For the amount of time my blog has been active, I’ve probably written about Shad the most. He’s been on a roll lately; opening for Macklemore & Ryan Lewis throughout their Canadian tour, making a surprise appearance at the Manifesto Festival, hosting his new album release-day event in Toronto, and going on tour to promote…
Category: Concert Reviews
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…
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…
Concert Review: Wu-Tang Clan at the Kool Haus in Toronto
There’s so much I could write about the Wu-Tang Clan; they became my all-time favourite hip-hop group when I started studying the history of rap music as a teenager, as I was too young to witness its beginnings first hand. Ever since 1993, not one year has gone by where Wu-Tang hasn’t put out an…
(Froback Friday) Concert Review: An Epic Week of Hip-Hop in 2010
With so many milestones being reached by many hip-hop legends this month, and because it’s been a while since I posted a new blog entry, I’ve decided to review two of the most memorable concerts I’ve ever been to, which happened to be within a week of each other. The year was 2010; I had…
Concert Review: Deltron 3030 at The Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto
Deltron 3030 is a little-known but very successful hip-hop group comprising of Hieroglyphics emcee Del The Funkee Homosapien, producer Dan The Automator, and Canadian DJ Kid Koala (from left-to-right in the picture above). In 2000 they released their self-titled debut album, which went platinum with very little promotion. It was a concept album about the…
Concert Review: J. Cole & Wale at Massey Hall in Toronto
The last time J. Cole was in town, me and my homie waited in line on a hot summer day with about 2000 other fans who didn’t get to see Cole on his Dollar and a Dream tour: a show where the first ~400 people to show up got to see him perform for $1…
Concert Review: Manifesto Festival 2013 at Dundas Square in Toronto, ON
Manifesto is a four-day long hip-hop culture festival that includes various displays of art, speaker panels, lectures, and is wrapped up by a free concert in Dundas Square. Although this was the 7th annual festival, it was only my second time going. Last year I had a great time; I sat in on a lecture/lesson…
Concert Review: Joell Ortiz live at Krazy Cactus in Mississauga, ON
Joell Ortiz has come a long way as an artist. He’s had problems with labels accepting his image, saying a chubby Puerto Rican rapper isn’t marketable (although now he’s noticeably lost some weight). He formed the Slaughterhouse group with Royce Da 5’9″, Crooked I and Joe Budden, and made some critically acclaimed music with them…
The Top 5 Concerts I Attended Over The Summer 2013
Since I’m in my final term of school and will probably be working full time next year, I probably won’t have another summer like the one that just ended. I went to a lot of concerts between May-August, so I thought I’d highlight the top 5. 5. Apathy & Celph Titled on the Demigodz KILLmatic…
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