Throwback Music: Kaya feat. Eternia – On Blast

This is from three years ago but I just got up on this song from rapper, Eternia’s singing sister from Cityonmyback.com. I’m kind of hustling backwards here but check out her newer video for the song, “Fake It” after the jump….

Previously on The Kitchen: Jessica Kaya – Heavy feat. Rich Kidd.

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Former Toronto Police Officer Claims He’s Not Racist for Wearing Blackface Halloween Costume…

While leashed to a noose held by his friend costumed as a Ku Klux Klansman! Let that sink in a for a minute while you also look at the photo above taken at the Halloween party they attended….

“”I don’t believe in the KKK. It was a Halloween mistake is what it was,” Terry Nunn told Toronto radio station AM640. The former Toronto police officer says people from work are asking him what he was thinking.”

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BTW: Nunn was Toronto’s Police Officer of the Year in 1981.

Read more:

– The Globe and Mail

– Global Toronto

New Music: Keys N Krates – Almost 39 Minutes (Mixtape)

Keys N Krates‘ is a Toronto-based three-piece formed by DJ Jr Flo (of the Eh Team DJ’s) on turntables, Matisse on keys and Adam Tune on drums who pioneered the concept of real-time, live remixing of original tracks and ‘cultural anthems’ using turntables, samplers and musical instruments. They just released their their new mixtape, Almost 39 Minutes in follow-up to last year’s Live Re-Mixing 101 project.

Almost 39 Minutes is a continuous mix of classic hits from Aaliyah to Michael Jackson merged with new beats and musical influences from Drake to James Brown. Check it:

Then hit the jump for the track listing for Almost 39 Minutes and dates on Keys N Krates ongoing North American tour. (more…)

New Music: Kardinal Offishall – The Anthem

FIYA – T.dot: stand up!!!

[via samhdot / 1 Love T.O.]

Music Video: Karen Jules – Jonny

Know nothing about this new T.dot soul singer, Karen Jules but here’s a plug I swiped from 1vibe.net who originally posted this video:

“About Karen Jules – a Christian Artist with a musician’s heart. A writer,addressing the world we live in through eyes that know that God is real. Done with a voice that can speak to hearts, simply by its sound, even without the words. Her first experimentation with music was as a hip hop inspired poet and rapper driven by the socially reflective wordplay of the second golden era of 1990’s hip hop. While her love for thoughtful lyrics would stay with her, it was her singing voice that would prove to be her gift. Along the way Karen discovered lyrics and melodies which reached more deeply into her heart, bringing listeners into her prayer closet– ultimately resonating with their own personal experiences in powerful ways. Comfortable over a variety of sounds, Karen brings questions about AIDS and gun violence, stories of friendship and disappointment in relationships, and the presence of God’s light and touch of destiny in all of us over a backdrop which ranges from jazzy instrumental to head-nodding soul, and even house. With more songs written then she has time to record, Karen is now carefully selecting the pieces that she will share with the world.”

She’s got a bit of a Jill Scott, Chrisette Michelle thing going on, no? I digs though….

[1vibe.net via City on my Back]