With COVID-19 now firmly in the rear view mirror, live concerts are back in full swing, bringing plenty of ways for fans to celebrate Hip-Hop’s 50th anniversary. 2023 has already seen a ton of artists bring their concert tours to Toronto, representing the diversity and growth the genre has achieved in its 50-year history, and…
Concert Review: Lloyd Banks at The Opera House in Toronto (2023.04.20)
For the first time in over a decade, Lloyd Banks has returned to Toronto, performing live at the ICEBOX Expo taking place at one of the city’s most iconic venues, The Opera House. This would be a rare opportunity for Toronto Hip-Hop heads to see the former G-Unit founding member perform from outside of the…
Concert Review: Smif-N-Wessun at The Rivoli in Toronto (2023.04.09)
Celebrating 30 years in the game, Smif-N-Wessun, the duo made up of Tek & General Steele, have been hitting the road and embracing the fans in 2023. The Brooklyn duo are coming off of a tour through Europe in March, and this April have been on a quick 5-show run through the Quebec and Ontario…
Concert + Chessboxing Review: GZA at The Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto (2023.03.17)
Back in 2020, The GZA (a.k.a. The Genius) of the Wu-Tang Clan had embarked on the 25th Anniversary Tour for his classic 1995 solo album, Liquid Swords. While the tour started off well and he put on one of the sharpest performances Toronto has ever seen from him that January at The Phoenix Concert Theatre,…
Concert Review: J.I.D & Smino at HISTORY in Toronto (2023.03.15)
After each having released their third and arguably most successful solo albums in 2022, J.I.D and Smino have joined forces in 2023 as co-headliners on the Luv Is 4Ever Tour, and have been on the road across North America since January. The tour is named after the pair’s latest albums, J.I.D’s The Forever Story and…
Concert Review: Ice Cube at Elements Nightclub in Kitchener, ON (2023.02.26)
For many Hip-Hop heads in Toronto and the GTA, it’s been well over a decade since we last got to see Ice Cube perform live. While he’s visited Toronto on other business in recent years, whether it had to do with his film career or the professional 3-on-3 basketball league he founded, BIG3, he hasn’t…
Top 10 Hip-Hop Albums of 2022
I guess it’s better late than never. While this blog is mainly focused on doing concert reviews (peep my best-of-the-year list here), it’s become a tradition for me to count down my favourite albums of the year and drop some short reviews of my top picks. While 2022 saw a ton of dope new music…
The Top 15 Concerts I Attended in 2020-2022
It’s a blessing to even be able to write this kind of article, with this being possible for the first time since 2019. After only having a handful of concerts being able to take place in each of 2020 and 2021, we’ve finally had a meaningful, long-lasting return of live music in 2022 with COVID-19…
Concert Review: Oddisee & Good Compny at The Axis Club in Toronto (2022.12.11)
Appropriately dubbed the At It Again Tour, Oddisee and his band Good Compny are back to doing what they do best. Having embarked on their first major tour since COVID-19, they’ve been hitting the road across USA and Canada throughout November and December, and have a European stretch of the tour lined up for next…
Concert Review: Method Man & Redman at The Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto (2022.11.05)
Canadian fans of hardcore and classic Hip-Hop are in for a treat this November, as the iconic duo of Method Man & Redman have embarked on a 5-city tour across the country. Kicking it off in Montreal the previous night, this show in Toronto would be just the second stop of the tour as they…
Concert Review: Tech N9ne at The Danforth Music Hall in Toronto (2022.10.02)
It’s a new chapter in the lengthy career of Tech N9ne and his record label Strange Music Inc. For years Tech N9ne has been known for griding out an almost never-ending tour schedule, constantly being on the road directly reaching his fans worldwide and putting on one of Hip-Hop’s most incredible stage shows with his…
Concert Review: Coast Contra at The Drake Underground in Toronto (2022.09.27)
There’s a new Fantastic Four team-up making waves in Hip-Hop’s underground. Consisting of the bilingual, Columbian-born Rio Loz, the high-energy Philly native Eric Jamal, and the twin sons of west-coast rap legend Ras Kass, Ras & Taj Austin, the group known as Coast Contra have been building a buzz online and have now been able…
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