I must admit I’m not familiar with The Procussions actual music. I’ve heard the name mentioned plenty of times, usually in fairly reverential terms by underground hip hop enthusiasts. I’ve also heard a number of songs from 1/2 of the group, Mr J. Medeiros (even reviewing him back in aught-seven) and I’m vaguely familiar with(…)
This here video is the epitome of Friday Fun – Shad’s new video for It Ain’t Over, his Lenny Kravitz-sampling gem from his last EP, the fantastic Melancholy and the Infinite Shadness. As you no doubt remember, that EP was chock full of jams that pulled from 90′s classics, so it’s only right that Shad(…)
This here post would normally be a perfect candidate to be prefixed with the “Friday Fun” moniker, but the great title Shad has given his latest EP/album is a little too long to make that possible. No worries though, because once you give your ear holes the chance to hear Shad kicking the ballistics over(…)
I think it’s safe to say we’re all (“all” in this case being us here at the hill and the handful of dedicated and truly intelligent folks who read our ramblings) eagerly awaiting a new record from Shad. Unfortunately I have no news, only the assumption that Shad is working dilegently on new material,(…)
New music from the Godfather of Canadian hip hop (Question: does Wes have that phrase TM’d yet? He should), well that’s Friday at it’s funnest for sure. Granted I thought of saving these songs for the next edition of the Rap-Sack Backpack, which is named for and inspired by Maestro himself, but I couldn’t wait.(…)
It’s been a few months since we’ve posted an edition of the Rap-Sack Backpack, our Maestro-inspired rundown of the recent Canadian hip hop singles, videos and other such things that we’re sent. But what better time for the Rap-Sack Backpack to return than on the day after CBC Radio’s Hip Hop Summit show, which featured(…)
