Archive for October, 2014
[MP3 + Instagram Video] Listen to Three Tracks From Tory Lanez’s Lost Cause Mixtape
I won’t lie: I kind of missed the recent ascent of local, Tdot rapper, Tory Lanez (update correction: no, I didn’t) but I caught him at his North American tour final homecoming date at The Drake Underground this past Sunday and quickly got up to speed with his Lost Cause mixtape, which the tour was for, in advance of that.
NOW mag may not have been a tad underwhelmed by the show but I, on the other hand, was pretty impressed (or at least I was with the last 4-5 songs I managed to catch). It’s hard to dismiss a show where an artist has as much control over the audience as I saw Lanez command. As I said on twitter, Lanez seems to have taken Drizzy’s creative template and actually might out-Drake Drake with it.
The tracks above come from Lost Cause. Dig them? Check out the entire Lost Cause mixtape on the Kitchen Facebook page HERE. Between this and the Sean Leon show I caught at The Hoxton, I feel pretty good about the odds of Toronto at keeping a post-Drake stranglehold on hip-hop dominance for the next while. #the6ix
Hit the jump for two more Instagram video clips from Tory’s show Sunday at The Drake Underground including one of him crowd surfing!
[MP3] Drake – How About Now
Leak track from Drake‘s forthcoming next album, Views From the 6? (Although I’m pretty sure that is some fan artwork above, not official??) I’d love to meet the woman that inspired this song though. Every time the internets finds these women Drake talks about I am singularly unimpressed and I remember why I don’t really connect with his music the way most of his vast number of fans do. I identify with so little of what he talks about in his life. Then again, I guess this one went to law school so maybe this time will be different? Decent enough song though, word to Jodeci…
[MP3] Chance The Rapper & The Social Experiment – No Better Blues
Chance, you mad? Tell ’em why you mad, son!
[via The Rap Up]
[MP3] Keita Juma – Gold Mind
Latest track from local Toronto MC/Producer, Keita Juma‘s forthcoming Chaos Theory EP. Good stuff as always.
And ICYMI, check out his amazing track, “YRWEONTHISBEACH?” from the This One Goes To Eleven… compilation right over HERE.
Also previously on The Kitchen:
– Keita Juma – Ancient Body Language [MP3]
[MP3 + Event] Sean Leon Opening for Kaytranada at The Hoxton in Toronto TONIGHT
Cats know I’ve been talking this kid up since I discovered him a few months back. He’s part of a new wave of MC from #the6ix (as the kids call the T.dot nowadays) making some real noise in the city and far beyond. This should be a really good show tonight. CLICK HERE for more details on the show.
Sean Leon – Hot N*gga Part 2 (Hol’ Up It’s Coming)
Sean Leon – Mauivelli
Dig those two tracks? Then check out Tory Lanez‘ entire Lost Cause mixtape, which is pretty f-cking good, right HERE.