This upcoming Saturday (February 7), I’m throwing an event over a year in the making — Up All Night.
Up All Night is a hip-hop benefit concert in support of Resource Assistance for Youth, with all profits from the evening going right to the charity that helps homeless and street-entrenched Winnipeg youth turn their lives around.
It’s happening at Maw’s Beer Hall and features tons of great up-and-coming Winnipeg hip-hop acts and DJs. Local businesses like Green Apple Skateboard Shop and BLACKLI$T will also be setting, selling their gear in support of RaY. It’s gonna be one awesome night of music and partying — and it actually helps others in the process.
Tickets are on sale right now at Green Apple and BLACKLI$T and are starting to move quickly! Check out the lineup below or head over to the website for even more info.
After the massive success of his Black Hystori Project, I expected to hear a lot more from CyHi The Prynce, one of the most slept on rappers in my opinion. However, after the drop, he went silent for six months. I was disappointed, but the gift Stone Mountain’s prince just dropped off more than makes up for it.
“Credit ‘I’ Deserve” is CyHi laying claim to the game and commanding respect, because even he knows he’s under-appreciated. Black Hystori Project was not only his best project to date, but one of the best projects of the year. Period.
“My diction is an addiction, the way I give a description some may consider it snitchin’.
Just trynna give a vivid depiction of how n*ggas was livin’. Would you rather hear me rappin’ about stickin’ d*ck in a vixen?”
Aside from “Credit ‘I’ Deserve” being a great song on its own, the album art is also fantastic… But not for normal reasons. In a little box at the bottom reads “BHP2” — a not-so-subtle hint that we’ll be getting a Black Hystori Project 2, and it’s probably gonna be coming sooner rather than later.
Other than dropping “As Soon As I Get On” featuring Mya back in September, one of my favourite independent artists, Phil Ade, has been relatively quiet. He’s been building a lot of hype about his forthcoming Respect Due project, and has me stoked.
He just released “Way Too Much” featuring fellow DMV-rapper Chaz French, the first sign that the new mixtape may be just around the corner.
I often get a lot of people sending me their music saying that it’s next big thing. And usually — it isn’t. So when Ace Cosgrove sent me a link to his new album UsvsRobots, I cautiously bumped it, and I was blown away.
UsvsRobots is a clever, dynamic effort from the young Maryland native. He delivers everything from effortless stoner-rap on “Making Moves” and “High 5,” to well-executed retro-rap on “Golden Chills,” and a funky track reminiscent of N.E.R.D. on “Getting Loot.”
While still a relative unknown, Ace is gaining steam and has every right to hold down a spot on your iPod. Stay tuned for my exclusive interview with Ace Cosgrove, and a new video release next Tuesday on KLX.
While some people will never be able to get over his feud with ex-best-friend Kanye West, I care more about the music — and Consequence seems to always deliver.
On his latest track, “The Whole World,” Consequence enlists Mark Crozer to croon a campfire favourite while Cons adds vocals and a punchy verse late in the song. He’s always stuck to a classic, vintage hip-hop sound, but this indie-sounding track is a really nice shift.
Don’t listen to what some people are saying online — this is a great song. Hopefully we’ll hear more like this down the road from the former G.O.O.D. Music rappper.
"If 'Pac cried it woulda sound like this. I don't know nobody holdin' down they town like this." — CyHi The Prynce
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