[Video] Support The 8th Annual Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival

CLICK HERE for more details and then hit the jump for a video featuring headliner, Busta Rhymes previewing his plans for BHF. As the team over at Brooklyn Bodega put it, “We knew it was going to be good but after not being able to play Summer Jam we think Busta is gonna tear it down on July 14th.”

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[Event] The Hill & The Sky Heroes – 11:11 CD Release Party is TONIGHT (June 11) at The Drake Underground in Toronto

CLICK HERE for more details. Why should you care about this? Band leader, Hill Kourkoutis is part of The Weeknd‘s live band that tore it down in his debut show at The Mod Club in Toronto. And yes the CD, whose release is being celebrated this evening does have the exact same name as a spoken word EP by AfraKaRen I posted a few months back here at The Kitchen for you more eagle-eyed readers. Weird….

Dig what you hear though? Then hit the jump for two more tracks and a link to stream the entire album.

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[Videos] Stylus DJ Awards – Cityonmyback Cyphers

I know I’m a little late posting these but no matter, I know most of y’all from outside the Dot ain’t seen these yet (or if you have, good on you!). These were some cyphers put together and shot for the Stylus DJ Awards, the biggest and best known ‘urban’ music award show in Canada that celebrates all aspects of DJ culture from mixtapes and mixshows spanning the top DJ-related genres from hip hop, house and R&B to dubstep, electro and techno. These are some of the best up-and-coming MCs and rappers in Canada. Drop a note to let us know what you think of them, aight?

The first one features Tona, D-Sisive, Adam Bomb, Rich Kidd:

BEAT: Concrete Mob – Boiling Point

The second Toronto cypher features Sese, Jelly Too Fly, Raheem, Raz Fresco:

BEAT: Saukrates – Father Time

Final one featuring Shi Wisdom, Blake Carrington, Devon Tracy, The 6th Letter:

BEAT: Marvel – Throw This Ball

Cypher video production credits:
Shot by: Jordan Oram
Edited by: Zac Facts
Cypher DJ: DJ Law
Special thanks to Axel Villamil and Onyx Barbers

[via City On My Back]

[Music Video] Killer Mike – Big Beast feat. Bun B, T.I., Trouble, & El-P (Viewer Advisory)

EPIC video and timely! Bonus MP3 if you missed from the last time:

MP3 Download: Killer Mike – Big Beast (feat. Bun B, T.I. & Trouble)

[via Ramos]

[News] The Nike Air Yeezy 2 Sneakers to be Sold via Raffle in Toronto!

As seen in Metro paper this morning! Also via The Star:

Yo, it won’t be easy to get the Yeezy.

Only three stores in Toronto will be getting the $300 men’s shoe and all are offering it only through raffle, not on site. Livestock on Spadina Ave., Capsule shoes on Yorkville Ave. and Nike Toronto on Bloor St. W. have been deluged for weeks with calls about the shoes.

CLICK HERE to read more.