[MP3] Wordburglar – Boombaparang

Focus track, produced by Beatmason with cuts by DJ Irate, from Canadian MC, Wordburglar‘s just released (on Aug. 28) new album, Rapplicable Skills. Click that link to hear a stream of the whole album on the DK Tumblr.

– Toronto CD release party FRI AUG 7 at The Garrison, click HERE for details.

– Halifax CD release party FRI AUG 14 at Gus’ Pub, click HERE for details.

[MP3] Spin So Nice – Mikomba

Full disclosure and proud to declare this track was made by a friend of mine, DJ Joe G under the name, Spin So Nice. I dig the dubby, trip hop vibe of it. If you were a fan of Massive Attack or Thievery Corp. circa the mid-late 90s, this might appeal. Check it….

[MP3] Keita Juma – G R I L L $ (“Grills”)

New music from Toronto’s Keita Juma hewing a little closer to a more conventional (and underground 90s) hip-hop sound than some of his recent music.

Previously on The Kitchen:

– Keita Juma – Come Over Feat. Brendan Philip [Music Video + MP3]

[MP3] Listen to Two Recent Tracks from Tasha the Amazon – My Level / Nowhere Feat. RetcH

Toronto’s resident bad girl MC, Tasha the Amazon has dropped a pair of heaters in the past couple weeks. Y’all dig? You know what my takeaway from listening to them was though? Don’t invite Tasha over to your crib if you just bought a new couch. Ouch!

[MP3] Here’s All The Recent #DrakevsMeek Tracks You Need To Be Up On and More!

Two salvos in the #DrakevsMeek war and a couple other CDQ’s for tracks Aubrey premiered on his new Apple Music OVO radio show. Or am I wrong here? I’ve been told that “Hotline Bling” might be another dis track??

My take on this in this so-called beef could be way off but I feel like Meek Mills, after opening this can of worms, has been largely M.I.A. and taking crazy L’s? Dude was here in The 6 last night on his girl, Nicki Minaj‘s Pinkprint Tour and, with the eyes of the whole world (or at least hip-hop twitter) on him, was poised to drop a neutron bomb in response to Drake’s dis tracks and then… nothing??! Someone s’plain this to me, please!

Beef aside though, as a bonus, hit the jump for Drake’s cameo on Wizkid‘s “Ojuelegba (Remix)” also featuring buzzy UK grime MC, Skepta which dropped a couple weeks back ICYMI:

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