This is the only place you need to be today. Shouts to the entire Manifesto team!

Directed by Sam Pilling.

https://twitter.com/theweeknd

Get the “Kiss Land” album @ http://smarturl.it/TheWeekndKissLand  and get tickets for his Fall tour @ http://smarturl.it/TheWeekn…

Canadian Tour Dates:
9/6 Vancouver, BC Orpheum Theatre
9/7 Vancouver, BC Orpheum Theatre

10/17 Toronto, ON Massey Hall
10/19 Toronto, ON Massey Hall
10/20 Toronto, ON Massey Hall

Previously: NEW VIDEO: The Weeknd feat. Drake “Live For”

Directed by Store House Media.

Crown A’ Thornz (Eklipz, J-Wyze and Kolor Brown) drop proper music and visual vibes off their “Core – A – Nation” album.

The video was shot in locations in Toronto and Hamilton. Thanks to Baranga’s on the Beach for giving us access to shoot at your location. Mega Love to the peoples who came through and jumped in the video for us, we appreciate your time and support. I choose to keep the effects simple on this one as I think the sun colored the footage just right and the shots presented have that good feel of summer. Big Up all crew who represents the Crown A’ Thornz movement and share the music and video’s as always we value your effort!

Previously: NEW VIDEO: Eklipz – Here We Go Again (Round & Round)

Previously: NEW MUSIC: J-Wyze feat. NewBreedMC & Vinny Diablo “I Got The Word (Like A Dollar)” (Prod. Kolor Brown)

www.mernakilledayah.com

Previously: NEW MUSIC: Merna “Better Run” (Prod. Makai Black)

Possibly Cazhmere’s best visuals to date. Murderation by Shi. Harvard‘s crazy video push for A Penny And A Nightmare continues…

Directed by Cazhhmere for The NE!
Produced by Deli

Download Harvey Stripes “A Penny and a Nightmare” Mixtape featuring Jeremih, Jadakiss, Travis Porter, Tory Lanez & more!

[Direct Download]: http://www.harveystripes.com/hsapan.zip

[iTunes]: https://itun.es/ca/gVH5P

www.harveystripes.com
www.IGOTSTRIPES.com

@harveystripes

Previous: VIDEO: HARVEY STRIPES & JEREMIH – A PENNY AND A NIGHTMARE RELEASE PARTY (VLOG)

Newness from Kayo.

Official Music Video for ‘Don’t Bring Me Down’ 

Featuring Lisa Scinta

Produced by Young K & Yogidaproducer

Directed by Mad Ruk Entertainment

Supported by Much Fact

Off Kayo’s upcoming EP entitled S.L.A.V.E. (Serenity Lives Around Virtuous Energy)

Available on iTunes NOW: 

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/s.l…
Via Black Box Recordings 

Follow Kayo at: 

www.KayoMusic.com
www.facebook.com/KayoGuevarra
www.twitter.com/KayoGuevarra
www.instagram.com/KayoGuevarra
www.KayoGuevarra.Tumblr.com

Previous: NEW MUSIC: KAYO FEAT. NALEDGE “FADED” (REMIX) (PROD. RITCHCRAFT & YOGIDAPRODUCER)

Corey Fila push continues with “Gone” off his upcoming tape Blue Jays Dream Vol. 3.

Blue Jays Dream Vol. 3 Coming Soon… Follow @coreyfila and for bookings and features hit up music4life2323@gmail.com.

Previous: NEW VIDEO: COREY FILA – MEANING OF LIFE (IN MY LIFETIME)

Directed and edited by XCON of Will X Movement, “Immortal” is the lead
single and video from Toronto supa emcee, Dan-e-o’s new EP of the same
name. Available for FREE download from URBNET Records, “Immortal” is
produced in its entirety by Charisma a.k.a. Skizzz. Also featuring guest
performances by Nigerian up-and-comer Dice Ailes as well as Canadian
lyrical legends, Moka Only, Big Kish and Maestro Fresh Wes, “Immortal”
serves as the “appetizer” to Dan-e-o’s full-length album “Inevitable”
which is being released 11/12/13!

The “Inevitable” album release party goes down at #BIGTICKET, Friday,
November 8 inside Toronto’s Velvet Underground, 510 Queen St. West. Be
there!

Download Dan-e-o’s “Immortal” EP!
http://urbnet.bandcamp.com/album/immortal
https://soundcloud.com/urbnet/sets/dan-e-o-immortal-ep

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DAN-E-O
WEBSITE | http://www.dan-e-o.com
TWITTER | http://www.twitter.com/daneo10
YOUTUBE | http://www.youtube.com/donfaraldo
FACEBOOK | http://www.facebook.com/daneo1010
BANDCAMP | http://www.dan-e-o.bandcamp.com
SOUNDCLOUD | http://www.soundcloud.com/dan-e-o
IMDB | http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3376013
STORE | http://www.maplemusic.com/dept.asp?dept_id=2313

Previously: NEW MUSIC: Dan-e-o “Immortal” (EP)

Push for Shad‘s latest offering is in full swing. Flying Colours October 15th!

Shad is kind of a big deal. He may be a relative newcomer in the minds of most US rap fans, but North of the border, in between complaints about the cold and apologizing for bumping into your fellow countryman on the street, they know Shad. The Kenyan-born, Toronto-bred, Vancouver-residing rapper is already three albums deep, but his skills are still being honed and it feels as though he has yet to even hit his stride. His last album was shortlisted for a Polaris Music Prize and it beat out Drake’s Thank Me Later for the Juno’s Best Rap Album award. His self-deprecating style may be somewhat unique to Canada, but his laid-back flow and ability to seemingly effortlessly tell stories over the beat has universal appeal.

Now, with his fourth album, Flying Colours, arriving October 15 via Black Box, the mild-mannered rapper is poised to make his mark on the industry. RESPECT. sat down with Shadto discuss his new album, “conscious rap,” his life post-music and more.

RESPECT: I remember a while back, you mentioned the difference between making your mark in Canada and in the US. Mainly, you said touring was the focus here and in the US you need to put out free music. You dropped Melancholy last year and you recently put out the Spring Up EP for free. How do you think that impacted your profile in the US?

Shad: It’s really hard for me to say because I’m not there much. It’s hard for me to get an impression as far as who is where listening to my music, if anyone at all. Those projects for me were more like, I was in the studio working hard on my full-length and I had these little opportunities to work on different things. Melancholy was just an idea I had on tour and I was like, “Ok, we’re just not gonna work on the album for five days and do this.” The Spring Up was just after I had finished [Flying Colours] and I still had some creative energy and banged out those tracks fast. So I wasn’t thinking about those as far as an exposure to the States kind of intention.

CBC ranked you as the second greatest Canadian rapper of all-time, right behind Maestro. To put that in perspective, the three that preceded you on the list were K-Os, Drake and Kardinal Offishall. What was your reaction when you found that out?

That was tremendous. I’m always amazed when people listen to my music that closely and put me in that category. That was great. Maestro is like our Rakim, Big Daddy Kane and KRS-One all-in-one. And, of course, Drake is Drake. So, to be put in that category is really special.

And your album TSOL also beat out Drake’s Thank Me Later for the Juno’s rap album of the year in 2011. So it’s safe to say that it’s you and not Kendrick who’s murdering Drake, right?

[Laughs.] I feel like Drake beats me 364 days a year so that was my one day.

READ FULL INTERVIEW HERE

Previous: VIDEO: SHAD – FLYING COLOURS (BEHIND THE SCENES) (MANIFESTOTV)

This is a few months old but I just came across it the other day after taking in “More Than Friends”. Basically, the homies from The Precious Lo’s had a little feature produced on them across the pond. Gil was in studio and talks about the city and also plays some big tunes from the likes of Maylee Todd, Bird and of course The Precious Lo’s.

Excerpt from Monocle’s “Culture With Robert Bound” radio program. Gil Masuda sits down with Tom Hall at The Midori House radio studios to discuss Toronto’s music scene, including a sneak peek of a new track by The Precious Lo’s featuring Maylee Todd. Official single and video coming soon…

Original air date: 13/05/13
Archive link: monocle.com/radio/shows/culture/83/

Previous: NEW MUSIC: THE PRECIOUS LO’S – MORE THAN FRIENDS FEAT. MAYLEE TODD + REMIX FEAT. KORRY DEEZ