[MP3 + Music Video] Listen to Tracks from D.O.’s Forthcoming Down Home Album

Thanks to D.O. for lacing me with his latest album, Down Home when I bumped into him at the Slakah the Beatchild album release event last week. The five tracks (including the video for the intro track, “Still In It”) and the rest of the album were produced by Canadian MC, Classified. D.O.’s comment about his goals with this album: “I think this album is important because its about the Black Canadian experience. Not sure how much Canadian music has ever touched on that.” Not sure either but I’m curious to peep his take on that concept. The title track in particular gets deep into this concept although that last line in the second verse gets an “eh yo!”

Fun side note: D.O. and his collab partner on “Never Gets Old”, the OG Godfather of Canadian hip-hop, Maestro Fresh Wes are both motivational book authors. Check out their books here: Stay Driven (D.O. Gibson) | Stick to Your Vision (Wes Williams aka Maestro Fresh Wes)

Down Home will be in stores next week (4.22.14).

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[MP3 + Music Video] Spek Won – Salaam Seclorum

This actually dropped a while ago but I never got around to posting it but saw the homie performing at Slakah the Beatchild‘s Soul Movement 2 album release event last night so decided to rectify that stat. Video is the third and final part of Spek’s Sofa King Tokyo series and the track is from his forthcoming Sofa King Amazing album. Here’s the erst of the relevant credits since he posted them on his YouTube:

Video Credits
Directed by: Mark Valino
Video Produced by: Giles Monette

Song Credits:
Written & Performed by: Spek Won
Producer: Nick Wisdom
Additional Vocals: Leisha Cameron and Adria Kain
Mixed by: Guzo Lou

[VIDEO PREMIERE] The Names Are Known – Another 1ne Of Those Nights / CLOSE2U / GET UP

We teased the trailer for this last week, now here goes the first look at the full three songs-in-one video for The Names Are Known’s “Another 1ne Of Those Nights”, “CLOSE2U” and “GET UP” from their excellent J. Dilla/Detroit hip-hop-inspired mixtape album, J(N)AMES (note: we sneak premiered this on the Tumblr last night. You should follow us over there, lots of good stuff that we don’t put up on the blog). Production credits for the videos as follow:

Another 1ne Of Those Nights
Produced by Junia-T
Featuring Phoenix Pagliacci
Shot By Malinda Francis / Docuvixen
Directed by Pangea Delphi & dj NaNa
Edited by dj NaNa

CLOSE2U
Produced by Royce Birth
Single Artwork by Pangea Delphi
Conceptualized & Edited by dj NaNa

GET UP
Produced by Blaz
Shot by eMDee & Malinda Francis
Edited by dj NaNa

CLICK HERE to download the J(N)AMES mixtape.

[MP3] Drake – Draft Day

Maybe Drake dissed Jay-Z on this Lauryn Hill-powered ode-to-‘Johnny Football’ track, but how people figure he dissed Chance The Rapper??!

[CONTEST] Win Tickets to See Wiley w/ Swindle at The Hoxton TONIGHT (April 2)

[UPDATE: tonight’s show has been CANCELLED until further notice so the contest has been suspended]

Yes, we may have sadly lost the Godfather of House but the Godfather of Grime is playing a special show TONIGHT at the Hoxton here in downtown Toronto. Wanna go? 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 @WileyUpdates TONIGHT (Apr. 2) at @The_Hoxton” [note: you do not need to include the quotes when you tweet the contest message]

I will select a winner (or two) at 6PM. Want more info? CLICK HERE. And as a bonus, check out his most recent single & video, “And Again” featuring God’s Gift which was show shot right here in Toronto too where apparently, Wiley spends a grip of time nowadays (in Scarborough, the “Brooklyn of Toronto” according to Ian Kamau or is it the Harlem??)! Who knew??!