Directed by Dukey Dukez.

Latest visuals from Redway off the “Live Free” EP.

Produced by  Daniel Worthy.

http://www.redwaymusic.com
http://www.twitter.com/ItsRedway

Previously: NEW VIDEO: Redway – The Bottom (Directed by Prime)

Previously: NEW MUSIC: REDWAY “LIVE FREE” (EP)

Just happened on this great piece on Toronto musicians, activists, and residents LAL (Rosina, Murr and Ian) produced/directed by StudioFeed.

The piece covers the band’s music, activism and relationship with Toronto. Definitely worth putting aside some time to take in.

Formed in 1998 by Bengali-rooted Rosina Kazi and her life partner, Barbados-born Nicholas Murray and later joined by Ugandan-born Ian De Souza, LAL proves incessantly hard to define.

StudioFeed first sat down with Rose, Nic and Ian in April of 2012. With their self-titled release, “LAL,” set to debut at the Garrison in Toronto on May 18, we here at StudioFeed thought that we had a straight forward shoot in store; film the band, talk about the record and culminate in the record release party at the Garrison. But then we actually got to know the members of LAL, and that whole plan went out the window.

LAL has been described as a “music making magical mushroom, the visible flowering part of a much larger organism, connected with very fine but infinitely resilient roots.” They are “obsessed with making music but more obsessed with using the making of music as a way to materialize ways of being together, fostering a sharing of resources, ideas and, at bottom, maintaining a tenacious hope that persists despite the frightening world we live in.”

Sit back. Take 15 minutes. LAL is what Independent Music is all about.

To purchase LAL’s most recent record, visit lalforest.bandcamp.com

Visit LAL online // Facebook // Twitter

Previously: NEW VIDEO: Murr feat. Rosina “Best Dress” (Directed by C. Hudson Hwang)

Previously: NEW ALBUM: LAL (Self-titled)

Noisey’s profile on Richie had me going from dope to lol to oh shit! in like 5 minutes, wow..

Toronto’s very own Rich Kidd—a rapper/producer whose career has been bubbling since working with Comeback Season era Drake—hasn’t had the healthiest few weeks. That’s because he broke his ankle while we were hanging out with him at the Caribana parade (and, for better for worse, the whole incident is captured in our short doc that’s embedded above).

If you don’t know what Caribana is, then you’re probably not Canadian, and that’s ok! Caribana is said to be North America’s largest street festival, and it’s not hard to get that feeling once you’re actually there. The parade has a ton of pretty girls in Caribbean feather dresses being chased around by thirsty dudes, cops operating police surveillance cameras, decent street food, a tragic history of gun violence, and a ton of crazy floats. Oh, and the Soca music is so loud we had to subtitle most of this footage.

Anyway, outside of the parade, we were hanging out with Rich while he was recording with Jay-Z’s right-hand-man Young Guru (Rich is next to blow, in our humble opinion) and we also visited The Remix Project—an amazingly important community center for kids who want to make an album, a film, or get into business.

So, watch and learn about this cool young man before he gets too famous to hang out at intensely overcrowded parades and hopefully the next time we take an artist out to a parade nothing bad happens.

Follow Rich Kidd on Twitter and let him know you want his ankle to heal soon.

Previously: NEW MIXTAPE: Rich Kidd “We On Some Rich Kidd Sh*t Vol. 7: The People’s Champ”

Previously: NEW MUSIC: RICH KIDD – WHEN IT GO DOWN (PROD. RICH KIDD & FRANK DUKES)

Queen Michie and Era connect.

Michie Mee Ft JD Era – Stand Right Beside Him
Produced By Snaz 

Directed By Dub Plate Films – Ben Graeme, Coalhouse Campbell 

Twitter: @MichieBadgalMee
Facebook: Michiebahdgyaltvmee, Michie Mee
Instagram: Michiebahdgyalmee
www.MichieMee.com
IMDB.com/MichieMee

Previous: NEW VIDEO: MICHIE MEE “BAHDGYAL BUBBLE” (DIRECTED BY BEN GRAEME & COALHOUSE CAMPBELL)

Official viz for Minty‘s joint with GLC. Nice.

Instagram @MintyBurns
Twitter @MintyBurns
Facebook: Minty Burns
www.planetminty.com

Produced by Pro Logic

Download “Counting” https://soundcloud.com/planetminty/co…

Directed by: Tom Glass Productions
Producer: Stephanie Hooker

Previous: NEW MUSIC: JR MINT – KEEP IT PLAYA FEAT. BOOGZ BOOGETZ

Previous: NEW MUSIC: JR MINT – COUNTING FEAT. GLC

New Tory project next week. Here’s the teaser / video tracklist.

Previous: NEW MUSIC: TORY LANEZ “UP (FELL IN LOVE)” (PROD. THE MEKANICS)

Some nostalgic reflective newness from the homie Eklipz (from the mighty Crown A’ Thornz crew).

Just checking through Facebook and I clicked on an instrumental track by 1988 a producer from around the way, and I was really liking the vibe of the track so I started writing right away, brought the joint over to my Lil Bro EJ Grant of the Bosquiat Clique and did a quick recording, and shot a video for it with the help of my Sunz. I put a little more chops into the edits in post and messed around with griming up the footage, all shot with the Canon 5D and edited in Final Cut Pro 7 and After effect CS5. Truly we have no excuses for not pushing the artistic envelope and putting more content into the realm. Mostly everyone has a cell phone with cameras and video and a program on their phone to be able to cut something together. Hip Hop was created out of basic elements and is now a global phenomenon, Chose your tools and build something of Merit.

Peace
Eklipz –

Previous: NEW VIDEO: EKLIPZ “JUST DO IT” (DIRECTED BY EKLIPZ)

Official debut video from that dude Kaleb Simmonds. 2Rude on music production and video direction duties.

Kaleb Simmonds “Aaah Yeah” feat. Honor Angeles produced by 2Rude

Directed by 2Rude & Colin Riley
VFX Colin Riley & Mark Della Rossa 
S/O MuchFact, Much Vibe, Much Music, BET and Danny Grubb

“Aaah Yeah” Kaleb Simmonds feat. Honor Angeles is available worldwide on iTunes, Amazon and More!!

https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/aaa…

Previous: NEW MUSIC: KALEB SIMMONDS FEAT. HONOR ANGELES “AAAH YEAH” (PROD. 2RUDE)

Directed by J. Lee Williams.

Visuals for Grand Analog’s “The Great Rhyme Dropper” featuring Shad and off G.A.’s upcoming “Modern Thunder” full-length out tomorrow.

Check them that same day performing/celebrating live @ The Drake Hotel.

http://www.grandanalog.com
https://www.facebook.com/GrandAnalog
https://twitter.com/GrandAnalog

Previously: NEW MUSIC: Grand Analog feat. Saukrates “Rap Sheet (This Day On)” (Prod. Grand Analog)

Previously: NEW VIDEO: Shad feat. Saukrates “Stylin” (Directed by G A R Y)

Previously: VIDEO: Grand Analog (Interview w/ The Come Up Show)

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

1st introduction to Chloe Charles – a singer, writer and guitarist that’s been making waves for a minute but just happened on our radar more recently thanks to mentions from mans like Wan, ladies like Tika, and a random follow from Charles herself on my twitter account. This is her latest video, and title track to her latest album, but definitely hit her at www.chloecharles.com to get on board with her movement if you haven’t already been on it.

http://www.chloecharles.com
http://www.chloecharles.wordpress.com