[Mixtape] Sep – Allergy Pills and Alcohol (Who Is Sep)

Posted this Toronto MC’s debut (?) mixtape ‘cos the “Dot City” video above feat. Brotha J was cool. Here’s the plug:

“Sep (or SepTo; the T.o. is for Toronto) has been a looming presence in T Dot’s music scene for quite some time. Honing his craft since childhood, guided and influenced by some of Toronto’s most significant contributors to Hip-Hop. Known for his aggressive lyrical style and subject matter, Sep has become a well-respected entity within Toronto’s urban scene.

Allergy Pills and Alcohol (also referred to as Who Is Sep) functions as Sep’s highly anticipated [ed note: really??!] first impression to the masses. Intended for release on May 29/11, Allergy Pills and Alcohol will feature artists like Sadat X, Rich Kidd, Grimace Love, Slakah the Beatchild, Black Cat and Korry Deez [of IRS], Wio-K and more. Features aside, following its release, Allergy Pills and Alcohol (Who Is Sep) will undoubtedly speak for itself.”

Download: Sep – Allergy Pills and Alcohol (Who Is Sep) [zshare]

[Event] TONIGHT in Toronto: Sound Battle Royale Kicks Off It’s Second Year!

Round One of Year Two of my homegirl, Tonika’s excellent beat battle series is here. Check it out tonight.

What is Sound Battle Royale?
“Sound Battle Royale is Toronto’s livest beat battle. We bring 32 producers together to compete in 4 rounds of live beat supremacy. Each round includes 3 challenges, flip and sample, remix and rock the house. The winner from each round go head to head in the finals at the end of the year. Check out last year’s recap here.”

DATE: Friday May 27, 2011
WHERE: Bread and Circus (299 Augusta Avenue, across from Supermarket)
TIME: Doors open at 10pm, Show starts at 11

PERFORMANCES BY: Adam Bomb (Freedom Writers) and Crossword MC

MUSIC BY: DJ Law (of Beatminerz Radio)
HOSTED BY: Junia T (Smash Brovaz)
JUDGING: Tone Mason, Rich Kidd and special guest Rodrigo Bascuñán (Founder/Editor, POUND Magazine)

CLICK HERE for more details.

Sound Battle Royale online – website | twitter | facebook | youtube

[DJ Mix] DJ M-Rock – The Best of A Tribe Called Quest

From the T.dot-based dude who brought you the great Best of Kanye DJ mix (and a Nate Dogg one too!):

“I’m the biggest Tribe fan so it brings me a lot of pleasure to drop this mix. I haven’t followed their solo acts much, but I watched them like a hawk growing up. In fact, the first piece of music I personally got my own hands on was their first album from the public library. I can talk all day about this group, its emotional for me in fact, because my fav. genre is hip-hop and after midnight marauders, hip-hop split into underground and pop, and I found both styles were trying too hard. Slum Village for example were so gangsta lyrically that it wasn’t believable, and on the other hand, Jay-Z was the same thing. Plus, hustling and bitches are not interesting (Tribe talk about women instead). Both Slum and Jay were hot but as for vibe and lyricism, I’m a lower-middle class kid and other than musical skill, I didn’t relate deeply to any of this shit. However, I did relate to Tribe. Tribe’s music is honest, it doesn’t have commercial appeal and it succeeded because these brothers were close and very gifted, far from the average. They got paid as a group and didn’t fight over cheques. When they started falling off, the beats got mathematical and sample-free, they went soft as they brought J-Dilla in, who’s ironically one of the rawest producers ever. I can even hear Tip mentioning his friends during Phife’s verse in “1nce again”, an ignorant thing on his part, a lack of chemistry that was all over the last 2 albums. I relate to all of this because I fell off as a tablist, wasn’t a team player myself towards the end of that phase in my career. With that in mind, this mix is none of those wacker moments, it’s the straight rawness of Tribe, the group that wrote classic verses on the bus (buggin’ out) or kept verses from their childhood (Tip wrote Bonita at 14). Go watch the movie, by the way, it’s incredible. This mixtape took 3 weeks which is why M-Rock Mondays have been nothing, and now that it’s done, I hope you all really enjoy it as much as I enjoyed making it.”

Sh-t’s INCREDIBLE!!! Check it out….

Download: mediafire | hulkshare | Soundowl

Hit the jump for the track list and more details.

[via DJ M-Rock]

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[MP3] Drake – Dreams Money Can Buy

Not much of a progression sound-wise since we last heard from Drizzy but this is a solid-ass tune. Those who hate on the kid will probably not be swayed by this, but maybe??!

MP3 stream (no download): Drake – Dreams Money Can Buy by Freshtronaut

[MP3] Big Sean – What Goes Around

I’m not much of a Big Sean fan but, unless I’m way out of it (and that’s more than possible nowadays!), this is a hit record! And NO I.D. did it?! He’s crossed over to the other side. Like when Hi-Tek started making records for Dr. Dre, The Game etc…

MP3 stream (no download): What Goes Around by Big Sean

[via NY Mag’s Vulture]