Now this is great. I don’t want to go all crazy and proclaim this the greatest Mother/Son rap collabo ever, but it has to be in the mix. I kid of course, Abdominal’s wonderful mother is the only Mom I can even recall being on a track outside of Hov’s mom, never mind actually rapping.(…)
Canadian Hip Hop
The Antiheroes – Modern Day Riot
Last week when I was bellyaching about not having any time to post on the hill (first world problems, etc), I mentioned that there were albums I’d been meaning to post on for a while, and Modern Day Riot from The Antiheroes was certainly one of the ones I was referring to. I’ve tried to(…)
Quake Matthews – We Can Do Better
We can do better. When it comes to the state of modern hip hop, I think you’d find more people who believe such a statement to be true, versus the opposite viewpoint. So we can do better, but do we really want to? When it comes right down to it, it’s the ignorant, guns+money+swag+drugs+misogyny rap(…)
Pigeon Hole – Chimp Blood
Time, we have none of it! As an addendum to the Ack’s post from the other day I’m putting up this drive-by of a post to extoll the virtues of Vancouver duo Pigeon Hole and their latest record Chimp Blood. Like everyone else, my workload is ever-increasing and on the homefront we’re continuing our quest(…)
Hannah Georgas – Enemies (Muneshine Remix)
Are we the only music site to have reviewed albums from both Muneshine and Hannah Georgas? After doing exactly zero research on this question, I’m going to go ahead and say yes, yes we are. So a Muneshine remix of a Hannah Georgas song is the kind of thing that fits squarely in our wheelhouse,(…)
Ambition – Man Of The Year
Ambition. Yes, every modern MC has this in abundance. Just look at all those “Rise & Grind” tweets, I mean they wouldn’t tweet such a thing if they weren’t getting up and getting after it, right? That’s great, but what is it that most modern rappers are striving for? Money? Fame? Many unflattering tattoos? A(…)
DL Incognito – Super
Lists are fun; pretty much everyone loves a good list. But no one loves a list like music sites, who use the things to generate “controversy” and fuel their hit habit, love a list. So it’s no surprise to see a site like CBC Music jump into the fray with their recent, completely arbitrary, list(…)
The Antiheroes – I’m Ghost
I’m ghost, I’m gone. If you’re still hanging around here and reading the hill on a semi-regular basis, you’d be forgiven for thinking that brief quote above, from The Antiheroes latest video I’m Ghost, describes my feelings for current hip hop. This is indeed true from time to time, but not on the whole. Believe(…)
Sean One – Jack Nicholson
UGH, I’m in a weird spot with the hip hop right now my friends. Like any rap-loving oldster I continually lament the quality of the music in the days of yore, but I seem to have a visceral aversion to the current brand of sneering, talentless, trap/tumblr type rap that we’re being sent on the(…)
The Caravan – What Up Steve?
I’ll be honest with you, reviewing submissions for a blog-type music site such as ours is simultaneously inspiring and dispiriting as old hell. Don’t get me wrong, even with the stuff I absolutely hate, I still mostly feel honoured when someone takes the time to send us the art they’ve sweated & slaved over with(…)
