[MP3] Drake – Club Paradise prod. by Noah “40″ Shebib

“How did a pile of kush become a mountain of truth?”

New Drake? Y’all dig?

MP3 Download: Download Drake Drake – Club Paradise

[MP3] Game – All I Know feat. Luu Breeze (from The R.E.D. Album)

Posted ‘cos it features Toronto rapper/singer, Luu Breeze whose been featured on The Kitchen in the past. I was going to ask how the hell Breeze pulled off being on this track but apparently the connection is that T.dot in-demand beatsmith, Boi-1da was the man behind the track’s beat. Y’all dig it? I think it’s OK which is kind of how I feel about the album overall. I was pretty harsh on the album on twitter after a couple initial listens but have subsequently warmed up to it a little more with more plays. I’m a pretty big Game fan as long-time Kitchen readers know and happen to think his first three album are some of the best the genre has ever seen (seriously), so I hold him to a higher standard than others, including his many detractors, would.

MP3 download: Game All I Know (ft Luu Breeze)

BUY The R.E.D. Album by Game on itunes HERE

[Event] TOMORROW in Toronto: Release Event for The Real Frequency presents The New North Album

You know the deal. If not, CLICK THIS LINK then make plans for tomorrow:

THE REAL FREQUENCY Presents

For Guestlist call 1 800 Support-Great-Music

CLICK HERE for the Facebook Event Page.

Hit the jump for the full flier and to hear the album if you were too lazy to click the link above.

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Listen to The Weeknd’s – Thursday Mixtape

The Weeknd – Thursday by The_Weeknd

Just spotted this on twitter. Haven’t had a chance to listen all the way through yet but excited to check it out.

I was lucky enough to get a ticket to see the kid at his official debut gig at The Mod Club a few weeks back and have to say it was incredible. He’s the truth live, one of the few artists whose music actually sounds better performed live on stage than on record which was not something I expecting from his very very stylized brand of electronic soul, and amazingly for a city like Toronto which is known for jaded cynics/haters (it’s not called the screwface capital for nothing!), almost to a fault, everyone I talked to at the show agreed with that assessment. I know this is verging on musical blasphemy but there were moments during the show that were giving me Prince Purple Rain moments. With the right songs this could be that big, seriously. Let’s see if this new mixtape show any hint of that promise.

Download: The Weeknd – Thursday mixtape [hulkshare zip file]

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[MP3/Video] Rich Kidd – Represent feat. King Reign, Shaun Boothe & Richie Sosa from The New North

From the homie, Arcee and the rest of The Real Frequency crew. Background for those not knowing:

“The Real Frequency crew first joined forces on radio, featuring up and coming local Toronto talent and eventually becoming the premier hip-hop show on Canada’s first urban radio station. Since, the collective has moved on to new, exciting endeavors with the center piece being their debut album, The New North, a project that continues the tradition the guys started on the airwaves, featuring over 30 artists that best represent Toronto’s new era of hip-hop. The other week saw the release of the album’s first single, Shad’s Frank Dukes-produced “Flawless,” and now, rapper/producer Rich Kidd is helming the album’s second single, “Represent,” bringing MC’s King Reign, Shaun Boothe, and Richie Sosa along as the four budding lyricists put on for their city.

In addition to laying a verse, Rich Kidd’s name appears again on the song’s credits, having also lent his production efforts, and it’s his beat – a mix of soulful string- and vocal-driven chops with a bouncing bass line and effected vocal sample on the hook – that drives the track forward, as the rappers show their hometown pride with lines like, “I can’t leave /so if I ever blow this where I’m shining.” “‘Represent’ is song where dudes from each end of our city get to lay down some fatal bars,” explains Rich Kidd. “It ain’t us trying to out rap each other; we’re all spitting our own styles, letting you know where we got it from.”

Stream the entire New North album below:

[via Audible Treats]