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[Event] In Toronto TONIGHT (Feb. 9): TownHall Meeting on the Shutdown of CKLN

By Ian ⋅ February 9, 2011 ⋅ 318 comments

This post is stickied to the top of the site until Wednesday night. New posts will follow below but T.dot heads: PAY ATTENTION TO THIS!!!

I touched on this briefly on twitter earlier yesterday but let’s get into it properly now. Here’s the deal:

ALL Toronto Hip-Hop Heads:

The imminent shutdown of CKLN (whether through faults of their own doing or not) on Feb. 12 and the attendant shutdown of all the specialty shows on the station including the long-running city institution, the Saturday 1-4PM rap show currently inhabited by The Mixtape Massacre is one thing (and I explained in a little detail on Saturday why that was such a blow to the hip hop scene in Toronto). But the wholesale cleaning of shop of all the hip-hop mix-shows including the long-running Real Frequency Show and Ty & Rez Digital’s OTA Live on the main ‘urban’ commercial station in town, FLOW 93.5 as part of it’s sale to the CHUM Radio Group last week also was a double blow to the city’s still emergent urban music industry.

Kids: don’t take it for granted that the hip-hop you love will always be so freely accessible as it has been over the past few years. As you can see, the mass channels of access on the radio can easily be shut down with just a few swift actions and all of a sudden, we’re back to 1985 and hearing barely a couple of hours a week of hip-hop on the radio.

Y’all can have your little viewpoints on whether TRF and OTA Live were adequately doing what they should or not as far as promoting local music, but be clear: artists like Drake, Kardinal Offishall, K’naan and Shad did not break in a vacuum or strictly through commercial channels. In one form or another, they all paid dues and built a base from which they went on to achieve success by first stating at or benefiting from the support of underground and specialty radio shows like these.

“Yeah, but there’s always the internet, Ian” you might say pointing to the rampant file-sharing and “let one million hip-hop blogs bloom” landscape and the font of endless hip-hop music-on-tap its given us as proof. In response to that, I would say though: DON’T BE SO SURE…..

Here’s the ‘official’ plug for Tonight’s event set up by Manifesto to discuss the implication of these events:

What Just Happened?

No Radio Means One Less BIG Voice for hip hop in Toronto.

CALLING ON TORONTO’S HIP HOP COMMUNITY!

This week saw some sudden and drastic changes in Toronto’s community radio landscape. We invite you to participate in an open discussion about what this means for our community, potential solutions, and how we can unify our efforts moving forward. Come prepared to be heard.

Wednesday, February 9, 2011
6:00pm – 9:30pm
Metro Hall
55 John Street
Room 309

SPREAD THE WORD!

If you can make it to this, YOU SHOULD GO!!! Even if you (think you) haven’t got anything to contribute, now is the time to show the ‘powers that be’ that there’s numbers in the community and we care about decisions that are being made about us. So be there, I will – hearing the music you love in an accessible way in the future may very well depend on it!

[MP3 DJ mix] Buraka Som Sistema – Dazed Digital (January 2011 mix)

By Ian ⋅ January 29, 2011 ⋅ 657 comments

MP3 Download: Buraka Som Sistema – Dazed Digital January 2011 mix by Deadly People

DJ mix promoting their show in London TONIGHT (like probably RIGHT NOW!) Hit the jump for more info.

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TOMORROW NIGHT in Toronto: DEEP FRIED at the Drake Underground w/ Dj Linx & Dj Riccachet

By Ian ⋅ January 28, 2011 ⋅ 26 comments

This post is stickied to the top of the site until Sunday. New posts follow below.

“The second installment of DEEP-FRIED is going down this Saturday, Jan. 29 at the Drake Underground (1150 Queen W) showcasing the music that sticks to your soul. Dj Linx & Dj Riccachet will be serving up real HIP-HOP, R&B, SOUL & FUNK for real music lovers. No microwave popcorn music, just hot and crispy beats full of flavour. So come out on Saturday and get that deep-fried music you’ve been missing. Only $5 cover all night long!!”

Mixtape Massacre & Sweet Touch Foundation Present:

DEEP-FRIED
Saturday, Jan. 29, 2010
The Drake Underground
(1150 Queen St. W)

Dj Linx & Dj Riccachet
*hip-hop.soul.funk.r&b (*served hot & crispy)

Doors 10:00pm
Cover $5

T.dot headz: I’ma be up in there w/ the cuz-o, Kweku straight out of the UK over here on business. What about y’all?

TOMORROW in Santa Monica, CA: Ursula Rucker Live in Concert w/ Sy Smith and Mark de Clive-Lowe

By Ian ⋅ January 25, 2011 ⋅ 22 comments

For the ‘SHE SAID’ tour. CLICK HERE for more details then enjoy a sampler and track from female spoken word artist, Ursula Rucker‘s She Said album below:

MP3 Download: Ursula Rucker She Said Sampler Available Dec 14, 2010 by Sundae

MP3 Download: Ursula Rucker -So What by extramusicnew