Latest from @MintyBurns featuring @MalikFerraud.

Previously: NEW MUSIC: Minty Burns feat. The Incomparable Shakespeare “Gotta Get It” (Prod. Pro Logic)

You don’t need to comb through much of this city’s 30+ hip-hop legacy to conclude the Mega’s got a lot of exceptional talent. Case in point: Progress, and his crucial contributions to the Freedom Writer’s collective, along with his own sparse but impressive releases. Dude’s an artist to check for, not just on a local rap-music-culture level, but on a community/engaging-with-the-problematics-he-spits-about level.

Anyways take in this preview of his upcoming EP, out real soon.

Previously: NEW VIDEO: Progress “Rock Sh*t” (Directed by Big Sproxx) + DJ Pack

Visuals for Doc McKinney’s (Esthero, The Weeknd, Drake) musical collabo with the kid Spooky Black.

Previously: NEW MUSIC: Spooky Black “Reason” (Prod. Doc McKinney & The Standard)

Directed by Glenn Michael.

Visuals for The Weeknd’s latest song/single/tour.

After taking a proper look at this video, man, so much that’s super-problematic with the way it constructs women. They mostly look like completely broken, empty vessels, devoid of any agency…… and within the context of the song, its lyrics, and the way most of the men are positioned throughout the visual, it just makes for a dark, extremely misogynistic, sexist depiction of women. Initially I was just gna take it down, but then I was like, what good would that do (??), so hopefully these quick thoughts posted below the video will give viewers seeing this via this blog a reason to think a bit more critically about songs/visuals like this when consuming.

twitter.com/theweeknd
instagram.com/abelxo
theweeknd.com

Previously: NEW MUSIC: The Weeknd “Often” (Chopped Not Slopped)

The artist FKA JDiggz drops the debut single/visuals off his upcoming “Th13teen” album.

Previously: NEW MUSIC: SLAKAH THE BEATCHILD FEAT. JONATHAN III “GETTING IN THE WAY” (PROD. SLAKAH THE BEATCHILD)

We went offline for a bit to get some backend things sorted out (still dealing with a couple things), but we’re back in time for Tona’s latest with St. Lucia born/Halifax, and now Toronto-living man, Kayo!

New album “CARPE DIEM” on the way.

Shot by GODDOP.

Newness from Raz off the Screw Face Tape, available now @

http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/raz-fresco-the-screwface-tape-new-mixtape.115450.html

Previously: INTERVIEW: Raz Fresco w/ XXL

Latest from Bias Truth with an assist from Ms. Cypha.

Previously: NEW MUSIC: BIAS TRUTH “ALL RISE”