Why does it seems like people constantly sleep on Hip-Hop music that's made by our neighbors to the north? Some of my favorite artists are from Canada, and Shad definitely falls underneath that umbrella alongside Classified. My friend Aaron told me to check out Shad a while back, and I downloaded his material, but I never really gave his music the chance that it deserved. I started listening to The Old Prince quite a bit after a while, but for some reason I never gave TSOL any spins; I would later come to find [...]
Philadelphia-based rapper/producer, Lushlife has a new album, Plateau Vision coming out this April. Here's the first tune ( Big Sur ) to be released from the album - and it's available to download too: Plateau Vision (which features guest spots from, Styles P, Heems, Andrew Cedermark and Shad ) will receive a full release in North America on the 17th April via [...]
Filed under: News , Exclusive , New Music Black Box Recordings This week Canadian rapper Shad got a taste of what Polaris Prize jurors went through when debating the merits of his Juno Award-winning album when 'TSOL' went head-to-head with 10 other Canadian albums back in 2010. "It does give a little bit of insight as to what happens in the Polaris backroom," Shad tells Spinner following his [...]
As anybody who heard The Weeknd ’s 2011 output can attest to, a public co-sign from Drake is essentially promotional gold. While it remains to be seen whether Drizzy has impeccable taste or is just fortunate enough to have enormously talented friends, he shouted out another relative unknown this week in The Slakadeliqs, an alter-ego of versatile Toronto producer Slakah The Beatchild . The Other Side Of Tomorrow is a bright, sunny, acoustic guitar-based pop record with a staggering array of visible influences- sometimes it sounds like Ben Harper took a whole [...]
I think it's safe to say we're all ("all" in this case being us here at the hill and the handful of dedicated and truly intelligent folks who read our ramblings) eagerly awaiting a new record from Shad . Unfortunately I have no news, only the assumption that Shad is working dilegently on new material, but thankfully he blessed us with a little gift before Christmas. Besides is a 30 minute mixtape (mixed excellently by Shad's DJ & amigo DJ T-Lo ) which features some 18 [...]
Can't believe 2011 was 4 days ago. Missing it already. In 2011, Winters were warm. In 2012, winters are cold. That's enough for me to want to go back. I fancy myself to be a concert photographer. More specifically, I fancy myself to be an Iphone concert photographer. It's a rare breed. Sure, a lot of people take snapshots of concerts with their phones during a show, but how many of them use them for their music blog? Not many. Those other people just look through their albums one day, wonder 'what is this?' and [...]
2012 has begun. Deal with it. We've looked into our crystal ball and come up with a few things we think would happen this year, besides you know, the apocalypse. Here we go! Seeing the success of Kanye and Jay-Z's Watch The Throne collaboration, Canadian rappers Shad and K-os will collaborate on an album as well, only to realize that Ni**as in Paris,Ontario doesn't have the same power The declining American economy forces Ke$ha to change her name to K€sha Doctors are shocked when Beyonce does not give [...]
1. The same new Japandroids album I talked about last year. 2. A full-length from Victoria's Hawk & Steel. No release date yet, but frontman Peter Gardner reports they're recording fifteen songs in January. 3. Provincial, the debut solo full-length from Weakerthans vocalist John K. Samson, out January 24. (Pre-order here.) And in February Samson will [...]
Words By Samir S. In 2010, Canadian rapper Shad quietly dropped one of the better albums of the year in TSOL, a concise showcase of Shad's wit, technical expertise, and [...]
One of the most underrated MC's in hip-hop, not just Canadian hip-hop, Shad, has recently released a new mixtape called Besides. The project is mixed by DJ TLO and available as a free download.... Read the rest on Speakerboxxx.com
What a amazing end of the year is this turning out to be, first Blu & Exile release their new EP, unexpectedly....and yesterday Shad, out of the blue, has released a brand new mixtape. "Besides" is nearly half an hour of straight goodness, a compilation of tracks that he has collaborated in over the past couple of years. As always the man never disappoints, and excels even when releasing mixtapes. Dope work, support by downloading below, is full of gems. Here's a little joint I thought some fans might like; a 25-minute mix of some of [...]
Talk about a double whammy! First we get that new Blu & Exile LP out of the blue (lulz), and now Shad drops an unexpected mixtape on the masses. With mixing from former Scribble Jam champion DJ TLO, what we have here is a feature filled teaser for what is to come from the acclaimed Toronto MC. Apparently we should expect a full retail project to drop in 2012, which is sure to live up to the high bar set with last year's T.S.O.L . Hit the skip to download the mixtape. [...]
Shad takes the floor at a recent TEDx talk in North Vancouver where he explores, as he says, "what I'm doing and why...", great insight. Shad: Website • Facebook • Twitter soulquarian14 No tags for... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Shad - Lucky 12s "But I hope to plant my seeds before I leave Believing that hope grows even in the stone cold" I am often reminded through my spotify inbox of good songs that I forget temporarily, but then always come back to. Glad I found this jewel again to. Shad is a artist born in Kenya but has a lot of French influence, which apparently has been my thing today. My next post will go more into detail why. The female vocals on Lucky 12s captures me. Shad's flow, but the [...]
Dope beats, dope rhymes, this hip-hop sh*t really ain't that hard. Enjoy this playlist of some of my favorite hip-hop tracks. Don't be quick to judge what isn't on the list, since putting literally every good hip-hop song is impossible. Enjoy! AZ - Gimme Yours Apathy - True Love (ft. Phonte) Jay Rock - Get On Your Shit [...]
Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , Exclusive , New Releases Jeremy Chan Photography For her sophomore effort, 'Siberia,' Canadian electro-pop maven, Lights teamed up with indie-electro band Holy F--- and Juno-winning rapper Shad . The result is a record more sonically adventurous than most were expecting given her slick, radio-ready 2009 debut. When we crashed the singer's intimate release party in Toronto, Lights told Spinner that [...]
Filed under: News , Exclusive , New Releases Warner Music Siberia is a frozen wasteland in eastern Russia where criminals and political prisoners once endured years of hard labour in the region's infamous Gulag prison camps. It's also the title of the new album from Canadian electro-rock maven Lights. Obviously, Lights (also known as Valerie Poxleitner) never endured anything as brutal as Russian author Igor Dostoyevsky -- who spent time in a Siberian prison [...]
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Shad - Rose Garden Shad - Keep Shining Shad has always taken me when I've heard him. I haven't been a big rap fan the past couple of years but with Shad, you can actually understand what he is rapping about and it's one of those few times in recent rap history where it isn't exploiting women, talking about killing or anything else that main stream rap is now all consumed by. The video for Keep Shinning, posted above, brought Shannon and I to tears a couple of times [...]
Damian Abraham (Fucked Up's ringleader) has been doing a heckuva job since becoming the host with the most of Muchmusic's "The Wedge" back in January. Doing tons of interviews with bands and airing a few specials along the way. For this one, 45 minutes is devoted to those 3 days at Parc Jean-Drapeau for the Osheaga Music Festival last [...]
Versus by Zumbi I was inspired to create "Versus" out of my love for dope, diverse music, and wanting to collab with artists that I respect. Truly..there is only I vs. I. This is my offering to you...the other side of myself. One. - Zumbi
Mind Inversion
Slacker Shack
Spinner.com
Potholes In My Blog
Herohill
The Panic Manual
Sound On The Sound
The Smoking Section
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The Word Is Bond
Let's Take it One by One
Ivy League Spins
A Good Day For Airplay
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