This video though!!! In case y’all young ‘uns ain’t know, this….

Molasses is an apt title for this great EP release. There are, as outlined in an interview with Good Juice Box, elements of neo soul, hip-hop, R&B and jazz in its sound. This is strictly for comparative purposes but musically, think what you might hear if Toronto MC, Spek Won made a record with Chance the Rapper‘s Donnie Trumpet And The Social Experiment side project plus a little Anderson .Paak thrown in the mix too. In case it’s not clear to you, what I’m saying is this is really good and worth your time to check out.

The recent knock on Toronto’s Tory Lanez, especially after the disappointment of his debut official album release, I Told You has been he sounds derivative, has a paucity of stand out hit songs, is not innovative etc. but, while we’ll concede his newest album, Memories Don’t Die, doesn’t really have any standout, obvious ‘hit’ singles either, it’s got a rack of good records on it and we do still like it and think it’s a solid album, more than I Told You, no question.
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Listened to this official full length by Toronto artist, Anders a few times since its recent release and we like it fine but we wish he’d stretched out a little further to create his own sound and lane. We hear shades of Nav, Majid Jordan, Drake, The Weeknd and others all over this record but what make Anders Anders??! I guess we’ll learn have to the answer to that on future releases, hopefully…
As someone who was deeply involved in the release of the first House of Pain album featuring the iconic, seminal single, “Jump Around” and a Coventry kid who grew up on 2 Tone music and idolizing the hometown heroes, The Specials, there was never any doubt that this super dope ska-ified remake remix of “Jump Around” by DJ Muggs, Everlast featuring Damian Marley and Meyhem Lauren was always gonna hold a special place in my heart. Enjoy as we approach the St. Patrick’s Day weekend….
[via Complex]
Official press announcement: Long-running, acclaimed Toronto music site, DIFFERENT KITCHEN officially announces the release of its new compilation album project, QUINCEAÑERA: MARVELOUS ISH to celebrate its 15th anniversary today (SEPTEMBER 7) . QUINCEAÑERA, a 15-track multi-genre collection of all new and unreleased music (some on an exclusive basis), will be released as a promo-only album […]
Here it is: the third pre-release single from the Quinceañera: Marvelous Ish 15th anniversary compilation album (yes, that’s the art above, figured we could let it out now that the album is finally coming out TODAY!) Nate Husser, one third of the acclaimed Montreal hip-hop group, The Posterz, is one of our absolute faves here […]
Well here it is, you may have seen varations of this in the lead-up campaign to the release this Friday but here, for the very first time, is the official front cover of Quinceañera: Marvelous Ish, the compilation album to celebrate the 15th anniversary of this here Different Kitchen blog. I won’t reiterate the concept […]
Well here it is: one of the first two opening salvos from the next big project from the Kitchen: Quinceañera: Marvelous Ish, a 15 track compilation album of brand new or previouly unreleased music to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the blog set for release this Friday (September 7, mark your calendars). We won’t get […]
We posted the single back in May but here goes an EXCLUSIVE World Premiere of the video for “Desert Rose”, the single previous to the current online viral hit (currently #7 on the HypeMachine chart), “magic on my pillow” from Brooklyn-by-way-of-Philly artist and new Kitchen fave, Yellow Shoots. Both tracks come from the forthcoming album, […]
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