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[CONTEST] Win Tickets to see Teedra Moses Live in Toronto, May 10
Who says The Kitchen never hooks you up?? This is a good one! Wanna win a chance to see the cult soul singer, Teedra Moses live in Toronto for Canadian Music Week at The Main Ingredient party w/ the usual resident Djs (Mensa, Agile and Sean Sax) in support at Revival?
As I said when this show was announced, she is fan-f-cking-tastic live. The epitome of what soul music is, especially in an era where you hear everything but — ‘electronic’ soul, R&B that sounds like EDM and rappers singing more than singers — actual honest-to-goodness soul music. Trust me when I say, when you hear Teedra go at it live which is, honestly, the best way to experience her, she really makes you believe she lived it. This is grown woman business we talking about here, aight??!
Anyway, here’s how to win:
1. Follow me on twitter at @Stellaskid (so I can DM you in the event that you win) then
2. Tweet: “Hey @Stellaskid: I wanna go to the @CMW_Week @TeedraMoses show May 10 at The @TMIPARTY at @RevivalBarTO” [note: you do not need to include the quotes when you tweet your contest message]
I will select a winner at random on Friday May 9 at 12 noon who will be notified via DM on twitter (hence the necessity for you to follow me). In the meantime, check out this new track from Teedra, “All I Ever Wanted” sampling the Camp Lo classic, “Luchini”
[MP3] Future feat. Kanye West – I Won (M-Rock Edit feat. Mark Brathwaite)
Been a supporter of the homie, producer & DJ, DJ M-Rock for a while now. This is his latest remix production:
After one year of going from about 300 soundcloud listens to almost 200,000, I felt like I had to take things further this year. Even though my remix got talked about on CNN, I wanted to remix less and write original music but the problem is I don’t know any artists here who I think I’d click with musically and professionally.
I met for ten minutes with a local singer named Mark Brathwaite who I’ve never met before, and we immediately began recording, and it came out really dope! I wanted to remix a new Future ft Kanye song, and asked him if we could create our own original parts to replace Future in the song…Not a cover at all. The result is something that sounds like a forgotten old Motown record with Kanye in it, and it came out of total surprise from absolutely nothing. I mean, we were recording for hours and he hadn’t known my full name yet. It’s a little funny.
Mark has a PR team who follow certain people on Twitter, and after following me, I checked his music and reached out to him. He dropped by one day to talk, and after ten minutes, I played him something, and he immediately began singing. He hadn’t even known my real name yet, we haven’t even had a coffee or talked much.
The best part is we don’t have a single sample in the song. Even the chipmunk-esque vocals in the back, are Mark’s voice sped up to give it that College Dropout feel that’s been totally forgotten.
That’s when you know you have real talent!
Related:
Listen to M-Rock‘s Best of Nas mix HERE.
Previously on The Kitchen:
– Future feat. Kanye West – “I Won” (original version) [MP3]
[MP3] The Cookers Quintet – See You Next Thursday
A little classic sounding jazz from Toronto’s own, The Cookers Quintet‘s album, Volume One on Do Right Music ripped from Jamie Cullum’s jazz show on BBC Radio 2 on 04/24/14. The TCQ line-up as follows:
Ryan Oliver – Saxophone
Tim Hamel – Trumpet
Alex Coleman – Bass
Richard Whiteman – Piano
Morgan Childs – Drums
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[MP3] UGK feat. Outkast – Int’l Players Anthem (The Bo Jackson Remixes)
Nether of these new remixes of the Outkast-UGK southern hip-hop classic really top the original but they both have their pleasures. Big Jacks and Bozack Morris of Toronto’s Grand Groove DJs crew lay down the new interpretations lovely on the “Int’l Players Anthem (Big Jacks’ Remix Part II)” and “The Giddy Up (Bozack’s Int’l Players Anthem Remix)”:
Dig those? Download them via their soundcloud HERE.
[CONTEST] Win Tickets to See The Beatnuts Live at Rockpile West in Toronto TOMRROW (April 17)
4/17/14 UPDATE: the contest is now closed! Congrats to @lukefoxjukebox on winning the tickets for tonight’s show. Additional update, this show was postponed due to issues beyond the control of the promoters
Yet another in our series of great contests (and we have more coming). Wanna see the legendary crate digging intoxicated demons tomorrow night at Etobicoke’s Rockpile West? Follow me on twitter at @Stellaskid (so I can DM you in the event that you win) then tweet:
“Hey @Stellaskid: I wanna see at @TheRealBeatnuts TOMORROW (Apr. 17) at The @RockpileClub West in Toronto” [note: you do not need to include the quotes when you tweet your contest message]
I will select a winner at 12 noon EST Tomorrow. Want more info on the show? CLICK HERE. In the meantime, here’s a couple mixes featuring Beatnuts songs, productions and remixes to hold you down until tomorrow night’s show: