Ty Harper | Music,Video | Thursday, May 14th, 2015
Greatness!
“Don’t Believe the Hype” is not only a Public Enemy song, but a philosophy thatAdam Bomb always comes back to when writing straight-up bomb music (a characteristic he’s now been officially recognised for, what with his recent win withNaturally Born Strangers for Rap Recording of the Year at the 2015 Juno Awards).
Once again, we’ve collaborated with Reign Media to bring you another episode of Exclaim! TV‘s Sweet 16s. This time, we took the award-winning Toronto emcee into our backyard to perform the sweetest 16 bars he’s ever written.
Before busting out some rhymes from “Tell Me” (a track taken from his SARS 4mixtape), Adam Bomb revealed parts of his personal history to Sweet 16s host King Reign, discussing his initial fascination with drawing tape covers, and how that eventually led him to writing his first rhymes. Later, he discusses creating honest music and shared his top five influences over the years.
Watch Adam Bomb perform his favourite 16 bars in the player below.
Filmed by Katherine Kwan and Jordan Rapps
Edited by Jordan Rapps
Audio by Marcus Blomgren
Assisted by Nadia Rompas
Hosted by King Reign
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King Reign has been on the hip-hop scene for more than 10 years and has worked with names such as Drake, Kardinal Offishall, Saukrates, Pharoahe Monch, and many others. Now with a new album out, he’s ready to show fans why he’s got staying power after all these years.
Influenced takes an in-depth look at Canadian musicians across different genres. From their humble beginnings to their sold out tours, the artists and bands featured share their stories and biggest musical influences of their careers. Filmed live on location, prepare to go backstage and front row centre with exclusive live performances from your favourite acts!
Check out the teaser above, and tune into AUX TV Thursday, March 12 at 9:00 p.m. EST for the full episode.
Check out the new visuals for Happylaidback. This is the new single off of the critically acclaimed Sincere LP!!! King Reign takes his fans into where he finds his happy place….rockin the mic!!!
Toronto-born, Trinidadian/Guyanese-blooded rapper/producer King Reign (Rhyme Energy In God’s Nature) presents the self-directed music video for “Happylaidback”, the Gameboy-produced single from Sincere, Reign’s new album out now also featuring production from Gameboy, Rich Kidd, Pro Logic, Darp Malone, and Reign himself. A former Sony/Columbia artist, Stylus Award winner and Juno Award nominee (as part of group Brassmunk), King Reign has collaborated with Drake (stream “Fades Away” on Soundcloud), Pharaohe Monch (stream “One More Time” on Soundcloud), Raphael Saadiq, Saukrates (watch the music video for “Guilty”), Kardinal Offishall (watch the music video for “Money”) and Boi-1da (watch the music video for “This Means War”). Reign’s last video from the Sincere album was for “Chemical Romance” which premiered on 2DopeBoyz (watch). “The phrase ‘Happylaidback’ describes my everyday personality,” says Reign. “As a Libran I strive to stay balanced. Balance equates to happiness for me. No matter how busy or stressed I am, the plan is to stay relaxed through it all. The plan is to be happy. The verses tell you that I’m still working on it. ‘I’m busy like Tuesday, easy like Sunday morning’.”
King Reign starts the year off with a live on the patio performance of “Sincere” via Exclaim TV. OFf the album of the same name.
King Reign performs the title track off his new album ‘Sincere’ on Exclaim! TV.
Filmed and edited by Katherine Kwan Audio by Nash Bussieres
After a string of EPs and collaborations with the likes of Drake, Saukrates and Pharoahe Monch, Toronto rap stalwart King Reign is more than ready for his reign to begin. Recognized for his thoughtful poeticism and laid-back demeanour, these traits are clearly exhibited all across his long-awaited debut record Sincere.
The man recently stopped by the Exclaim! office to deliver an acoustic performance of the title track from his aforementioned full-length release.
Armed with only a microphone and a cajón, Reign begins by laying down a groovy beat before launching into the song’s heartfelt hook. Eyes closed and incredibly focused, he keeps time without fail while expertly navigating through his verses. Much like the title implies, the soulful, stripped-back rendition of the album cut is in no short supply of sincerity.
Nice lineup for Gift Of Music 2014. JRDN, Leila Dey, August Rigo, The Flan, King Reign Falana + Kim Davis, who’ll also be co-hosting with Kid Kut, with music provided by Jester. The event/initiative is also celebrating its 5 year anniversary.
Footage from King Reign‘s Sincere release party last month. Nice.
King Reign Performs a new track “Pretty Girl Lost” off his new album “Sincere” along side the lovely Leila Dey @ The Rivoli for his album release party.
King Reign “SINCERE” available online now! www.kingreign.com
Ty Harper | Audio,Music | Friday, August 8th, 2014
To celebrate 11 years of sharing great music & culture and doing things a little differently than the average music site, long-running music blog, DIFFERENT KITCHEN ( www.different-kitchen.com ) has announced the forthcoming release of a compilation album titled, THIS ONE GOES TO ELEVEN… (the title a tongue in cheek homage to Spinal Tap) to mark the milestone of their 11th anniversary. THIS ONE GOES TO ELEVEN… will feature 11 brand new, unreleased tracks by some favorite artists who have been featured on and supported by DIFFERENT KITCHEN over the past eleven years plus two extra cuts which have seen only limited previous release. The release date for the album is 8.11.14.
“The Books” by Toronto’s King Reign (@kingreign) featuring fellow T.dot spitter, Saukrates (@biggsoxx) is the second single release from THIS ONE GOES TO ELEVEN…
