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[Event + MP3] Black Milk Live at Tattoo in Toronto (Oct. 23) RECAP

By Ian ⋅ October 24, 2014 ⋅ 28 comments

@black_milk absolutely MURDERED it last night at @tattootoronto. One of the best shows of the year, unquestionably. Shout to @jonjonramos, @davidclickcox , @mr_heller1 & @ShellyMac_xo of @audibletreats. More video here and at the @differentkitchen FB page later today.

A video posted by DIFFERENT KITCHEN (@differentkitchen) on Oct 10, 2014 at 2:00pm PDT

As noted in my IG video above, Black Milk absolutely MURDERED it last night at Tattoo. This was unquestionably one of the best shows that I have seen this year and, believe me, I’ve seen a lot of shows this year and I also say that as very much a casual Black Milk fan, at best.

He’s a dynamic, amazing performer on stage and his Nat Turner band is incredible. Milk is currently on tour. If he hasn’t already been to your market, I urge you to go see him regardless of what music genres you claim to love. Yes, he’s a rapper but this is a flat-out amazing live music experience, period. Faith in music restored….

Track featuring Bun B of UGK from Black Milk‘s forthcoming album, If There’s A Hell Below album, out October 28 but which you can hear now via: New York Times PRESS PLAY | Bandcamp | Pre-order iTunes

[Event] TONIGHT (Oct. 24) in Toronto: Ty Dolla $ign Live at the Mod Club

By Ian ⋅ October 24, 2014 ⋅ 32 comments

Where I’ll be TONIGHT (for the first half of the night, at least…)

[MP3 + Instagram Video] Listen to Three Tracks From Tory Lanez’s Lost Cause Mixtape

By Ian ⋅ October 22, 2014 ⋅ 88 comments

@torylanez getting turntup at #thedrakeunderground at @thedrakehotel. #hiphop #tdothiphop #tdot #the6ix #the6 #concerts #swavenation #swavey

A video posted by Ian Steaman (@iansteaman) on Oct 10, 2014 at 8:06pm PDT

I won’t lie: I kind of missed the recent ascent of local, Tdot rapper, Tory Lanez (update correction: no, I didn’t) but I caught him at his North American tour final homecoming date at The Drake Underground this past Sunday and quickly got up to speed with his Lost Cause mixtape, which the tour was for, in advance of that.

NOW mag may not have been a tad underwhelmed by the show but I, on the other hand, was pretty impressed (or at least I was with the last 4-5 songs I managed to catch). It’s hard to dismiss a show where an artist has as much control over the audience as I saw Lanez command. As I said on twitter, Lanez seems to have taken Drizzy’s creative template and actually might out-Drake Drake with it.

The tracks above come from Lost Cause. Dig them? Check out the entire Lost Cause mixtape on the Kitchen Facebook page HERE. Between this and the Sean Leon show I caught at The Hoxton, I feel pretty good about the odds of Toronto at keeping a post-Drake stranglehold on hip-hop dominance for the next while. #the6ix

Hit the jump for two more Instagram video clips from Tory’s show Sunday at The Drake Underground including one of him crowd surfing!

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[MP3] Drake – How About Now

By Ian ⋅ October 22, 2014 ⋅ 37 comments

Leak track from Drake‘s forthcoming next album, Views From the 6? (Although I’m pretty sure that is some fan artwork above, not official??) I’d love to meet the woman that inspired this song though. Every time the internets finds these women Drake talks about I am singularly unimpressed and I remember why I don’t really connect with his music the way most of his vast number of fans do. I identify with so little of what he talks about in his life. Then again, I guess this one went to law school so maybe this time will be different? Decent enough song though, word to Jodeci…