Directed by BLKNXPRSS.

Good to see visuals for this ELMNT joint. Always felt like his flow and conviction on this beat marked a turning point in his development as an emcee/artist. Also check his visuals for “Hello Jesus (America)” after the jump!

ELMNT releases the official visuals for Ri$k$ off of his soon to be available project Stara-Nova. Teaming up with videographer BLKNXPSS, the video shoot took place at an undisclosed Buddhist Temple. Ri$k$ features an infectious Adele sample coupled with potent lyrics and production provided by ELMNT as well.

“A Catholic man on a bus asked me how a Christian Orthodox can think like a Buddhist. Simple. I chose to. I asked, if he prefers to put butter on the bottom or the top side of his sandwich. What does all your confusion boil down to? IT. Everything & Nothing. Noise & Silence. Free Will is the only thing that’s free in your existence. Go all in. RI$K$.”

Soundcloud:  https://soundcloud.com/elmntmusic

Previously: NEW VIDEO: ELMNT & Boko Maru “The Mentalist Handbook of Shadowboxing Through Universes”

Previously: NEW MUSIC: ELMNT ” Hello Jesus (America)” (Prod. ELMNT)

Previously: NEW VIDEO: Sese “Aquarius Rising” (Directed by BLKNXPRSS)

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Directed by Mark Valino.

Wow, just catching up with things after a long 24 hour night/into work morning/day/afternoon thanks to the sickness that was the Freedom Writers release party last night… and this dude Delisca would know exactly what I speak of cuz I saw him in line with the rest of us, showing that Toronto hip-hop love!

Part of the “Sounds of My City” Series (6 of 6)

Directed/Filmed/Edited by: Mark Valino
Written & Performed by: David Delisca

David’s Statement:
Keep It Goin’ comes from a guest contribution that I did for my boy Crossword’s project “Different Light” EP. A while back, Crossword asked me if I could write something about persistence and I said “yea, waddup, I gotchu” and that’s how Keep It Goin was born.

The idea for it stared during my genesis as an artist in Canada with all the adversity that was against me as a new artist trying to make a sustainable lifestyle doing what I love. As a new immigrant during that time, I had issues finding my stance while having financial issues and this is something that I am not the only one who relates to. New immigrants and new artist will suffer resistance but they are to trust their persistence and keep it goin to make it through.

I met up with the smooth playa Valino after having developed a relationship through our ties at Manifesto and I yearned to work with and then the universe like “aight, imma make this happen for ya’ll’ and then whoop, there it is.

Follow David on twitter here:
https://twitter.com/DOdelisca

Stream KJ’s “Water” album here:
http://soundcloud.com/keitajuma

Valino’s Log:
In February of 2013 David posted a FB status update saying that he was curious what a video artist could do with his work. Knowing that David is a hugely talented writer I took on the challange. Although it would take half a year for us to actually get together to shoot something it was a project I had in the back of my mind all through a busy summer. I picked the grange park for a bunch of different reasons. One being that I walk through this park everyday and there are so many great angles to shoot in this downtown park and so much goes on there in terms of culture. Second was because I felt it went with the theme of his piece, being about struggling artists and what better place than in between the Art Gallery of Ontario and The Ontario College of Art. Also through our Manifesto roots we decided to showcase some of the new line of clothing which also fit the theme of Art is Power. This video was roughly planned and executed with little to no plan which I try to do at least one of these shoots a year to keep my skills sharp and works as a creative exercise for me. This was shot within the span of 3hrs on a beautiful sunny day in September and fully edited in 6hrs.

follow Valino on twitter here:
https://twitter.com/#!/MarkValino
www.MarkValino.com

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Filmed + Edited by Brenda Ha.

Fresh off his Known Unknown performance a couple weeks back, Wolf J drops some new visuals in support of his LYL project.

While on my travel in Australia I saw so many amazing things. If ever you ever get a chance to go, please do. It will be an experience you’ll never forget. This was filmed on one of my many stops along The Great Ocean Road. The full version of the song can be found on my #LYL Vol​.​1 + Booklet, released 21 August 2013. Download this project at http://wolfj.bandcamp.com/

Deaf Ears
Filmed+Edited by Brenda Ha (@TheRealHa)
Written & Composed by WolF J McFarlane
Engineered by LordQuest (@LordQuestmusic)
Produced by Shane Tone, LordQuest & Casey MQ
Mastered by GMF

Booking: wolfjmcfarlane@gmail.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/WolFJMcFarlane
Instagram: @WolFJMcFarlane
Bandcamp: wolfj.bandcamp.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/WolF-J…

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Footage of  Zaki’s tight performance at this years Polaris gala. What made it even cooler was the talented peeps that joined her on stage, including Tanika, Catalist, and it looked like Murr was up there doing his thing on the Macbook. Dope!

Previously: NEW MUSIC: Catalist feat. Zaki Ibrahim “Call Answer” (Prod. Catalist)

Previously: NEW VIDEO: ZAKI IBRAHIM – GO WIDDIT (DIRECTED BY ZANDI TISANI)

Previously: NEW ALBUM: Zaki Ibrahim – Every Opposite

Previously: NEW VIDEO: Zaki Ibrahim – The Do (Directed by Christian Denslow)

Previously: NEW VIDEO: Zaki Ibrahim “Heart Beat” + “Explode” w/ LV & Message To Bears

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Latest visuals from come-up artist Reverb.

Visuals shot by Dondre Gabbidon & Joshua Erskine.

Beat by Madlib.

Previously: NEW VIDEO: Reverb “Word Is Bond”

Latest visuals in support of Checkmate & Concise’s “Love & War” album.

Previously: NEW VIDEO: Checkmate & Concise feat. Fizal Stars & P Jericho “Congratulations” (Directed by Heatwave for SGDI Productions)

Previously: NEW ALBUM: Checkmate & Concise “Love & War”

So Kamau is currently on a bit of a tour of Africa and is documenting the whole thing – partially due to a little well-intentioned pressure from myself, that included me lending him my camera; and Nabil Shash, who hooked him up with a couple of lenses.

First stop: Harare, Zimbabwe.

Previously: NEW VIDEO: Bishop Brigante x Ian Kamau “A Moment – Toronto Battle Rap History”

Directed by Lucien Xavier Cyr.

First introduction to Richie Blackz via these visuals and ^this album.

L’introduction is the 1st official video off Richie Blackz’ debut project “Le Renaissance”
Download Le Renaissance NOW on http://RichieBlackz.com

http://facebook.com/
http://instagram.com/RichNoir
http://twitter.com/RichNoir
http://youtube.com/richieblackztv

Director
Lucien Xavier Cyr
Producer
Jon Lines
Editors
Carl Blackman, Lucien Xavier, Jon Lines
Assistant Director
Brian Phan
Video Girl
Rachael Bax

Special thanks to Inspiratica.ca, Che Resto Bar

Promising first introduction to Reverb.

Check a full profile/interview on the kid from www.youtube.com/steviejent after the jump!

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Directed by The Doppelgangaz.

Visuals for Marco Polo’s hand-clap-worthy production that got one of the 90’s era’s most loved hip-hop duos back together spitting on the same track.

http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/3-o-…

Marco Polo “3-O-Clock” f. Organized Konfusion (Pharoahe Monch & Prince Po)
Scratches by DJ Linx
Directed by The Doppelgangaz (@Thedoppelgangaz)
Additional Cinematography by Joshua “Big Josh” McIntyre (@Tropicanajosh)

The lead-single from Marco Polo’s forthcoming LP, PA2: The Director’s Cut, accomplishes what no one else has been able to pull off in over a decade–reunite Organized Konfusion. Since the duo disbanded in 1997, there has been no new OK material and every few years or so the usual “reunion rumors” emerge and then disappear.

Marco Polo’s forthcoming LP, “PA2: The Director’s Cut” will be released on 11-12-2013 via Soulspazm Records, with exclusive vinyl courtesy of Slice of Spice. The album features appearances from Talib Kweli, DJ Premier, Posdnuos, Masta Ace, Kardinal Offishall, Styles P, Lil Fame, Alchemist, Oh No, MC Eiht, King Tee, Michael Rapport, Large Professor, Inspectah Deck, Rah Digga, Slaine, Ill Bill, Organized Konfusion, Doppelgangaz & many more.

WWW.MARCOPOLOBEATS.COM
www.twitter.com/MarcoPoloBeats
www.facebook.com/MarcoPoloBeatsPA
www.soundcloud.com/MarcoPoloBeatsPA
Instagram @MarcoPoloBeats

www.soulspazm.com
www.slice-of-spice.com

Previously: NEW MUSIC: MARCO POLO FEAT. TRAGEDY, LIL FAME, ADRIAN YOUNGE & THE DELFONICS “STAND UP” (REMIX)