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Any Given Sunday:

By Justin Lee

"There was a void in Calgary radio, [we] just wanted to fill it," explains CJSW DJ Drew Atlas on why he and fellow Groove DJ "Gummi" created an urban music radio show. On any given Sunday afternoon, urban music listeners who are tired of the same-old top-40 radio tracks where the latest Ricky Martin single… Continue reading Any Given Sunday:

Book ’em Dan-E-O

By Justin Lee

"Help people who listen to it get something from it. For the betterment of the future no matter what people’s skin colour or hair style is or religion or anything like that, help us to band together. You know, I don’t plan or I don’t even pretend to be a saviour or a preacher or… Continue reading Book ’em Dan-E-O

Finding a balance

By Justin Lee

Scarborough-bred duo Citizen Kane, comprised of J-Spade and Rob Blye, manage to combine deep-conscious lyrics while still maintaining their hard-edged delivery. After 10 years of hard work and dedication, CK have graduated from b-boys to being one of the most respected hip hop duos in Canada, receiving critical praise for their 1999 Juno-nominated debut, Deliverence.… Continue reading Finding a balance

Monolith crew members IRS

By Justin Lee

Instinctive Reaction to Struggle have represented the Canadian hip-hop underground for a few years now, as part of one of the tightest crews in Toronto known as Monolith. They were responsible for most of the production behind Monolith’s 1998 EP The Long Awaited… in addition to performing on the album. Like other multi-membered crews such… Continue reading Monolith crew members IRS

Drop the Beat: picking up hip-hop for the hockey nation

By Justin Lee

CBC Television recently created an important dramatic series, Drop The Beat. A behind-the-scenes look at the Canadian hip-hop industry and the culture that surrounds it, the show follows two twenty-something males, Dennis and Jeff, who host a bi-weekly hip-hop campus radio show on the fictional CIBJ in Toronto. Dennis (Merwin Mondesir) is an up-and-coming music… Continue reading Drop the Beat: picking up hip-hop for the hockey nation

Kung-fu and eye-candy

By Justin Lee

Black urban America has embraced the kung-fu film genre since the days of Saturday morning kung fu shows and "blaxploitation" flicks of the ’70s. These movies took the genre and gave it an urban twist (i.e. Dolemite and Black Belt Jones), and now Hollywood is flirting with the whole East-meets-West premise. Enter Romeo Must Die,… Continue reading Kung-fu and eye-candy

Drop the Beat / 3 Strikes — Various Artists

By Justin Lee

Other than providing soundtracks for hip-hop based film and television productions, these two discs are as different in content as they come. The soundtrack for the CBC series Drop The Beat–a behind-the-scenes look at a college hip-hop station–is packed with some of the illest MCs in Canada and the us. The album features the higher-conscious… Continue reading Drop the Beat / 3 Strikes — Various Artists

Calgary’s MC’s step up to the plate

By Justin Lee

The expression, "one love," is a term that gets thrown around in hip-hop, which all too often, lacks sincerity. On Fri., Jan. 28 at the Calgary Multicultural Centre, there was without a doubt "one love." With more positive energy circulating around Calgary’s first Eliminator mc battle than a Tony Robbin’s seminar, more than 15 local… Continue reading Calgary’s MC’s step up to the plate

Nupanella: Nummy

By Justin Lee

Nupanella. The name rolls off your tongue all smooth like silk. The same could be said about the vocal delivery of Rockabye, the central force behind local hip-hop duo Nupanella. Rockabye Together with the rhythmic flow of fellow mc AAnalyst, quench the never-ending thirst of heads searching for true hip-hop. Meanwhile, producers/sound scientists Prizo and… Continue reading Nupanella: Nummy

Next Friday fails to deliver a punch

By Justin Lee

Hollywood hasn’t exactly had the greatest success with sequels, particularly in the comedy genre. The majority of comedic sequels strive to one-up the original by trying to create a bigger, better and funnier version of its predecessor. However, many times the end result is an over-the-top, pathetic attempt to suck in fans of the original… Continue reading Next Friday fails to deliver a punch