Moka Only SexMoneyMoka

Published May 13, 2014

As sure as the sun rises in the east and winter gives way to spring, Moka Only will tirelessly turn out new records at a near-seasonal clip...

Rapper Big Pooh & Roc C Trouble in the Neighborhood

Published Apr 25, 2014

About three songs into Trouble In The Neighborhood (around the time "The Crew" drags itself out of shape and out of breath across the finish...

KJ Peephole/Beach EP

Published Apr 25, 2014

To say Canada's long, dark, damp winter months can make folks a little stir crazy would be understating things; even the most patriotic of u...

Karol Conka Batuk Freak

Published Apr 08, 2014

As a genre driven at the best of times by deft spoken wordplay, foreign-language hip hop hasn't found the same ease in penetrating North Ame...

Freddie Gibbs & Madlib Piñata

Published Mar 18, 2014

Piñata is the culmination of a slowly building collaborative process rapper Freddie Gibbs and genial producer Madlib. The two have been putt...

Prince Po & Oh No Animal Serum

Published Feb 04, 2014

Seven long years after his last LP, former Organized Konfusion member Prince Po returns to the fray for another full-length mission, this ti...

Elaquent Green Apples and Oranges

Published Jan 07, 2014

Guelph-based beat creator Elaquent approached his latest project tempering of some of his more characteristically unconventional sound refer...

Kanye West / Kendrick Lamar Air Canada Centre, Toronto ON, December 22

Published Dec 23, 2013

Kanye West's much talked about, high-concept Yeezus tour finally rolled into Toronto for the first of two dates last night (December 22) ove...

Blu & CookBook Yes

Published Dec 17, 2013

Blu has never been one to go very long without a new record on deck, at times turning out one collaborative effort just as folks catch wind...

Yancey Boys Sunset Blvd.

Published Oct 29, 2013

It's been nearly eight long years since the passing of revolutionary hip-hop producer J Dilla, but through their ongoing Yancey Boys project...

Omar Souleyman Wenu Wenu

Published Oct 29, 2013

Billing Omar Souleyman's new disc, Wenu Wenu, as his proper studio debut, though somewhat correct, is a bit misleading, as the celebrated Sy...

Tanya Morgan Rubber Soul

Published Oct 07, 2013

Heading into their first full-length project after taking some time apart to expand their individual creative depth on a couple of well-rece...

Oddisee The Beauty In All

Published Sep 30, 2013

Rapper/producer Oddisee's reflections on life and the people who've moved in and out of his own informed many of the memorable cuts from las...

Tanya Morgan Rubber Souls

Published Sep 20, 2013

It's been a couple of years now since Tanya Morgan members Donwill and Von Pea returned from a pair of praise-earning solo ventures one man...

14KT Nickel & Dimed

Published Sep 03, 2013

Stalwart producer and former Red Bull Big Tune champ 14KT felt so compelled share his feelings regarding .ZIP file bandit music fans, stingy...

Wordburglar Welcome to Cobra Island

Published Aug 24, 2013

Focused, thematic storytelling and topical verses tend to come fairly easily to journeyman underground lyricist Wordburglar, something he's...

Murray A. Lightburn MASS: LIGHT

Published Aug 19, 2013

Given the well-documented, tumultuous history of ever-shifting cinematic Montreal rock troupe the Dears, it's a wonder that a full-fledged s...

Kendrick Lamar / Earl Sweatshirt Sound Academy, Toronto ON, Aug 2

Published Aug 03, 2013

Given the level of near-universal love shown to current rap king Kendrick Lamar over the past year, there was little question that the Toron...

Iman Omari (Vibe)rations

Published Jul 09, 2013

L.A. singer/producer Iman Omari has been slow-brewing his spacey, heavily textured R&B dreamscapes at the radar's edge for a couple of years...

Thundercat Apocalypse

Published Jul 05, 2013

Listening back, touches of the musical and emotional concepts that anchor Stephen "Thundercat" Bruner's masterful new disc can be heard and...