Yep, it’s about that time of year again! Early bird Juno submissions are now open (it’s like $30 cheaper to submit before October 22nd)! Rappers and sangers get your ish together and do what you gotta do!
Impromptu catch up with Breezy after his what seems to be productive trip to L.A.
Luu, Boi-1da and hit Toronto producer T-Minus (Ludacris — “How Low”) flew to Los Angeles, California on a 2 week trip that consisted of meeting and being in the studio with Timbaland, Lady Gaga, Akon, Rock City, Lloyd, Stat Quo, Swizz Beatz, Polow Da Don, Petey Pablo, Tha Bizness (Young Money — “Every Girl”), Chase N. Chase (Lil Wayne/Eminem- “Drop The World”). Luu also recorded numerous songs at the Record Plant studios in L.A. produced by both Boi-1da and T-Minus that will be released at a yet to be determined date and project.
hyperadmin | Audio,Music | Tuesday, October 19th, 2010
Ron D links with Rich Kidd, Wolf J & O’Sound for “I Won’t Budge” – the latest single off his upcoming “Way Past Love” project which drops November 23rd 2010.
This is a new video from GSUS FAM. It is a commissioned collaboration for the clothing company GSUS (based out of the Netherlands) as part of a promotional audio compilation entitled, “GSUS Affair Compilation.” The track features some top-notch, Toronto-based talent such as PTRJON (of Let’s Go To War), Captain Hooks, Curtis Santiago, CYLENZ and the beautiful Ivana Santilli singing the hook. The video was also shot by Toronto-based director, Patrick Hepburn.
Another clip of 1da with RealTalkNY as he elaborates on the Kanye tweet thing, which went on to inspire another F*ck That! commentary from Req.
1da points to a pretty valid irony in hip-hop. Problem is too many producers use that irony as a crutch to justify their lack of creativity. I think both emulating previous styles AND calling out those that blatantly take from another artist’s style (no matter how good or bad they do it) are part of the natural balance and checks of the hip-hop culture. If you didn’t have emulation, there’d be no creative progression; but if you didn’t have the fear of being called out for biting, there’d be even more stagnancy in the genre.
hyperadmin | Audio,Music | Monday, October 18th, 2010
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Some newness from Element called “Courtney Love”. Originally entitled “Kat Stacks”, the name was changed after the kid received a nice little seize and desist order from the lady herself. Let’s see if Mrs. Kobain gets the legal itch. Personally I got nothing but love for the ‘name-the-song-after-a-female-that-has-little-to-do-with- the-lyrics’ trend but I say keep it CanCon. Why not call it “Serena Ryder” or “Melyssa Ford”, lol.