THE RUSSIAN FUTURISTS JOIN SNOOP DOGG, BIG BOI AND DRAKE ON 2KSPORTS NBA2K11 SOUNDTRACK!! TOUR DATES W/ CARIBOU ANNOUNCED!!
2K Sports has announced the soundtrack for NBA® 2K11, the latest installment in the top rated and top selling NBA basketball simulation franchise. The soundtrack is the biggest and best in 2K history, offering an eclectic mix of upcoming breakout bands and highly acclaimed artists.
The Soundtrack will include not one, but two classics by The Russian Futurists!!! While shootin’ hoops with your home boys you’ll jam to two Russian Futurists tracks in “Paul Simon” (Our Thickness), and “Precious Metals” (Let’s Get Ready to Crumble). The soundtrack also includes Snoop Dogg, Outkast’s Big Boi, Drake, Kid Cudi, Two Door Cinema Club, The Constellations, and The Alan Parsons Project performing the Chicago Bulls’ intro song.
In celebration of the forthcoming brand new single by The Russian Futurists, and soon after – the long-awaited new album THE WEIGHT’S ON THE WHEELS, Matthew Hart is taking his live band out with music homies Caribou to give audiences in Ontario and Quebec a tasting of the new sounds of The Russian Futurists. They have also been confirmed on the line-up for the 2010 POP MONTREAL Upper Class/Secret City Party at Juste Pour Rire September 30!
THE RUSSIAN FUTURISTS LIVE:
September 14 – Guelph – E-Bar (w/Caribou)
September 15 – Ottawa – Babylon (w/Caribou)
September 16 – Montreal – Le National (w/Caribou)
September 17 – Toronto – The Phoenix (w/Caribou)
September 30 – Montreal – POP MONTREAL (w/The Russian Futurists, Miracle Fortress, Diamond Rings, Cadence Weapon DJ Set)
Lloyd – “LAY IT DOWN” Producer: Polow Da Don
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Fresh new single titled “Lay It Down” by R&B sensation Lloyd. This track is super-produced by Polow Da Don.
Francis and the Lights ‘Knees to the Floor’
If you haven’t heard the new Francis and the Lights you’re missing out. His sound is tactfully referential and simply amazing. Check the track below, spread with love.
Francis and the Lights – Knees to the Floor
http://www.mediafire.com/?drlr2ccqdat705d
YShaws – 1145 PM Dallas Freestyle
Freestlye is a spin off of Drake’s Dallas Freestyle. YShaws Just came back from Dallas and had this to say.
Drega – New King (Produced by Neo Tempus)
Toronto rapper Drega, best known as host of Royalty Radio (91.9 FM CFRE), released his first single titled “New King” on August 10th. “New King” which is produced by Neo Tempus, displays a more aggressive Drega over an infection synth and aims to bridge the divide between eastcoast and southern hip hop listeners. “I wanted to say something bold, but I also wanted to prove myself as a serious rapper and as an entertainer” Drega says.
Drega who has amassed a facebook page of close to 10,000 “Likes” went on a tear early in the year releasing acclaimed freestyles over Jay-Z’s Run This Town and Drake’s Over. He also leaked a record produced by J.Staffz entitled The Promise which helped to raise his profile among South Asian fans.
Expect more singles from Drega as he prepares to release an EP titled Man of the Year on Decemeber 14th.
“New King”is available from the following outlets: iTunes Mexico, IMVU, Rhapsody, Zune, MediaNet, Amazon MP3, Thumbplay, Napster, Spotify, Shockhound, iTunes U.S., iTunes Australia/N.Z., iTunes Canada, Nokia, eMusic, iTunes UK/European Union, iTunes Japan and Bandcamp.
Download/Stream: http://music.princeofgoa.com/track/new-king
THE RUB 2009 History of Hip Hop FREE Mixtape
FREE DOWNLOADABLE MIX: THE RUB 2009
right click and save as http://therub.crewcial.org/history/new/tim/TheRub2009.mp3
AGILE Summer Blends – Club Edition
Just wanted to send you the second mixtape in my “Summer Blends” series. This one is called “Club Edition”. It’s current club music (Hip Hop/R & B/Dancehall). Scratched, mixed & blended by yours truly.
iPod/iPhone version (ID, tracked + Artwork) http://agile.podomatic.com/entry/2010-07-26T19_18_45-07_00
MP3 Version http://soundcloud.com/agile/summer-blends-club-edition
Kanye – Samuel – Drake
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YOUNG JEEZY feat. OPIUM BLACK & DRAKE – LOSE MY MIND REMIX!!!
Francis and the Lights Release HTML5 iPAD/iPHONE Embeddable Album
DRAKE’S DEBUT “THANK ME LATER” ALBUM INCLUDES FRANCIS AND THE LIGHTS PRODUCED TRACK “KARAOKE”
NEW TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED SUPPORTING MGMT
In anticipation of the band’s debut record, It’ll Be Better (Cantora Records, July 20th),Francis and the Lights have released the world’s first HTML5 embeddable album, specifically designed for the iPad and the brand new iOS4. Developed exclusively by Muxtape’s Justin Ouellette, fans can stream the record, watch the video for “Darling, It’s Alright“, and download tracks directly from iTunes – using nothing more than fingertips to experience the content. The HTML5 album can also be embedded and streamed anywhere on the web. It’s all free and seamless, simply by visiting www.itllbebetter.com.
Along with their debut album, Franics and the Lights have also written and produced a song for Drake’s recently released debut, Thank Me Later, titled Karaoke. Drake personally requested a beat, and being a true fan, Francis decided to make use of a special song he had been saving. Francis recorded and arranged it in one night and sent it over with the message, “do whatever is best for the song.” Drake brilliantly re-worked the lyrics, making it deeply personal and added a rap verse. The song was cut and mixed by 40, Drake’s engineer, in Jamaica the following day.
The band is currently taking a short break after a two month long tour with Drake before heading back out to support the psych-pop duo, MGMT. The string of dates starting July 15th will see the band travel up the west coast from San Diego to Vancouver. The tour will end in New York City at Radio City Music Hall.
VISIT THE HTML5 EMBEDDABLE ALBUM ON AN iPHONE WITH iOS4 OR iPAD HERE:
LISTEN TO DRAKE’S KARAOKE PRODUCED BY FRANCIS AND THE LIGHTS:
http://francisandthelights.com/post/700971076
FRANCIS AND THE LIGHTS TOUR DATES /
*SUPPORTING MGMT **SUPPORTING DRAKE
7/15 SDSU Open Air Theatre San Diego, CA*
7/16 Greek Theatre Los Angeles, CA*
7/18 Fox Theatre Pomona, CA*
7/21 Fox Theatre Oakland, CA*
7/23 Capitol Hill Black Party Seattle, WA
7/24 Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver, BC*
7/27 Centre for the Performing Arts, Vancouver, BC**
8/1 Molson Amphitheater, Toronto, ON**
8/12 SOB’s, New York, NY
8/17 Radio City Music Hall, New York, NY*
Drake: Songs For All Seasons [Mixtape]
My brother from LA, DJ Mike Danger makes better mixtapes than you do. If you don’t believe me, download his latest ‘Drake – Songs For All Seasons’ mixtape by clicking on the image above or clicking here. Not many DJ’s put effort into mixtapes or are able to flex real skills anymore, but as usual Danger comes correct. Thank him later.. PS. Look out for a collaboration project between us soon..
Chin Contributes to Eminem’s New Album
Chin Play’s a Role in Eminem’s Road to Recovery
In 2009, Canadian singer/songwriter/producer Chin Injeti found himself amongst some impressive company having worked on and co-produced tracks for the Clipse, 50 Cent, and Drake.
Chin continues in 2010 to collaborate with superstar artists having just worked on the new Eminem record, Recovery. On Recovery, Chin shares writing and performance credits on the tracks “Almost Famous” and “Talkin’ 2 Myself” and also contributed to the production of “Talkin’ 2 Myself” which features Kobe. Both tracks were produced by his L.A. based production partner DJ Khalil.
In addition to this, Chin’s group The New Royales (along with DJ Khalil, Liz Rodrigues and Erik Alcock) also made major contributions with production, performing and writing on two other Eminem’s songs: “25 to Life” and “Won’t
Back Down” featuring Pink.
Alongside his increasing profile as a songwriter and producer, Chin continues his solo career as an artist with the release of his own album D’tach (April 6, 2010 Sparks/EMI). D’tach features some big names of it’s own with a guest appearance by K’NAAN on the song “Mask on my Face”.
Drake ‘Over’ (FAT Thursday Remix) DJ PACK and more
Just hitting you with the FAT Thursday Remix for Drake’s ‘OVER’. The initial feedback on this has been fantastic. MP3 192 Bit Rate is attached. Links for higher quality and zip files of the DJ Pack below as well, if desired.DJ Pack includes Clean, Dirty, Extended 8 Bar Clean, Extended 8 Bar Dirty & Instrumental Versions.
Over (FAT Thursday Remix) (Dirty) MP3 320 http://usershare.net/q6g45lvncnk8
Over (FAT Thursday Remix) (Ext 8 Bar Clean) MP3 320 http://usershare.net/ht6kykz8cwm3
Over (FAT Thursday Remix) (Ext 8 Bar Dirty) MP3 320 http://usershare.net/quf2feakhjgb
Over (FAT Thursday Remix) (Instrumental) MP3 320 http://usershare.net/8yb221zdtzye
This Remix is from the upcoming ‘FAT Thursday’ Album/Mixtape of “Unofficial” Remixes.
*Brand New* Magnum 357-Light up (Freestyle) 2010
We recorded this over the Stylus awards weekend in Toronto at Cherry Sound Studios,Which ironically is one of the studios Drake works out of. I believe Magnum is the first to go in on this record…This is just straight to point REAL TALK! Take it in…Here is the download link as well as the video. Thanks for supporting Real hiphop!
DOWNLOAD LINK
http://usershare.net/t3u4vvc2n7vi
FRANCIS and the LIGHTS – ‘For Days’ free download
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Hey – the inimitable Francis and the Lights have unleashed a new mp3 “For Days” from their debut full length Drake Works on Project at Toronto’s Cherry Beach Sound
Toronto based recording studio Cherry Beach Sound recently hosted rapper, songwriter, and television sensation Drake and Young Money Entertainment in the studio to work on his upcoming project. Also attending the session was his engineer/producer Noah “40″ Shebib.
Drake received two Grammy nominations this year for Best Rap Song: “Best I Ever Had” and Best Rap Solo Performance: “Best I Ever Had.” He also took home two Juno’s at the 2010 Juno Awards for Best New Artist and Rap Recording of The Year for his debut album, So Far Gone, which was released in September 2009, and was written and recorded at Cherry Beach Sound. Just before signing his first record deal, Cherry Beach Sound hosted Drake on multiple occasions to record the demo that eventually signed him to Young Money Entertainment. Drake is the second artist to have his first two singles reach the top ten on Billboard’s Hot 100 within the same week. After debuting at No. 6 on the Billboard 200, So Far Gone became the highest charting EP in the United States by a Canadian rapper.
Universal Motown, distributor of Thank Me Later, recently announced that Drake will be releasing his upcoming album, Thank Me Later this June, which features collaborations with artists such as Lil Wayne, K-OS, Kanye West, The Dream, Danny! and Jay-Z.
The JUNO Effect: CTV’s 2010 JUNO AWARDS Broadcast Boosts Album and Digital Sales for Performers
Biggest gains made by Blue Rodeo and Great Lake Swimmers with more than 200% increase in digital track sales; Metric continues to surge forward –
2.01 million tune-in to CTV channels for THE 2010 JUNO Awards broadcasts –
A musical ripple that began in St. John’s, NL has emanated across the country boosting sales for performers on THE 2010 JUNO AWARDS following CTV’s broadcast on Sunday, April 18. Known as “The JUNO Effect”, this wave of enthusiasm increased album sales and digital downloads for THE JUNO AWARDS performers by as much as 444%.
Watched in all or in part by 6.5 million Canadians, this year’s CTV broadcast featured spectacular performances by Drake, Justin Bieber, K’NAAN, Metric, Michael Bublé and more, resulting in a final average audience of 1.6 million viewers. Following encore broadcasts of the two-hour, concert-style Awards on CTV, /A\, Much Music, Star! and Bravo!, that number increases to 2.01 million viewers in total.*
“The JUNO Effect” occurs each year in the hours and days immediately following THE JUNO AWARDS broadcast when fans rush to online outlets and music stores to support their favourite Canadian artists. Data from Nielsen SoundScan confirms significant sales spikes just weeks after the broadcast for the following headlining performers:
Album Sales:
· Blue Rodeo – up 31%
· Drake – up 58%
· Great Lake Swimmers – up 63%
· Johnny Reid – up 27%
· K’NAAN – up 50%
· Metric – up 41%
· Michael Bublé – up 49%
Digital Track Sales:
· Billy Talent - “Saint Veronica” – 77% increase
· Blue Rodeo - “One Light Left In Heaven” – 444% increase
· Classified – “Oh Canada”- 36% increase
· Drake – “Over” – 91% increase
· Great Lake Swimmers – “Pulling On A Line”- 245% increase
· Johnny Reid – “Dance With Me” – 177% increase
· Justin Bieber – “Baby” – 15% increase
· K’NAAN – “Wavin’ Flag” – 61% increase
· Metric - “Gimme Sympathy” – 176% increase
· Michael Bublé – ” Haven’t Met You Yet” – 26% increase
The 40th annual JUNO Awards will take place March 21-27, 2011 in Toronto, ON, culminating in the CTV broadcast of THE 2011 JUNO AWARDS on Sunday, March 27 from the Air Canada Centre.
Web Links:
Official JUNO Awards website: www.junoawards.ca
CTV’s JUNO Awards website: www.junos.ctv.ca
CARAS website: www.carasonline.ca
CTV website: www.ctv.ca
Drake – Best I Ever Had (WeShine Productions version)
WeShine Productions is remaking music videos that has already been done. We are putting our own twist on how we would have shot it, minus the big budget and using local actors. The first video we remade is the song Best I Ever Had by Drake. …
FRANCIS AND THE LIGHTS ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM IT’LL BE BETTER ON CANTORA RECORDS
DIGITAL RELEASE AVAILABLE NOW ON iTUNES, PHYSICAL RELEASE OUT ON JULY 20th
ON TOUR NOW WITH DRAKE AND K-OS, SELECT HEADLINING TOUR DATES IN MAY
EMBEDDABLE FULL ALBUM STREAM AVAILABLE NOW AT ITLLBEBETTER.COM
Francis and the Lights have announced the release of It’ll Be Better on Cantora Records, the first full-length release from the invigoratingly soulful rock n roll group fronted by Francis Farewell Starlite. Available now on iTunes and out on CD July 20th, It’ll Be Better showcases the vast range of Francis Farewell Starlite’s songwriting talent over 8 succinct and passionate songs. As an added bonus, Francis and the Lights are making the full album available for streaming with an embeddable widget now at the link below.
Currently on the road with Drake who handpicked the group to support his ongoing North American tour, Francis and the Lights will headline several upcoming shows this May in Boston, New York, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. The partnership also resulted in a collaboration for a song on Drake’s forthcoming album Thank Me Later, which was written and produced by Francis as well.
Drake Joins the Soul Movement with Slakah the Beatchild
Last summer, BBE Music Performing Producer, Slakah the Beatchild busted onto the scene when his first US single “Enjoy ya Self” hit the #1 position on the BET J (now Centric TV) video countdown show Soul Sessions. Today, Slakah the Beatchild has the world buzzing again with the release of his slam-dunk, state of the art follow up video, “Enjoy ya Self v2” featuring Canadian rap superstar Drake.
Hailing from Canada, with roots in Carriacou, Grenada, Slakah the Beatchild is pure talent personified and the true essence of a jack-of-all-trades. Known amongst the Canadian music scene as the “go-to hit maker” for producing Divine Brown’s Juno Award winning, #1 pop single “Sunglasses”; for the #1 College Radio Single “Out of this World” with his group Art of Fresh; for producing 2 tracks on the highly acclaimed CD 4:15 by Ayah, and for his work with many of Canada’s young talent including Ebrahim, Tona, D.O., and Melanie Durrant, Slakah the Beatchild has quietly been making noise worldwide in Countries such as the U.K., Sweden, Germany, Japan and Australia. Last year “Slakah” traveled to Sweden to work with singer Tingsek on his 4th studio album, Restless Soul and is featured on 3 tracks on the CD. Currently the Beatchild is working with Grammy Nominated artist Glenn Lewis to develop tracks for the R&B singer’s new CD, performing spot-dates and working on a new album with his group Art of Fresh, as well as embarking on a 4-city mini-tour with Ebrahim and Tingsek to promote his alter ego, The Slakadeliqs, forthcoming release.
A visual masterpiece, “Enjoy ya Self v2” was directed by award winning Director RT! of The NE Inc. (www.thene.ca), who has worked with artists such as Xzibit, Talib Kweli, Kardinal Offishall, Simple Plan, Belly, Sean Paul and Ginuwine. “This song and video represents some of the artists and friends who inspire me. I love creating timeless music and imagery that is not a clone of what is ‘hot right now’, but rather what is fresh in my heart and mind. Director RT! really helped bring the vision to life!”, the Beatchild remarked. “Enjoy ya Self v2”, which pays tribute to what the Beatchild considers “feel good music” and names several artists personally including Pete Rock, Marvin Gaye, SWV and De La Soul, has already generated rave reviews.
Drake – Over (Dekk Remix)
Young Money standout Drake gets his latest single “Over” remixed by Spread Label producer Dekk.
Distorted synthesizers and driving percussion transform Drizzy’s original tune from soulful to electro-garage pop in what is likely to be the most unique Drake remix of the year.
LINK: http://www.mediafire.com/?wtjmhn4km22
STREAM: http://www.ahhsweetdude.com/_media/OverDekkRemix.mp3
This is the G EXPERIENCE – Courtside for Toronto Raptors v Los Angeles Lakers
THIS IS THE G EXPERIENCE
Experience G gives sports fans the opportunity to score some unforgettable major league tickets – from court side at the Raptors to up close with the Habs or killer seats at the Grey Cup – there are over 100 chances to win.
Canadians qualify by becoming a fan of the Gatorade Canada Facebook page and uploading a video of themselves completing a specific challenge that tests their ability, talent and will to win – anything from showing their best game face or touchdown dance to an intense slapshot or crazy ball-handling skills. Check out the Facebook page for more details.
Experience G will be running for a whole year (from January 18, 2010 to January 31, 2011).
TEN ‘G EXPERIENCE’ COURTSIDE OBSERVATIONS
1. Kobe stepped on my left foot in-play
2. Raptors win! Raptors win! Raptors win!
3. Two Raptors sat in the chair directly beside me and took shots during pre-game warmup
4. Yelled “Hey Machine, they let you off the bench?!” and he responded
5. Up close and personal look to agree with Phil Jackson, that Ron Ron’s Peak sneakers truly are made of concrete
6. Drake has two bodyguards in the wings & Superfan has a lot of roll in the ACC
7. Flip minoHD is all you really need to capture proper footage
8. Hedo runs out of gas and Coach Triano keeps him in the game
9. CB4 is a silent assassin!
10. The Cheerleaders are good from far and far from good.
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Twitter: @Gcanada
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