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Photos: Schoolboy Q @ Sound Academy

Photos by: Victoria Charko (@victoriacharko) – Los Angeles-based hip-hop artist Schoolboy Q, who released his third album, Oxymoron, on February 25th, 2014 via Top Dawg/Interscope, which featured collaborations with  Kendrick Lamar, ASAP Rocky, Tyler, The Creator, 2 Chainz, Jay Rock, and Kurupt, among others, performed at the Sound Academy in Toronto on November 21st.  

Photos: Buck 65 @ The Danforth Music Hall

Photos by: Angelo Marchini (@El_Pollo_Lokito) – Canadian alternative hip-hop artist Buck 65, who released his new album, Neverlove, on September 30th, 2014 via Warner Music Canada, which was inspired by his divorce with his now ex-wife, and who released a more lighthearted album called Laundromat Boogie on September 29th, 2014 via Bandcamp, performed at The Danforth Music Hall … Continue reading →

Contest: (19+) Win 2 Tickets to Run The Jewels in Toronto!

  Date: November 26th | Doors at 7pm | Show at 8pm Venue: The Danforth Music Hall Openers: Ratking, Despot You can enter only once via one of the following entry methods: Follow Aesthetic Magazine on Twitter and tweet the following message: (19+) Win 2 Tickets to Run The Jewels (@runjewels) in #Toronto! | Follow @Aesthetic_Mag + RT | @FoolsGoldRecs | http://t.co/M89ptzlUAt … Continue reading →

Photos: TI @ Kool Haus

Photos by: Matt Klopot – Grammy Award-nominated hip-hop artist TI, who released his ninth album, Paperwork, on October 21st, 2014 via Columbia/Grand Hustle, which spawned three singles including, “About the Money”, and “No Mediocre”, and featured an array of guest appearances including, Chris Brown, Iggy Azalea, Rick Ross, Usher, and Pharrell Williams, performed at Kool Haus in Toronto last night in support of … Continue reading →

Photos: Watsky, Kyle, Anderson Paak @ The Danforth Music Hall

Photos by: Lauren Garbutt – San Francisco-based rapper Watsky, who released his third album, All You Can Do, on August 12th, 2014 via Steel Wool Media/Welk Music Group, which features the singles “Whoa Whoa Whoa”, “Ink Don’t Bleed”, “Right Now”, and the title track, performed at The Danforth Music Hall in Toronto last night with … Continue reading →

Contest: (19+) Win 2 Tickets to Buck 65 in Toronto!

  Date: November 21st | Doors at 7pm | Show at 8pm Venue: The Danforth Music Hall You can enter only once via one of the following entry methods: Follow Aesthetic Magazine on Twitter and tweet the following message: Contest: (19+) Win 2 Tickets to @Buck65 at @TheDanforthMH in #Toronto! | Follow @Aesthetic_Mag + RT | #hiphop | http://t.co/3LlxecpnLy — … Continue reading →

Album Review: Ryan Hemsworth Looks Inward with “Alone for the First Time”

By: Laura Beaulne-Stuebing –       Ryan Hemsworth is literally all over the map as a non-stop touring musician, and in that same breath,: his music is not easily pinned down either and have largely been experiments in fuzzy basement hip-hop, producing underground rap, and championing his own sound. Being an artist in the EDM world … Continue reading →

Photos: Brother Ali, Bambu, MaLLy @ Tattoo Toronto

Photos by: Victoria Charko (@Vanilla_Rx) – Acclaimed hip-hop artist Brother Ali, who released his fifth album, Mourning in America and Dreaming in Color, on September 18th, 2012 via Rhymesayers Entertainment, which was produced by Jake One (50 Cent, Drake, Chance The Rapper, Wiz Khalifa), performed at Tattoo Toronto in Toronto last night with Los Angeles-based rapper … Continue reading →

Album Review: Run The Jewels – “RTJ2”

By: Daniel Gerichter (@ZenDonut) –     For a genre so packed with lone-wolf machismo, the best pal dynamic is at its strongest in hip-hop. From Dr. Dre and Eminem to the more recent Jay Z and Kanye West bond, some artists bring out the best in each other. For all its acrid violence and pinpointed rage, … Continue reading →

Photos: Black Milk, King Reign, Azad Right @ Tattoo Toronto

Photos by: Victoria Charko (@Vanilla_Rx) – Detroit-based MC/Producer Black Milk, who released his seventh album, If There’s a Hell Below, on October 28th, 2014 via Computer Ugly, which includes guest appearances by Blu, Bun B, Pete Rock, Gene Obey, Ab, and Random Axe members Sean Price & Guilty Simpson, performed at Tattoo Toronto in Toronto on October 23rd with Toronto-based rapper King Reign, and … Continue reading →