I sadly got rid of my CDs & vinyl, but I found a bunch of old tapes - including the GD (my initials) mixtape series, where I would pull songs from multiple radio shows. I would type/print the tracklist & do it monthly. Spent countless hours doing this. A true labour of love 🤣🤣
💿RECORD REVIEW💿
3.5 out of 5 (Very Good/Dope)
If you're a fan of Statik compilation albums, there's no doubt you'll dig this one. A mix of some of our favourite MCs, some of the underground's most important voices, and a bunch of up-and-coming MCs who get a chance to shine on a big stage.
The production was on point as always. I thought 13 of the 21 songs were repeaters, with my favourite tracks being "Globetrotters" (Logic actually killed his verse) and "Generational".
Another dope addition to a fantastic discography that deserves a hell of a lot more credit than it gets.
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"Expensive Taste" by Statik Selektah
Excited to Statik drop a new album, huge fan of his production and his compilation albums are generally amongst my fav's of the year they drop. This one is star studded as usual including Pharoahe, Busta, M.O.P., WSG, Styles P, Rome Streetz, AZ, Killer Mike, Raekwon, Gibbs, amongst other underground luminaries. Dropped yesterday. Lets press play. Anyone check it yet?
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"Expensive Taste" by Statik Selektah
Excited to Statik drop a new album, huge fan of his production and his compilation albums are generally amongst my fav's of the year they drop. This one is star studded as usual including Pharoahe, Busta, M.O.P., WSG, Styles P, Rome Streetz, AZ, Killer Mike, Raekwon, Gibbs, amongst other underground luminaries. Dropped yesterday. Lets press play. Anyone check it yet?
💿RECORD REVIEW💿
4 out of 5 (Excellent)
If you're a fan of great MCing and grimey, unadulterated rap, this one's for you. I thought they went 10 for 12, with "Clean Up Nice" sitting right alongside my favourite tracks of the year.
Futurewave did his thing on the beats, providing the perfect soundscape, and his chemistry with these two MCs is near flawless. Asun Eastwood reminds everyone why he's an MC worth checking for: ill punches, depth in the bars, and a presence few can match. While everyone brought their A-game, Sonzarelli was the star of the show. I honestly don't know how many MCs I'd rank above him right now. Dude is rapping at an absurd level.
Happy to see this kind of elite talent in the city, and even happier to see them continuing to level up and cement themselves among the best doing it. Definitely something you should be checking out.
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"Nom De Guerre" by Daniel Son, Asun Eastwood & Futurewave.
Been a fan of these dudes for a long time. One of my first introductions to them was when they released their first collaborative album, "Physics of Filth", back in 2018. Since then, Daniel Son, Asun and Futurewave have all been killing it, building strong bodies of work individually. They came back together for what I thought was one of the best albums of 2020 with "Bite the Bullet".
Now, six years later, they're teaming up again for another full project, and this one feels like a moment. They've built a strong following, and it looks like the larger community outside the city is finally starting to really take notice. Really excited to press play on this one. Something about it feels like it could be a special project. If you've given it some run already, lemme know what you think.
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"Nom De Guerre" by Daniel Son, Asun Eastwood & Futurewave.
Been a fan of these dudes for a long time. One of my first introductions to them was when they released their first collaborative album, "Physics of Filth", back in 2018. Since then, Daniel Son, Asun and Futurewave have all been killing it, building strong bodies of work individually. They came back together for what I thought was one of the best albums of 2020 with "Bite the Bullet".
Now, six years later, they're teaming up again for another full project, and this one feels like a moment. They've built a strong following, and it looks like the larger community outside the city is finally starting to really take notice. Really excited to press play on this one. Something about it feels like it could be a special project. If you've given it some run already, lemme know what you think.
💿RECORD REVIEW💿
3.5 out of 5 (Very Good/Dope)
Sayzee continues to show his elite potential with another dope offering in "YFRWN 11". I thought 11 of the 17 tracks on here were repeaters and dude is rapping on this shit. My fav tracks were "Static" and "Bodies". With this project, he's definitely reinforcing my opinion that he's one of the best up-and-coming MCs doing this shit. Definitely recommend checking this one out.
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"YFRWN 11" by Sayzee
I had folks telling me to check out Sayzee last year and I never got around to it and I gotta say I'm mad at myself for sleeping. I've peeped two of the projects he's dropped this year and dude is one of the nicest MCs and definitely my fav "new" MC I've heard this year. He just dropped this and it's 45mins and 18 tracks with features from Asun Eastwood, Jamal Gasol & Lord Juco. Love hearing MCs from the Toronto area with this type of talent and he's quickly placed himself with Daniel Son & Asun as must hear MCs from Toronto. Bout to press play.