We In The Pocket talk Toronto hip-hop with SmashMouthEnt’s Brenden Hewko.

Some naivete in this interview, which is understandable given his age and the lack of localized mainstream hip-hop media in this city feeding young’ns the necessary history on their scene’s past, but he made some insightful points. Dude’s definitely been involved with some noteworthy projects in the local scene, and his comments at 8:14 are pretty much what every local blogger/promoter/deejay/scenster should understand and embrace from jump!

Previously: NEW MIXTAPE: SmashMouth Entertainment presents “SmashMouth Mentality Vol. 1″

Woah.

This came out of nowhere.

Brand new Kardi joint blending head-nod, greazy, positive and island vibes as only Kardi can. Super dope! And peep the blurb below for some more context.

Produced and directed by Kardinal Offishall himself and shot by Die Fire Films, “Tattoo” was shot in various locations in Jamaica. While we constantly generate the same visuals over and over again, we at http://www.MrKardinal.com decided to trod through some dark and dangerous spots, only to arrive at the greatest ending-giving back to the hood! The school in Clonmel, Jamaica is located in the parish where 2 of Kardinal’s grandparents came from and gave birth to several kids. THE TWIST is that in reality, the day the video was shot, Kardinal donated computers, sports uniforms, shoes, cleats, books, calculators, pencils and the likes to the school children kids. Big thank you to Nike Canada, Jim Williams, Sherif Gerges, Natasha Borota and the MPCF, George Sully and Sully Wong, Ferris Rafauli and all who donated to make this possible. OUT OF MANY, ONE PEOPLE!

Purchase on iTunes: http://bit.ly/1p6TtCK

http://www.mrkardinal.com/
https://www.facebook.com/kardinaloffi…
https://twitter.com/kardinalo
http://www.youtube.com/user/KardinalO…
http://instagram.com/KardinalO
https://soundcloud.com/kardinaloffishall

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No, this is not a cover of that song from “Frozen”. Tasha returns with new visuals from her FiDiYootDem project. Lots on the way for Tasha in 2014 so go back and do the math if you’re just getting introduced to her now. Start here.

Download: https://soundcloud.com/tashatheamazon…

Twitter | https://twitter.com/tashatheamazon

Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/tashatheamazon
Instagram | http://instagram.com/tashatheamazon
Official Website | http://tashatheamazon.com

Produced by: Bass & Bakery (Tasha the Amazon + Danthrax) |http://bassandbakery.com/

Tasha the Amazon — Let It Go – Official Music Video
Directed by: Colin G. Cooper | http://colingcooper.tumblr.com/

Previous: VIDEO: TASHA THE AMAZON LIVE @ PARTS & LABOUR (NOISEY’S THE RAP PARTY)

Although I disagree with the littering at the start of the video, DillanPonders offers up another solid offering. From his latest project NUMB.

The official video for Selling Dreams. NUMB is available now at: 

www.DillanPonders.BandCamp.com

Directed By: Dresblog

Produced By: Tay Lewis

Twitter:
@DillanPonders
@iamSeTdoe
@CokeandCool
@Dresblog
@SmashMouthEnt

www.SmashMouthEntertainment.com
SmashMouth Entertainment Inc. – 2014 All Rights Reserved

Previous: NEW MUSIC: FLEX THE ANTIHERO FEAT. DILLAN PONDERS & EMERSON BROOKS “MEDICATED”

Dope look at some beautiful Toronto history courtesy of Toronto native Dyzee from the Supernaturalz crew and BCypher.com. Shouts to all the B-boys, B-Girls and crews that have been reppin’ from time…

SIGN UP FOR YOUR FREE ACCOUNT AT: http://www.BCYPHER.com Episode 3 of Hip Hop: My Thought ft. BBoy Dyzee Incredible interview that last over an hour, condensed here to just 5 minutes; so if you want to hear the full raw and uncut interview, and check out other behind the scenes awesomeness, head over to the DYZEE BEHIND THE SCENES PAGE: http://bcypher.com/blog/bboy-dyzee-sh… Filmed and Edited by: TW @MauriceChang // IG @Maurice_Chang Soundtrack Produced by: Danny “deeB” Van Den Hoek Historical Footage Provided with Permission by: Scramblelock and Buddha

More newness from “Mr. International the 2nd”, D.O.

Duane Gibson aka D.O. (Defy the Odds) – Intro : Still In It
Shot in Amsterdam.

Directed by Duane Gibson and Preetam Sengupta
Edited by Illvibe
From “Down Home” produced by Classified

http://www.iamdo.ca

Previous: NEW MUSIC: D.O. CAPTURE THE MOONLIGHT FEAT. JOELL ORTIZ & SAUKRATES (PROD. CLASSIFIED)

Spek and producer Häzel talk about the making of their Slakah-collabo’d joint off the latter’s “Soul Movement II” album, out now^

Check Slakah throwing down at the Drake Underground tonight (April 10th)

And shouts to Valino on the shots and cuts!

AHR Films Presents – Music Moments: Vol 1 “Pick Up Lines”

A new series by Valino capturing simple random moments and stories of music life.

Spek Won & Hazel go over their creative process in the making of “Pick Up Time” for Slakah The Beatchild’s new album Soul Movement Vol 2.

Coinciding Slakah the Beatchild’s album release party for Soul Movement 2, on April 10, 2014 . Spek Won travels to Melbourne, Austrailia to meet with “Pick Up Time” producer Hazel for the first time. Hazel demonstrates how the beat for “Pick Up Time” was created as he shares memories of working with Slakah the Beatchild.

Listen to the song on Soundcloud here:
https://soundcloud.com/beatchild/pick…

Slakah the Beatchild’s soundcloud:
https://soundcloud.com/beatchild

Spek Won’s soundcloud:
https://soundcloud.com/spekwon

Hazel’s soundcloud:
https://soundcloud.com/hazeldizzy

Official Soul Movement 2 Album Release Party FB event page:
https://www.facebook.com/events/14238…

The Collective is proud to present BBE recording artist Slakah the Beatchild Live at The Drake Underground Thursday April 10.

The night begins at 8pm with a meet-greet, drinks-appetizers, art show by Afrodelik. Live performance by Slakah, his band w/Special Guests begins at 10:30 with DJ’s Sessions and Soul Child providing music til close.

$20 Tickets available online http://www.eventbrite.ca/e/slakah-the…
at Play de Record 357A Yonge St, Toronto, ON M5B 1S1
(416) 586-0380
and Madhus Cafe 982 Kingston Rd, Toronto, Ontario M4E 1T1
(647) 464-6541
More at the door at the night of the event. This will sell out so get your tickets in advance!!

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www.MarkValino.com

Previously: NEW VIDEO: Spek Won – Salaam Seclorum (Directed by Mark Valino)

Get to know P. Reign.

P Reign Takes you through his hood in Scarborough and talks life in Toronto still waiting on a waiver to enter the United States.

Dear America June 17th.

Previous: NEW VIDEO: P. REIGN – ILL LIFE 2 (FREESTYLE)

Another greezy one from Friday. The push continues…

Directed by Sid “Gramps” Melo for Scattered Children, “Get It Right” is the first single off of Friday’s new and final album #Home. #Home is the final chapter to the “Home But Not Free” series.

Previous: NEW VIDEO: FRIDAY AKA RICKY DRED – AMIR (PROD. AMIR THE TERRORIST)

Official trailer for The Precious Lo’s “Right Time For Us” music video directed by Charlie Tyrell.

Previously: NEW MUSIC: THE PRECIOUS LO’S (EP)