Toronto Jazz/Hip-Hop fusion legends BADBADNOTGOOD rocked out to a sold out crowd at The Drake this past Saturday (with the stunning aide of Leland Whitty on the sax), alongside other acts such as Shigeto, Motem, and Itzsoweezee. The boys commenced their set with epic crowd pleasing renditions of “Flashing Lights”, and Tyler the Creator’s “Bastard”,...
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by Addi “Mindbender” Stewart - Toronto has been recently blessed with a few unbelievably divine trips down memory lane this in this amazing past summer of 2012. And as a fellow “real-life documentarian of hip hop culture” (word to Talib Kweli), and not as much of a traditional journalist or popularity-seeking blogger trying to get...
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by Addi “Mindbender” Stewart - Toronto has been recently blessed with a few unbelievably divine trips down memory lane this in this amazing past summer of 2012. And as a fellow “real-life documentarian of hip hop culture” (word to Talib Kweli), and not as much of a traditional journalist or popularity-seeking blogger trying to get...
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This past Monday night, I went down to Revival Bar on College to check out a JERU THE DAMAJA show. I got there a little early, and they also started a little late so I immersed myself in the bar, and listened closely to the DJ’s cuts. DJ XPLISIT did not disappoint, playing nothing but...
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Something special happened on Friday night at Revival. Something unimaginably special. A once-in-a-lifetime alignment of stars and planets, sounds and people, soul and perseverance, that created a memory destined to echo in hearts and minds of all for ages. For those who didn’t know, the 5th anniversary of Hip Hop Karaoke happened at Revival,...
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Legendary lyricist AZ hit up the great white north in December 2011, ending off the year with a bang at St. Catherines’ Red Hot Chilli Pepper. The New York rap veteran performed fan favourites off his classic 1994 album Doe or Die, as well as tracks off the Firm’s 1997 release The Album. SOSA also...
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JAY-Z and KANYE WEST came to the ACC on November 23 and 24th for WATCH THE THRONE Toronto. Swiff LaRoc sounds off on the highlights of the evening. The doors opened at 7:30 but it wouldn’t be til 9:15 that the show actually started. Keep in mind there was no music or opening act...
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Legendary Queensbridge emcee NASTY NAS got a feel for the York State of Mind late September when he paid a visit to the university’s Keele campus to rock the mic with special guest DJ and hypeman, renowned producer PETE ROCK. The concert, open to all college and university students in the city of Toronto, took place Friday...
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