Official EP from Y. Shaws. Features Kim Davis, T. Ana Cole, Darryl Riley and more. Production by Boi-1da, Nineteen 85 and more! Tracklist under the hood!

DOWNLOAD: Young Shaws – Music On The Wall EP

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Maestro chops it up with CTV News about his new book Stick To Your Vision which is available now! Another great accomplishment for one of the Godfathers of Canadian Hip-Hop! Couldn’t embed the video so just click below to watch!

Also, we’re doing a special edition of OTA Talk this Tuesday night on OTA Live with Maestro live in the studio!

Wes William says his new book ‘Stick to Your Vision’ is part self help and part memoir. Williams also says he decided to write this book to thank those who have inspired him through out all the years.

WATCH INTERVIEW HERE

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Possibly 2 leaks off of Drake‘s upcoming R&B Mixtape?

DOWNLOAD: Drake – “What If I Kissed You”

DOWNLOAD: Drake – “Messages From You”

Visuals for that new Chiznock!

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Koolaid from the mighty Soundsmith production team drops his debut mixtape / album (whatever you wanna call it!). The project is produced entirely by him and features Luu Breeze, Richie Sosa, Alias Donmillion, 20 B-LO, Lindo P, QP, LP. Show Stephens and more! Full tracklist after the jump! And shouts to Mr. KNIA and CMP Studios for the link!

Of course, the Koolaid produced “Oh Girl” by Luu Breeze feat. Show Stephens is currently blazing up The Megacity Countdown. Don’t forget to vote daily here!

DOWNLOAD: Koolaid Tha Rebel – Reign Supreme

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Sick footage from Rich Kidd‘s Vol. 4 release party courtesy of Mobb Media. Also, peep under the hood for another clip of the night courtesy of HHC / Bring Ya Eh Game!

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By Jonathon “Bizz” Brown

“Winnipeg I want you to put your hands in the air,” says DJ Dames Nellas while opening for Busta Rhymes in August 2009. “If you got five fingers, close the index, close the ring, close the pinky, keep the thumb and the motherfuckin’ middle finger in the air. Throw that shit around like this and raise that shit as high as you fuckin’ can. And when I say ‘fuck you,’ I want you to say ‘fuck you’ right back. Alright? Yo Winnipeg, FUCK YOU. (Crowd) FUCK YOU. Yo Winnipeg, FUCK YOU. (Crowd) FUCK YOU. Yo Winnipeg, FUCK YOUUU,” yells DJ Dames Nellas before sliding into Pharaohe Monch’s 2007 banger “Fuck You.”

It’s a rumbling start to the Busta tour and my first real glimpse of Nellas’ crowd control and creativity. In a weird way, such a bold, to the point chant mirrors the young DJs recent moves and overall demeanour. He’s from Toronto, but its not that he’s a hater. He just speaks when he means to with assertive, defiantly confident tones.

Coming out of relative obscurity in 2008, Nellas now anchors Off Da Tracks Radio Monday nights on 88.1 in Toornto, has released three mixtapes, toured Canada three times and become Peter Jackson’s show DJ. With a rising profile, “The Official DJ” kicked off the Slaugtherhouse/Pharoahe Monch tour only a month after he was inside an SUV that flipped five times on icy roads while on tour with Tech N9ne.

“I look at [the glass] half full more times to be like ‘ya we crashed but you know what? Straight up everybody’s ok,’” says Nellas. “I’m not going to be like ‘oh my god we all nearly died!’ Because real talk, I didn’t think I was going to die in that situation. But that’s just me though. I’m pretty sure Duxx and PJ (Peter Jackson) thought they were going to die ‘cause they were in the front seat… I was just more or less shocked. Everybody realized what happened, I was just shocked like ‘damn the tour is over! And we in the middle of fuckin’ nowhere and its snowing right now!’ I didn’t have no jacket, I had a sweater on and that’s it.”

But this tour, Nellas didn’t have to worry about anything but spinning because he accompanied Slaughterhouse and Pharoahe Monch on the tour bus. While he had the luxuries of the bus, this particular tour tested his will, covering twice as many dates as both previous tours. He points out the first time he was on the road, last August, he was overwhelmed by the experience and didn’t want to miss a moment no matter how tired he was. The second time, just as the dog days of the tour began, the car flipped and the tour ended for the crew. But now he was travelling with over a dozen people who he just met, in a tight tour bus.

“It’ll just take its toll and have people acting different,” says Nellas of life on the road. “If you can deal with that, then you can live and be on the road. I personally can deal with that. Obviously you stress out about certain things but at the end of the day you realize ‘I’m on the road, ain’t too much I can do about it.’ So you just gotta remember why you’re on the road every single day. I’m not on the road trying to be a celebrity and front. I’m trying to make connections, I’m trying to work, trying to get people to take my CDs. So if you can deal with certain things in that aspect, if you know how to balance your stress out the road can be a place for anybody.”

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Do I really need to explain? lol. Shouts to Trixx on the mic and Burd & Keyz on the beat! RIP Keyz. Famous‘ iAm Famous iPhone App is available free now in the App Store!

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Junia-T (one half of Smash Brovaz) kicks some knowledge during the T.O. to BK trip a few weeks back. Shouts to Manifesto for putting it all together (and it’s getting closer to that time of year again…def anticipating this year’s Manifesto festival!).

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You saw the making of this joint, now hold that heat… if you can. Big shouts to Frank Dukes  for continuing to pad the resume with the ill collaborations (50 Cent, Styles P, Joell Ortiz, AZ, Cory Gunz, Masta Ace, Edo G., etc.)  and rep T.O. in a major way.

DOWNLOAD: Ghostface Killah – Purified Thought (Prod. by Frank Dukes)

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