2018 may go down as the best year of the 2010s for Hip-Hop releases. It’s been a year to be known for the sheer volume of great albums, with so many dropping that it’s been a challenge keeping up. While it’s great to see the culture thriving with so many artists putting out new music,…
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Top 30 Hip-Hop Albums of 2018: #30-21
2018 may go down as the best year of the 2010s for Hip-Hop releases. It’s been a year to be known for the sheer volume of great albums, with so many dropping that it’s been a challenge keeping up. While it’s great to see the culture thriving with so many artists putting out new music,…
The Top 10 Concerts I Attended in 2016
Another year, another top ten! Our third full calendar year saw more connections made, more recognition received, and while fewer concerts were covered than previous years, the shows covered were bigger. I have to thank all the media teams and organizers who granted me access – I had more media passes this year than any…
Concert Review: Kanye West – The Saint Pablo Tour in Toronto
Well this was a pleasant surprise! I wasn’t planning on attending this show, but encountered some tickets at the last minute. Kanye West is of course a high demand artist, as this would be the last of two consecutive nights in Toronto’s Air Canada Centre for his Saint Pablo Tour. The last time he was…
Concert Review: Kanye West at the 2015 Pan Am Games Closing Ceremonies in Toronto
Here we are, Day 3 of my birthday weekend festivities; this one was courtesy of a birthday present. Day 1 was spent at Toronto’s Festival of Beer with Naughty By Nature, Day 2 at the Unity Festival’s free Dundas Square concert headlined by Wu-Tang’s GZA, and Day 3 would be the Pan Am Games closing ceremonies…
Concert Review: The Carnivores Tour (Linkin Park + 30 Seconds To Mars) at The Air Canada Centre in Toronto
The last time I was at the Air Canada Centre for something other than a Raptors game was for Kanye West’s Yeezus Tour back in December. This time, I was here mainly to see Linkin Park, arguably my first favourite band I discovered when I was around 11-12 years old. I know this is primarily a…
25@25: The Top 25 Most Influential Albums On My Life
A few months ago I saw something very similar to this going around Facebook, where people would post their top twelve albums that have stuck with them through the years. I posted my own list, but I wanted to go deeper and longer (pause) just for fun for my 25th birthday. So here are 25 albums…
Concert Review: Pusha T at the Danforth Music Hall in Toronto
Just two days after Shad and Brother Ali tore the house down, Pusha T came to the same venue to promote his debut solo album, My Name Is My Name. This was my first time seeing him perform, as I never even saw him back when he was making music with The Clipse. I pretty much…
Artist Profile + Album Review: Talib Kweli – Gravitas
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…
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 &…
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 #20 Favourite Album of 2013: Pusha T – My Name Is My Name
*Click here to go back to the beginning of the countdown* *Click here to go back to #25* Looking at the track list to this album on paper, I initially thought it was going to be a disaster. 10 out of the 12 songs had guest features, and with only a couple exceptions, most of…
