tribute to the ladies teaser mix

Next week is another week of my afternoon throwdown at Aurora's Bonsai Hill. It's a Tribute to the Ladies. Giving the nod to the greatest women to ever grace the stage. I threw together a few songs as a preview of what to expect on Saturday. Download it and have a listen then come by on the 27th between 2-4:30 to check out the show.


Dancin’ With Myself – Nouvelle Vague
Sweet Darlin’ – She and Him
Late in the Afternoon – Tracy Thorn
Hang with Me – Robyn
Solder of Love – Sade
What’s My Name – Rhianna
That’s the Way Love Goes – Janet Jackson
I Will Survive – Aretha Franklin
God Bless the Child – Billie Holiday
Come Awa with Me- Norah Jones
You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me – Dusty Springfield
Never Ever – All Saints
I’m Every Women – Chaka Khan
Like a Prayer – Madonna
Rolling in the Deep – Adele


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guru tribute

I know I was supposed to post a special podcast for Guru. However, due to time and not enough memory left on my Soundcloud account, I won't be able to do it till later. However, here is a special two-hour tribute DJ Premier threw down last night on Funkmaster's show on New York's Hot97. Two hours of Guru tracks. Download and Turn it up. Doing it for Guru.

Guru 1 Year Anniversary Tribute Live On Hot 97 (04/19/2011) by Dj Premier Blog Radio on Mixcloud

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Download Here.

love cures all..

I've been sick lately. Allergies snuck up late this year. Since Saturday night I have been sneezing, rubbing my eyes and trying not to have my head explode. Tried everything. Took the meds, had tons of sleep. Black herbal tea. Soup. All worked for a bit but the bugger kept on returning. This morning, I felt the best I've felt in a few days. I came downstairs to start my work with a good feeling for the day. I remembered that I downloaded this special Michael Jackson Mixtape J Period did. Along with that and doing this, some design work, and other things I love doing, it gave me that extra umph of good vibes to get me 100%. Sometimes, it's not what the doctors give you or the family secret remedies that work. It's you putting your head towards the things that make your heart beat that makes you feel better. Love cures all.

Go Here to download that Jackson mixtape.

quote of the day

"My Myspace has been more neglected than the kids in the projects" - Big Tweeze from the Circle Research Show episode #44

got hip hop goodies in the mail, today

I went upstairs and looked through the mail. Bills. A Christmas card and something from my friends from Urbnet. It wasn't a cd. It wasn't clothes. It wasn't tickets to some event. I wondered what was going on. What could the Urbnet guys be sending me now? I opened up the envelope and pulled out three little business cards. They had little codes on them each with different album names on them. One was for D-Sisive's latest free album, Jonestown, The other two were Moka Only projects. The first I saw was Moka's annual Christmas project, Martian Xmas 2009 and the other was The Nope's debut drop, Melba. As I write, I'm downloading all three. I will write a review on each in the coming days.

The thing I found the best is that the package came just in time for New Music Monday's!

I Love Early Christmas gifts. Especially of the Hip Hop kind.


Thanks Urbnet!

winter sessions

My latest podcast is up. We look at some wintery tracks and a little tribute to Lennon. Listen to it here.

humble and fred return for the xmas podcast

They'll be recording it Saturday afternoon. Humble and Fred haven't done a Christmas podcast in two years. The due did reunite last year for a little show downtown at the Dominion on Queen, where they invited old sidekicks, and listeners to listen to the live madness. I will keep you updated on when the show is posted on the interweb or check out Mike Boon's blog.

20 years of de la mixtape

Thanks to our Homies over at 1LoveTO for the headsup...

Our friends Mick Boogie & Terry Urban along side Lemar & Dauely are at it again, but this time celebrating 20 years of greatness from hip-hop’s own De La Soul. Toronto’s own Kardinal Offishall joins the likes of Talib Kweli, Phife and Camp Lo on the official “Le Da Soul: 20 Years of De La Soul” Mixtape.

Check out the mixtape here.

jonestown documentary..

Produced for the PBS series American Experience, Stanley Nelson’s Jonestown: The Life and Death of the Peoples’ Temple, written by his frequent collaborator Marcia Smith, examines the infamous religious cult formed by Jim Jones and the events that led to the group’s horrifying mass suicide in 1978. The film traces Jones’ history from his unhappy childhood in rural Indiana.

Witnesses describe a strange, charismatic young man who nursed a seemingly sincere desire for social justice, but also reputedly murdered small animals as a child. Jones’ desire to befriend people across color and class lines alienated his family and neighbors. Eventually, he moved to Indianapolis, where, as a young Pentecostal minister, he started the city’s first integrated church.

Eventually, Jones moved his church to California to escape the racism he perceived in Indiana. In Redwood Valley, his church took on a new life, and he began aggressively recruiting new members. At first, members were required to tithe a percentage of their worth, but eventually, they were expected to relinquish all of their “worldly goods” to the Temple. In 1974, Jones moved to San Francisco, where he acquired some political clout before his high profile caught up with him.

Just before a damaging exposé was published, he moved his people to what was meant to be a “paradise” outside the racism and oppression of America, in Guyana. Nelson interviews eyewitnesses, including many former members of the Temple, and members of Congressman Leo Ryan’s staff who managed to escape when the congressman’s investigatory visit ended in bloodshed. The film had its world premiere at the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival.

To check out the full doc, click here. Worth the watch....

two new tracks from d-sisive

Brand new track from the hardest working emcee in Toronto. D-Sisive's follow up album from his hugely successful LP, Let the Children Die will be a free album that will be available online on Wednesday at D-Sisive.com. Jonestown takes D back to his days of making boom bap Hip Hop with tight lyrical skills which will remind older fans of his battling days. D-Sisive's first singles from the LP are a good example of what kind of heat this Toronto native can put out when he has the right beat behind him.

D continues to tear up the local Hip Hop scene in 2009!

Click Here to check out Ken Park featuring Marco Polo and DJ Grouch.

Click Here to check out One Way Ticket

metric plugs in and out

If you have followed this blog long enough you know I'm a huge fan of Toronto's own Metric. The singer songwriter has released accoustic versions of songs from her Fantasies LP on an EP called Plug In, Plug Out. The EP will be available online at Amazon only in US, UK, France and Germany. After November 27th, the album will be available worldwide (excluding Canada due to lable blabbergabber) directly from her web site and on iTunes. If you want a full playlist and to check out some of the EP check it out here.

new cobra september 22...

I haven't posted a lot from these guys in a while. They've been in the studio making music. Now that they have new product coming out next month off of Urbnet Records, I'm sure I'll be posting more from OK Cobra. Today I found out that the duo have released their first single from their forthcoming album, Delirium Tremens. It's only available on the groups Myspace page so you'll to have to go here to check it out. The track is called I Quit (I Give Up). It's some good Cancon Hip Hop. Urbnet is releasing a bunch of good Hip Hop from local folk this year. We're in the works for a full album review. Stay tuned.

pete rock doc

The guys over at Real Freq posted this cool video on their blog. It's a documentary on the making of a Hip Hop cornerstone album, Soul Survivor from the infamous Pete Rock. It's five parts. You can check them all out here.

jackson music tributes...

I've been bombarded by different re-mixes, and tribute mixes and similar music hails to the late King of Pop in the past few days. Thought I would give a shout out to a couple of my favorites I've heard thus far..


Good friends of the blog, Circle Research were one of the first to put out something in memory to Michael. Check out the duo's special re-mix of Rock With You here


The legendary DJ Grouch made up a little Jackson tribute and you can download it here. The mix features a bunch of non-related Jackson tunes but tracks that basically convey how millions must feel right now.


Oh yeah. Just a reminder, that I posted my very own VMT yesterday and you can view it over here. I also posted a nice mixtape by the Press Play peeps. You can download their tribute here.

Furthermore, I'm sure all the local weeklies will be showcasing the works of the King this week and I'm sure we'll be able to download the tribute set at a later time. Watch out for some more tribute mixes coming in the next few weeks. Keep your ear out as we continue to remember Michael Joe Jackson.

jackson remixed

You know that we'll be seeing a whole lot of re-mixes coming out in the near future of Jackson material, but here's one worth checking out. From Here.

Almost every person I know has asked me about a MJ tribute tape: the answer is no. However, I thought I would share some of my favorite MJ remixes that we spin when we are doing our globe-trotting/playing-music thing. Whether you like soul, hip-hop, or house, you’ll enjoy this compilation. After the jump is the tracklist/download…

Deejays… some of you have some of these, some of you may have all of these… but they are all really dope…
Non-deejays… you’ve probably never heard a lot of these… but hopefully you find something cool…



1. I Want You Back (Z-Trip Jackson 5 Remix)
2. Shake Your Body (Extended Disco Mix)
3. Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough (Demo)
4. Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’ (Brothers In Rhythm House Mix)
5. Billie Jean (Kanye West Mix)
6. Off The Wall (Swifa Mix)
7. ABC (Salaam Remi / Jackson 5 Mix)
8. Smooth Criminal (Telemitry Remix)
9. Say Say Say (Dance Mix)
10. Jam (Roger’s Jeep Mix)
11. Right Here/Human Nature (SWV Duet)
12. Thriller (Bird Peterson Remix)
13. Rock With You (Daft Punk Remix)
14. HIStory (Ummah / Dilla Remix)
15. You Rock My World (Jay-Z Remix)
16. Happy Birthday (The Simpsons Remix)

Go Here to Download the mixtape.

humble and fred video of memories..

As a radio nerd, I always loved to see what was happening off air. Or what they jocks were doing while talking or announcing a track or stuff like that. This is the main reason why I was happy to see Mike Boon's Twitter's page today where he announced that he finally got his hands on the video of Humble and Fred's live Podcast from May 2nd. In case you haven't heard the podcast yet, then you'll be able to watch it. It's some funny stuff from two guys who should hook back up. Check out the video here.

keys'n'krates free download

Just downloaded it. If you don't know Keys'N'Krates, they consist of a Toronto based DJ and a keyboard player who have taken the word `re-mix' to the next level. The duo recently released a free download EP for everyone's enjoyment pleasure. You can download it here.

humble and fred's 20th anniversary podcast of memories

A while back I teased at a Humble and Fred reunion. The duo got together earlier on this month to do their 20th Anniversary Podcast of Memories. After a couple of weeks of patiently waiting we're finally able to listen to the final product. You can check out the full show here and remember how great these two really were. Oh the great days of Toronto Radio. We miss you.