The T i K A push is gearing up. First the McCallaman record (below) and now this joint with producer 2nd Son.

Vocals @tikathecreator
Vocal Arrangement @casey-mq @tikathecreator
Photography and Design soteeoh.com
Produced by @2nd-son

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Live beat producer Fresh Kils joins up with Rel for the Same Thing Routine, as a part of the 13th Floor Sessions.
Click here to watch the other routines:

On the heels of smashing a Kickstarter campaign for his upcoming release, Relic aka Rel McCoy teams up with live beat producer Fresh Kils for the 13th Floor Sessions. “Same Thing” is the last of 4 routines in the series from the duo in collaboration with 40oz Heroes.

“Ain’t nothing changed but the year and we still here.”
– Rel McCoy

In 2016, where future-sounds and the wave dominate radio, it’s refreshing to have boom-bap hip hop will always have a home in performance videos like this. It’s back to the basics – one MC and one producer.

Check out their chart topping album The 13th Floor and stay tuned for the music video for the title track from Rel’s upcoming album, Gas Money.

You can catch Fresh Kils building the beat on his MPC for the first live Canadian Teambackpack Cypher going down as a part of the Great North Battle weekend at the Hard Rock Cafe on April 29.

Another proper one from Sean Leon, this time with Daniel Caesar.

Big show for the latter this Friday April 15th @ The Mod Club.

Never been a fan of post-humous releases but in this case I trust the fam to not put anything out that he hadn’t already signed off on. Lil’ homie woulda been 27 years old today.

RIP REDWAY.

Before the untimely passing of the late Redway, Redway & The BLVD was gearing up to release songs, videos and eventually a project for his fans. Here is one of many cuts to look forward to for the rest of the year!

Produced by WondaGurl

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Latest from Devontée.

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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Nice-ness from TO to MTL.

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

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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.

@grindhouse416