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Photos by: Raymond Ahner (@photoray) – The 2016 Art of Rap Festival on July 24th at the Warfield in San Francisco featured performances by Public Enemy, who released their thirteenth album, Man Plans God Laughs, on July 16th, 2015 via Spitdigital, Ice-T, who released a new album with heavy metal band Bodycount titled Manslaughter on June 10th, … Continue reading
Photos by Josh Moody (@openlatedotorg) – Hip-Hop artist Anderson Paak, who released his second album, Malibu, on January 15th, 2016 via EMPIRE, performed at the Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto on July 22nd.
By: Lucy Sky – T his year alone, Vancouver’s own SonReal crossed Canada with Classified, is now going through the U.S. playing a sold out tour with Jon Bellion, and has recorded a new EP, which is set to drop on August 12th. The forthcoming The Name EP is definitely a SonReal album, in that it has … Continue reading
By: Emmett Robinson Smith – It’s refreshing – and at times jarring – to listen to Schoolboy Q in the context of his peers. His vivid observations and nasty braggadocio make his realism and immediacy contrast the likes of Kendrick Lamar, who deals largely in metaphor, and Drake, who postures as the god of … Continue reading
Photos by: Steven Shepherd – Day one of the 2016 Pemberton Music Festival on July 14 featured performances by iconic rapper Snoop Dogg, who released his fourteenth album, Coolaid, on July 1st, 2016 via eOne, which featured guest appearances by Too $hort, Swizz Beatz, Jeremih, Wiz Khalifa, Trick Trick, E-40, Jazze Pha, Suga Free and October London, among others, hip-hop duo Rae Sremmurd, hip-hop group Cypress Hill, and … Continue reading
Photos by: Dan Fischer – Acclaimed Canadian rapper Shad, who released his fourth album, Flying Colours, on October 15th, 2013 via Black Box, and who is the host of popular radio show Q on CBC Radio, replacing Jian Ghomeshi, performed at the Mod Club in Toronto last night with Hamilton-based hip-hop artist Emay, who released his newest song, “Israfil … Continue reading
By: Staff – Minneapolis hip-hop duo Atmosphere have announced their seventh studio album Fishing Blues, out August 12th on Rhymesayers. Pre-order the album here. Producer Ant and lyricist/rapper Slug have been making music together as Atmosphere for over 20 years and have managed to continually tweak and strive to perfect their formula, while neither straying too far off their path, nor resorting to playing it safe and … Continue reading
Photos by: Amy Buck – Los Angeles-based hip-hop artist Schoolboy Q, who will release his fourth album, Blank Face, on July 8th via Top Dawg/Interscope, which will follow up his released his 2014 album, Oxymoron, performed at the Port Lands in Toronto on June 17th as part of NXNE 2016 with rapper Ghostface Killah, who is best known … Continue reading
Photos by: Stephan Ordonez – Hip-hop duo Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, who released their second album, This Unruly Mess I’ve Made, on February 26th, 2016 via Macklemore LLC, which featured the singles “Downtown” featuring Eric Nally, Melle Mel, Kool Moe Dee, and Grandmaster Caz, and “White Privilege II” featuring Jamila Woods, performed at Echo Beach in Toronto last night.
By: Staff – Danny Brown is back with a brand new song, “When It Rain”. Watch the video below. On making the song “When It Rain”, Brown said, “When I first heard the beat it reminded me of one of those old ghetto tech instrumentals we’ll be like jittin to, you know what I’m saying, at the house parties and stuff. … Continue reading
