Monolith – Bye D’ Plenty
Megacity Sleeper: Black Chrome – Ball Bounces

THE MEGACITY COUNTDOWN (June 1st, 2010)
10. Show Stephens – So Amazing (NEW)
9. Theo 3 – How I Flow Pt. 2 feat. Tona & Andreena Mill (0)
8. Tanika Charles – Silly, Happy, Wild (NEW)
7. Rochester – One Night feat. Daniel Daley (+1)
6. Ray Robinson – Just 4 Tha Nite (0)
5. P. Reign – In My Hood (0)
4. Drake – Over (-2)
3. A-Game – Airplanes (0)
2. Drake – Find Your Love (+2)
1. Melanie Fiona – Ay Yo (0)

THE BURN
King Reign feat. Saukrates & Kardinal Offishall – Money
Theo 3 – It’s Theo
Shad – Rose Garden
Shad – Keep Shining
Shad – A Good Name
Shad – I Don’t Like To
Shad feat. Relic The Oddity – We Are The Ones
Nas – One Love
Rich Kidd – Don’t Sleep On Me
D’angelo feat. Redman & Method Man – Left & Right
Smash Brovaz feat. Rich Kidd & Lord Quest – Shut Up

Spek Won – 2nd Chances