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
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
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 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
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 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
Date: November 14th Venue: Kool Haus Time: Doors at 9pm | Show at 10pm You can enter only once via one of the following entry methods: Follow Aesthetic Magazine on Twitter and RT the following message: Contest: (19+) Win 2 Tickets to TI’s (@Tip) “#Paperwork Tour” in #Toronto! | Follow @Aesthetic_Mag + RT | #hiphop | http://t.co/kQC0atkkN7 — Aesthetic … Continue reading
By: Daniel Gerichter (@ZenDonut) – “I felt like all this shit was always here, waitin for me” says Nas, recalling his first moments in the hallowed studio inside Columbia Records. That was where he would record one of hip-hop’s most beloved classics, Illmatic. The revival tour is nothing new these days. Everyone who had their heyday in the nineties has … Continue reading
Photos by: Chris Tanouye – Brooklyn-based rapper Joey Bada$$, who is expected to release his debut album, B4.Da.$$, this fall, which so far has spawned the single “Big Dusty”, and who co-founded the Brooklyn-based hip-hop collective Pro Era, performed at The Guvernment in Toronto last night with Dyemond Lewis, Nyck Caution, Kirk Knight, CJ Fly, and Brampton-based … Continue reading
Photos by: Alyssa Balistreri – Hip-hop artist J. Cole, who released his second album, Born Sinner, on June 18th, 2013, which features guest appearances from 50 Cent, Miguel, TLC, Jhene Aiko, Kendrick Lamar, and more, performed an intimate show at Roundhouse Park in downtown Toronto last night as part of Mountain Dew’s “Dew Tour AM Series” along with Toronto-based MC … Continue reading