Talib Kweli is an emcee’s emcee. Last month he put out an independent album, Gravitas, his 9th album overall, which is available now in digital format and will become available in CD and vinyl in February only on his website http://kweliclub.com/. I was unable to include this album in my Top 30 Favourite Albums of…
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The Top 10 Concerts I Attended in 2013
I know I’m a little late with this one, but let’s take a look at the top 10 shows I went to last year. I wrote a few concert reviews for some of them, but I missed a lot because I only had the idea to start this blog during the final quarter of the…
The Countdown (In Review): My Top 30 Favourite Albums of 2013
For those who couldn’t keep up, here is a list of my entire Top 30 Albums of 2013 Countdown. Click on the links to read the reviews. Honourable Mentions #30: U-God – Keynote Speaker (C+) #29: Natti – Still Motion (C+) #28: Kanye West – Yeezus (C+) #27: Snow Tha Product – Good Nights &…
My #1 Favourite Album of 2013: R.A. The Rugged Man – Legends Never Die
*Click here to go back to the beginning of the countdown* *Click here to go back to #25* *Click here to go back to #20* *Click here to go back to #15* *Click here to go back to #10* *Click here to go back to #5* R.A. The Rugged Man has had a long, legendary…
My #2 Favourite Album of 2013: Killer Mike & El-P – Run The Jewels
*Click here to go back to the beginning of the countdown* *Click here to go back to #25* *Click here to go back to #20* *Click here to go back to #15* *Click here to go back to #10* *Click here to go back to #5* This collaboration looked weird on paper at first, but with…
My #3 Favourite Album of 2013: Demigodz – KILLmatic
*Click here to go back to the beginning of the countdown* *Click here to go back to #25* *Click here to go back to #20* *Click here to go back to #15* *Click here to go back to #10* *Click here to go back to #5* Years in the making, The Demigodz have finally come…
My #4 Favourite Album of 2013: Inspectah Deck, 7L & Esoteric – Czarface
*Click here to go back to the beginning of the countdown* *Click here to go back to #25* *Click here to go back to #20* *Click here to go back to #15* *Click here to go back to #10* This album has some of the coolest CD packaging in my entire collection (those who bought…
My #5 Favourite Album of 2013: Shad – Flying Colours
*Click here to go back to the beginning of the countdown* *Click here to go back to #25* *Click here to go back to #20* *Click here to go back to #15* *Click here to go back to #10* This is another album I did a more in-depth review of when it first came out,…
My #6 Favourite Album of 2013: Deltron 3030 – Event 2
*Click here to go back to the beginning of the countdown* *Click here to go back to #25* *Click here to go back to #20* *Click here to go back to #15* *Click here to go back to #10* Thirteen years later, Deltron 3030 has returned with the sequel to their self-titled classic album. As…
My #7 Favourite Album of 2013: Earl Sweatshirt – Doris
*Click here to go back to the beginning of the countdown* *Click here to go back to #25* *Click here to go back to #20* *Click here to go back to #15* *Click here to go back to #10* It’s amazing how much a person can mature between ages 15 and 19, and how immature…
Concert Review: The Yeezus Tour (Kanye West + Kendrick Lamar) at The Air Canada Centre in Toronto
It’s been a while since I’ve been to a big stadium/arena sized concert like this. Previously, I had seen Kardinal Offishall perform in this same building during halftime at the Raptors’ 2011 season opener, but the only other actual concert I’ve been to that was this big (or even bigger) was in 2010, at the first…
My #8 Favourite Album of 2013: Ghostface Killah & Adrian Younge/Apollo Brown – Twelve Reasons To Die/The Brown Tape (tied)
*Click here to go back to the beginning of the countdown* *Click here to go back to #25* *Click here to go back to #20* *Click here to go back to #15* *Click here to go back to #10* The reason I have both of these in the same post is they’re essentially the same…
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