Tracks You May Have Missed

Easily one of the hardest beats produced by The Neptunes, Noreaga’s ‘Superthug’ is todays throwback Thursday track. N.O.R.E. or Noreaga, depending on the year you started listening to this cat, dropped his debut solo album N.O.R.E. in ’98. Though this track was his lead single, it was out shined by his follow up single ‘Nothin’. Recently featured in the Entourage movie the…

Today, we’re throwing it back to a time where a couple cats from Harlem were kings in the game. The Diplomats consisting of Cam’ron, Juelz Santana and Jim Jones once ran Roc-A-Fella records and it was mainly due to tracks like this. ‘Dipset Anthem’ comes from the double disc album Diplomatic Immunity that was released back in 2003 and twelve years…

“Escuchela…la ciudad respirando” the opening sample of Blackstar’s ‘Repiration’ translates to “Listen to it, the city breathing”.  A perfect sample for a track that so perfectly captures the feeling of city life. Mos deliver the first verse giving listeners a strong visual of NYC laced with political commentary and intelligent metaphors, “The shiny Apple is bruised but sweet and if you choose…

By now you have probably heard about the choice words Jay Elect had for Drake and labelmate J.Cole. Though we’re not big on the gossip we thought it would only be right to look back at one of his tracks. For today’s throwback we’re looking at the track that Jay Electronica used to send out the message of his signing.…

With Dr. Dre dropping his first album in 16 years, we felt it was only right to revisit a track from the good doctor. But if you like music, chances are you’ve heard most of Dre’s acclaimed hits. So rather than running back to one of the classic joints we decided to look back to this San Holo remix of…

For this week’s #tbt Tracks You May Have Missed we take a look at THUGLI’s flip of the Baby ft. Clipse classic ‘What Happened’. The Toronto duo absolutely bodied this one completely cutting and rearanging the track. It retains all the key elements of the original including the infamous bird call, hypnotizing synths and quick drum rolls. But with the…

If you had some kind of internet connectivity this week then you probably read about the fuckery that happened between Meek Mill and Drake. We’re not really about all that back and forth but we’ll give you a quick breakdown. Philly rapper Meek Mill claimed via Twitter that Drake doesn’t write his own lyrics and as soon as this happened the…

With a family of rappers, Puff Daddy put together easily one of the illest posse cuts in time. Back in ’97 when rappers Jadakiss and Sheek Louch were in the mix with Diddy, and when Kim was still rocking with Bad Boy, ‘It’s All About the Benjamins’ was featured on Puff’s No Way Out album. Over a beat produced by…

Yesterday I had the pleasure of celebrating Canada Day with a free concert headlined by Toronto rap legend Kardinal Offishall. As always, Kardi rocked the show with ease flexing his prowess as an entertainer and getting the crowd hype. He played out a ton of his recent hits and few older tunes but notably absent was his 2001 smash ‘BaKardi Slang’.…

In 2010, Roc Nation’s J.Cole dropped a body of work widely known to be his best. Friday Night Lights was simply a mixtape, produced by Cole, but it definitely sounded like an album. Soon after his debut album dropped I found myself having a discussion about FNL versus Cole World and which one of them should have been the real…