Archive for August, 2017
[MP3] Listen to Two Tracks from Nav and Metro Boomin’s Perfect Timing Album
Back in April, I had the honor of getting to attend, Rexdale, Toronto rapper-producer, Nav‘s debut performance, a hastily arranged warm-up at The Mod Club before his official debut show, festival or otherwise, at Coachella. No pressure! The sold-out show was interesting to say the least.
Like The Weeknd, to whose label Nav is signed, it’s hard to get past the rampant nihilism, self hate and casual misogyny in his music even when it’s wrapped up in such a catchy sounding musical package. The room was packed with kids, the vast majority of whom were 25 or under, mostly brown and Asian but a multi-cultural crowd. Nav is a very low key presence on stage that maybe wouldn’t work in a ‘traditional’ hip hop setting if you know what we mean by that (and if such a thing even exists any more). But it worked well enough for Nav or at least the audience didn’t seem to be bothered by it.
That being said, when he brought out Travis Scott as a surprise guest mid-way through his set, he kind of got blown off the stage by his guest! Scott’s energy was incredible and the audience, unsurprisingly, went bananas! Overall, Nav definitely still has some work to do to become a more compelling live performer, but if you want a sense which direction music & youth culture in Toronto are going to go over the course of the next part of the 21st century, even more so than Drake, what Nav’s doing might be the best representation or indication of it. To wit, he finally just dropped a long-rumored collab album project with fellow American super-producer, Metro Boomin‘ titled, Perfect Timing. “Hit” was the first single released from the album.
To see the rest of the pics from Nav’s performance at Mod Club, shot by Nadream 70, head to the Different Kitchen FB page HERE.
Three Years Later: THIS ONE GOES TO ELEVEN… the album Revisted
Three years ago yesterday, the THIS ONE GOES TO ELEVEN… album was released. You can listen to it by hitting play above.
As a couple folks noted on my Facebook, “This sh-t still knocks….” Read all about it HERE.
Artist interview bonus reading:
01. The Names Are Known
02. King Reign (R.I.P.)
03. Keita Juma
04. Brendan Philip
05. Noah Vinson (note: now known as Prince Wiser)
06. Joel. / Arthur Lewis
07. J.Nolan
08. Jai Nitai Lotus
09. Audego
10. Emay
11. Third Mind
12. DJ M-Rock (note: now known as 416 Maneesh)
13. Mickey Factz
[MP3 + Music Video] Majid Jordan – One I Want Feat. PARTYNEXTDOOR
Late pass on this but Majid Jordan and PARTY together??! Kind of a big deal…..
[MP3] Roy Woods – What Are You On?
OVO‘s been on a bit of a tear dropping a gang of new music to celebrate a momentous 8th edition of their annual OVO Fest. Here’s a new track from Roy Woods as part of that drop.