Canadian Hiphop.

Meg; You like the blog?
lex: It's great. You made a serious booboo.
Meg: I don't make mistakes.
Lex: Canadian hip hop..you should have started with it. You should start over.
Meg; I'm not starting over. I'll do it.

I should have opened my blog with Canadian Hiphop. Sheesh. I should be ashamed of myself. AAhh well..I'm over it, I'll just make this entry extra jam packed with Canadian goodness. I also have these other hiphop heads on Rapdogs.com who don't get the chance to hear alot of the artists who have come or are comin outta here.The lesson begins.

Back when I played ball at St.Lukes till the street lights went on and I had to boot it home to make curfew--my earphones were spittin Maestro Fresh Wes. Coming from Toronto--Wes and his Vision Crew were representing Canada well in 89/90--The following three tracks are off of "Symphony in Full Effect"-1990. They are still beats that we breakdance to-- I love these tracks! He did release a new album recently..he used a sample of Gowan's "Criminal Mind" in one track ..and I will be brutally honest--I prefer old Maestro.

Maestro Fresh Wes- Drop The Needle
http://www.sendspace.com/file/wraziw

Maestro Fresh Wes-Conductin' Thangs
http://www.sendspace.com/file/qw24qi

Maestro Fresh Wes- Let your Backbone Slide
http://www.sendspace.com/file/dom4ht


The Dream Warriors, a duo that formed in 1988, were King Lou and Capital Q. They made themselves popular when they made "My Definition of a Boombastic Jazz Style" and "Wash Your Face in my Sink"--these guys seemed almost ahead of their time with the audio samples that they used and became popular with acid jazz lovers and indie hiphop headz. The album 'And Now the Legacy Begins"-91 was impressive and late in '92 they had a great collab with Gang Starr called "I've Lost My Ignorance" They vanished..made another album in '94 "Subliminal Simulation" ..then appeared on The Herbalisers "Very Mercinary" '99

The Dream Warriors-My definition
http://www.sendspace.com/file/531mbw


One of the few Canadians to get signed to a major label is Choclair, he put out "Twenty One Years" in '95. Lets just say that in album "Ice Cold-'-99-we got the message that Choclair really liked bootys!!
There is a group of artists created in T.O. called the Circle Crew..this is Kardinal Offishall, Marvel, Solitair, Saukrates, Ylook, Afrolistic and Jully Black. Kardinal is one of my personal faves and he has very dancehall inspired beats with a flow and voice that are unique.
In Vancouver a group called The Rascalz blew up with a collab called "Northern Touch" with members of Circle Crew '98..also Swollen Members..who are a very popular and innovative..just not my cup of tea.
Moka Only also deserves an honourable mention.

Choclair - Light It Up
http://www.sendspace.com/file/3zzp4f

Kardinal Offishall- Money Jane
http://www.sendspace.com/file/i83tmq

Kardinal Offishall-Bacardi Slang
http://www.sendspace.com/file/0ln4z3

Rascalz, K-os, Barrington Levy, Kardinal- Top of the World
http://www.sendspace.com/file/o3opcw

The Rascalz- Northern Touch
http://www.sendspace.com/file/v0ymdi


Dj A-Trak out of Montreal was 15 when he won the DMC World Mixing Championship in '97 and he has since worked with a million and one artists including Obscure Disorder and recently Kanye West.He's not a rapper but is a great DJ.

Brassmunk are out of Toronto as well and are on the label Battleaxe Records. They are an innovative group and they put out their first album titled "Dark Sunrise" in '02. BrassMunk was awarded the Best Urban Recording of the Year at the Indie Awards during Canadian Music Week for "Get Right"in 1993..they are still droppin good stuff--take a look at their My Space and listen to some trax.
http://www.newmusiccanada.com/genres/artist.cfm?Band_Id=8540
http://www.brassmunk.com/

K-OS (knoweldge of self) is by far the best thing to ever come out of Canada. He is an amazingly talented producer and songwriter. In 2002 he put out "Exit" ."Joyful Rebllion" followed and it is most definitly the best album to ever come out of Canada. He recently worked on a excellent track called "Burning to Shine" with the CBC orchestra. I cannot find thesong anywhere and I discovered it watching a documentary one night on TV. Please e-mail me if you know where to get it.

K-os-Man I Used To Be
http://www.sendspace.com/file/towts4

K-os-B-Boy Stance
http://www.sendspace.com/file/fbbcak


Thats the Canadian content needed. My wrists hurt. Listen to these tracks..its so worth every download.