After stealing the show at Calgary’s Rock the Bells last summer, TECH N9NE is making his return to Alberta in support of his recently released album K.O.D.
K.O.D. was released in October 2009, and in its first week of release it took over The Billboard Chart taking the #1 Indie Album, #2 Rap Album, #14 in Top 200, #16 iTunes Album Overall. With memorable features from Academy Award winners Three 6 Mafia, Strange affiliates Krizz Kaliko, Brotha Lynch Hung and Kutt Calhoun, K.O.D. allows TECH N9NE to paint the most vivid pictures he’s ever attempted. Powered by tracks like “Leave Me Alone” and “Show Me A God,” K.O.D. is a cathartic masterpiece offering his most personal songs yet. (more…)
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There was a 2 month long contest taking place HHAOE.ca (Hip Hop Artists Of Edmonton), in which the first 20 songs that were entered would go head to head with each other weekly in a tournament, to see who would be crowned Edmonton best song. Contestants would have to get their fans to register to the site, and comment on which song had their vote. When it was all said and done, one song was left standing: “Paranoia” by Edmonton MC/Producer Jae Maze
The song is about a character that’s driving through the streets in Edmonton while paranoid of getting pulled over by the police or getting caught up with enemies in the streets. Its a descriptive story track that paints a vivid picture to the listener, allowing them to feel like they’re actually the character in the story.
The track is produced by Hip Hop In The Park ‘09 Beat Battle Champion Joey Dats and is available for download here
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Brand new mixtape from Montreal’s Malicious sponsored by my man Kevin Nottingham featuring 16 joints, primarily produced Malicious himself, with some help from G.C., Gee Wiz, & Duotang Productions.
DOWNLOAD IT HERE!
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REL!G!ON – Pyramids (feat. Planet Asia & Jasiri)
Produced by Rel!g!on, from the album “Revelationz I” now available
Download (mp3 & wav):
REL!G!ON – Pyramids (feat. Planet Asia & Jasiri X) (Radio Edit)
REL!G!ON grew up in Ottawa listening to his father sing badly. His father would also play the organ but it wasn’t his Dad’s playing that fascinated him, it was the organ itself. What followed was a decade’s worth of guitar lessons, recitals and basement band jams with his teen rock group “Ardvark” which consisted of a lead singer, guitarist, bassist and a drummer who practiced on pillows. However, Ardvark was dead on arrival considering no one in the group knew how to play their instrument. The band folded and for REL!G!ON it was time to re evaluate his career options. He began skimming through his father’s old record collection and sampled records using an old Casio SK 1 keyboard with only two seconds of sample time. He would make beats and then write diss tracks about his high school classmates and play them for his friends at the school radio station over loud speakers. He grew tired of diss raps over cheap sounding beats and wanted to sound more like his early influences (Marley Marl, DJ Premier). It was time for the next step, which involved a producing partner who thought he was a vampire, an idiotic insurance scam and a rasta who stole their equipment. Somehow in the end they were left with a professional ASR-10 sampling keyboard and for REL!G!ON it was like winning the lottery.
Currently REL!G!ON is based in Vancouver,BC and working closely with Staten Island MC Ny Oil (aka Kool Kim of the UMC’s) on his next album “God Of War” and made several beats for Ny Oil’s Hood Treason album on Babygrande Records. He also works with Moka Only, Pittsburgh MC Jasiri X and Vancouver MC E.d.g.e. His album “Revelationz I” is his first compilation and features Planet Asia, Donny Goines, Chuck D, Ny Oil, J. Pinder, Jasiri X, E.d.ge., Shyheim, Lah Tere, Christian Tessier, Jenson Vaughan, Theory, Rhymists, Knolij, Emotionz, Moka Only and Heatwave. His beats are a blend of live playing and creative sampling and as most MC’s that work with him will testify “GET REL!G!ON”.
Plex performing “Better Days” with Rellik, Darp Malone and DJ Divinyl on APTN’s Rez Tunez. FEB 2010
D-Sisive hops on the remix to Saukrates‘ official single from his forthcoming album “Season One”. We also get a fiery new verse from Bigg Soxx! Big shouts to Melle of Tone Mason on the boards & my dude Michael on the linkage! DJ Packages on the way real soon.
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The Vancouver emcee brings you 6 new tracks all self produced on this brand new release. Regularly Scheduled Program is the 1st EP in the 8-EP “48 Laws Of Power” series.
Download here
be sure to check out his previous release, Superiority Complex
Scorsese & Ceaza Leon
The Write Brothers Mixtape
Coming April 23rd 2010
stay informed:
http://www.thataintwritebrothers.com/
ampliFLY SOUND presents…
DJ ROACH
(one of Edmontons OG underground HIPHOP DJs)
this kat is a most deff not to sleep on, one of your local boys EDMONTONS FINEST coming out to tear the roof down with his turnatblist skills from scratching,juggling,mixing you name it this man has the licenese to kill with turntables as his weapon of choice
NEW CITY LIKWID LOUNGE (101st jasper ave) UPSTAIRS
Cover (optional $1 to $100 or buy the DJ a drink this man is nasty and is gona put on a DOPE show)
18+
& OF COURSE alongside
ampliFLY SOUND DJs
CREEASIAN & BAD FAD
spinning the best of FUNK-SOUL-BREAKS-HIPHOP-REGGAE
domestic and highballs all under $5
