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College Dropout, Late Registration, Graduation. By the time Kanye was getting ready to drop his third album he was teetering on the verge of super stardom. Better yet, he was about to solidify himself as a hip-hop icon. Going head to head with 50 Cent’s ‘Curtis’, Kanye was about to bring home a W for what people were calling “the…

Good news: Quality Goods Records – the fledgling label fronted by the one and only UZ – is back and they are bringing more heat with a new collaborative single from Yvng Jalapeño and Ian Munro. Both producers have been having pretty productive years, with Jalapeño touring with Marshmello while Munro, himself a Quality Good Records artist, has been chalking…

Brasstracks can do no wrong. After dropping a slew of stellar remixes (‘XO TOUR Llif3,’ ‘All Of The Lights’) earlier this year, they’ve opted to move into unleashing originals. ‘Fever’ and ‘Favorite’ are both home runs and with the release of ‘Those Who Know’ they complete the Trifecta. The first listen will have you wondering, “damn, who’s that vocalist and…

It’s Friday at long last and we’ve got new music from Sebastiaan Vandevoorde. Also known as Moonlight Matters, the Belgium producer is back with new single ‘Until The Next Time,’ featuring an awesome vocal pairing with Sharleen Spiteri of Texas. With a host of remixes already under his arm for the likes of Adele, Lana Del Rey, Ellie Goulding and…

Summer is pretty much over but you know we’ve still got that heat. It’s Friday, so we’re coming through the 186th installment of our weekly. This week we kick things off with the infectious and ridiculously fun Lil Uzi Vert flip from Less Is Moore. From there we delve into some bangers from Yvng Jalepeno x Ian Munro, LUUDE, Lunice,…

For those sick of over auto-tuned, substance-less fast food raps, Oddisee is your medicine. His music is a home cooked meal; it may take a little longer to get into and digest but the reward is well worth it. His latest serving is ‘Never Lived,’ an introspective record that’s rich with wisdom and wordplay. The beat is smooth and understated…

Vancouver-based multi-instrumentalist Apollo (previously known as Kalibo) delivers an out-of-this-world album that’ll take you on a trip into the unknown and beyond – Skydive is the perfect harmony between an ethereal transcendence into the heavens, and an intergalactic journey through the cosmos. An album, particularly a debut album, is a rather grandiose way to start off a new moniker, and…

What happens when you get Barely Alive, Virtual Riot, 12th Planet, Funtcase, Cookie Monsta, Dubloadz, BadKlaat, Dillon Francis (plus a whole load more to boot) in the same place? Well not only would that be an awesome party, it would also be the producers behind the latest release from none other than Excision. Returning after once again dominating the bass…

London’s bass beast Cris Jarvis, best known mononymously as Jarvis, made his debut appearance in Canada alongside Synoid, PsychoticMinds, SnwKnz, and Big D, to support PhaseOne for his North America Tour. Presented by Dead Royalty Productions, the unforgettable night inside One Loft was full of unrelenting bass, huge smiles all around, and some of the wildest headbanging this city has…

Just rolling out of Quality Goods Records, the label expertly ran and curated by UZ, is Focus, a brand new EP put together by production duo Kyral x Banko – who have been responsible for some massively bass-heavy tunes over the past few years. The pair’s experience within the scene shines through from the outset here, and Focus is dripping…