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Director extraordinaire David F. Mewa takes us back with a dope look at some classic vinyl via his recently launched new channel, Urban Art Dept.

The Urban Art Dept is a digital content channel. It’s programming maintains a focus on urban music and lifestyle with special focus on ‘The Golden Era’. The channel is owned and operated by video director David F. Mewa.

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New EP / vibes from producer and now sanger, McCallaman. Lovely.

Toronto artist, producer & DJ Matthew McCalla (known as McCallaman) is back with another project straight from the soul. Fresh off of the release of his beloved Black Pop EP – “Boy You Better Sing” is McCalla’s debut solo start as a singer & writer, being the only voice you hear on each self-produced track. Boy You Better Sing is an urgent call to speak up & use your God-given talents while you still have breath. Following the same train of thought as the Black Pop EP, it is a conscious project with music & a message that promotes life.

The inspiration for this project came after he was involved in a severe car collision last year. McCalla also witnessed his cousin pass away in 2010 (the late D-Keyz of producer group Burd & Keyz) and a few months before his cousin passed, he heard him sing for the first time. It caught him off guard because his cousin had a beautiful voice and would pass without anyone ever really knowing that. A combination of these life changing events & encouragement from family and friends prompted a new sense of urgency to explore as much as possible, artistically.

McCallaman has enjoyed recent success with Black Pop reaching over 45,000 total plays on Soundcloud. His music has been featured on Soulection radio via Beats1 (Apple music). He is poised for more success with his latest video for the single “Tenfold” featuring Tika Simone premiering on AfroPunk, in addition to packing venues w/ his live sets in Toronto and opening for Goldlink’s national tour.

While McCallaman has made waves as a producer, most recently for Goldlink’s debut album ‘And After That We Didn’t Talk’, with this project he has stepped into his own and has more to give than just his beats. Like everyone else, he has a story, purpose, & message. Boy You Better Sing is an exhortation, encouraging people to face their fears and become as beautiful & fully realized as they are meant to be.

– Written, produced, performed, & mixed by McCallaman
– Artwork by Nicholas Fulcher
– Mastered by Justin Mathews

Make a Joyful Noise

produced, performed, written, & mixed by: McCallaman
mastered by: Justin Mathews
cover art by: Nicholas Fulcher
photo by: Eric Slyfield

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More goodness from KAYTRANADA in preparation for his upcoming album! 2nd half!!!

Taken from KAYTRANADA’s debut album 99.9%, out May 6. Pre-order: http://x-l.co/kaytra999 Vinyl: http://x-l.co/kaytravinyl999
Video directed by Bo Mirosseni.

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Was hoping they’d do a video for this joint but damn…never coulda imagined that it would look like this. Shouts to everyone involved in this execution. Too dope!

Music video by Naturally Born Strangers performing Jameson Ave. (C) 2015 TheLegendsLeague / Rich Kidd Beats / R-WAY

Song Produced by Rich Kidd

Download “NBS” : http://smarturl.it/LLNBS

Directed by RT! for Mad Ruk Entertainment
Produced by Mauricio Ruiz for Mad Ruk Entertainment
http://www.madrukent.com

Produced in Co-operation with MuchFACT, A Foundation To Assist Canadian Talent, Supported by Much and M3, Divisions of Bell Media Inc.

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Nice-ness from TO to MTL.

Gravity (produced by River Tiber & KAYTRANADA) at Red Bull studios Los Angeles for Red Bull Sound Select

Red Bull Sound Select:www.redbullsoundselect.com/artists/rivertiber
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More tastes of Black Sheep Nirvana, both produced by WondaGurl.

Futurewave from the production trio The Lost Info and the collaborative entity The Grindhouse Project drops a nice showcase of his sounds.

Latest collaborative sounds from emcees Trace Motivate, 360 and producers Astro Mega and Future Wave.

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Some new new from Lanez and Zac Facts.

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