Émission du 12 décembre 2007

Ce soir à l'émission,
C'est la dernière émission avant le mois de janvier. On continue notre rétrospectives de l'année 2007 en vous passant plus de rap ayant marqué l'année, avant de prendre de courte vacances bien méritées. On vous présente aussi les derniers albums de 2007... Showbiz & A.G., Edgar Allen Floe, Apathy et HMD.

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Album de la semaine: The Aztexts - The Sacred Document... (Une autre petite surprise de l'undergound)

Émission du 5 décembre 2007

Ce soir à l'émission,
On commence notre rétrospective 2007 juste à temps pour vos listes de cadeau de Noel. On vous présente surtout les albums qui nous ont fait bouncé dans la premiere moitié de 2007. À part ça, on a quand même un peu de new shit à se mettre sous la dent: One Be Lo, Busta Rhymes & Dilla, Scarface & Too Short. On vous présente aussi une compilation de 1988 et du new shit comme Night Owls 3 et The Smile Rays. Check this out!!!

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Album de la semaine: Ghostface Killah - The Big Doe Rehab (Un autre bon album pour Ghostface)

Émission du 28 novembre 2007

Ce soir à l'émission,
On vous passe des tracks du nouvel album de Wu en primeur (comme la semaine passé)!! À part ça, on vous présente XL Middleton, Children of the Damned & Blue Collar & Zone D. En plus, on a un nouvel album de Scarface, de Styles P, Wildchild & de Kwest tha Madd Ladd. On aussi du Ghostface, Lord Finesse & Grand Puba et Murs... Plus de Shit que de temps. Manquez pas ça!

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Album de la semaine: Wu-Tang Clan - The 8 Diagrams (Pour les fans du W... Manquez surtout pas cet album)

Émission du 21 novembre

Ce soir à l'émission,
On vous passe des tracks des nouveaux albums de Jean Grae, Grand Daddy I.U., Majik Most, Large Pro & Demigodz. En plus, on vous présente Zimbabwe Legit, DJ Alibi, Super Barrio Bros et Foreign Eminence. Bref, on a beaucoup de musique pour vous. Manquez surtout pas ça pour un bon aperçu des sorties d'albums avant Noel.

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Album de la semaine: Cunninglynguist - Dirty Acres (Un des meilleurs album de 2007 que certains disent.)

Diction's Review

I have been a fan of Cunninlynguists since 2003 when I discovered with their 2nd album Southernunderground. They offered a humoristic hip hop with great production, which was diferent from the usualy southern hip hop that I was used too. Well they had more serious songs too but the album was pretty fun. The album was one of my favorite of that year and was a strong reason why underground hip hop was so strong in that year (Little Brother, Brother Ali, Louis Logic and many others helped alot too). I also went back and checked out their debut and to my surprise the production was quite diferent on that one. It was also excellent and it showed me how Kno could switch his style up. Then came the 3rd album in 2005 "A Piece of Strange" which showed much growth and maturity. Gone was the humor, every track was very serious now. Kno's production style switched up once again, going into a very smooth dark style. The album had such cohesiveness, it was very focused and excellent all the way trought. Poor promotion from the record label didn't help the record to reach the masses but it gained a strong following in underground circles becoming their most popular album. Now in 2007 they are back once again with another album that's diferent from the others. It builds on the dark smooth sound of "A Piece of Strange" and it takes it even further. The MC's are totally focused, both Deacon and Natti get equal rapping time now and even Kno drops a few rhymes. Don't expect anything that will make you laugh, they have become a conscious semi-political hip hop group now. The rapping is on a very high level, it's one of the things that keeps me going back to the album. The production from Kno is totally innovative, unique and outstanding. Every single is crafted perfectly and this album might finally rank Kno in the top hip hop producers rigth now. Their career was already impressive with 3 great albums under their belt, but I believe this one is the best one of them all. A group that never stops improving, this is a pretty close of being a masterpiece. Who said 2007 couldn't have any classic hip hop albums?

Émission du 14 novembre 2007

Ce soir à l'émission,
On vous présente une tonne de nouveaux groupes comme Educated Consumers, Jon B, Mnemonic & Mike Mictlan et Mr. Green. En plus, on vous kick du Pete Rock, Cormega et Cookbook & Uno Mas de l'album de Night Owls 4.

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Album de la semaine: Kutmasta Kurt Presents Kool Keith - Sex Style : The Unreleased Archives (on vous en a parlé un peu la semaine passée... Un excellent album genre Sex Style pt 2)

Émission du 7 novembre 2007

Ce soir à l'émission,
On reste fidèle à nos habitudes pi on vous amène plein de nouvelles tracks phat! Vous entendrez du matériel récent de The Away Team, Bone Thugs, Kool Keith, KRS-One, Big Shug et on vous présente Shad, Iller Than Theirs, Lord Zen & Deeskee et Completion. Bref plus de tracks que de temps et moins de texte écrit que de tracks passées. Manquez pas ça!!!!

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Album de la semaine: Statik Selektah - Spell my Name Right (plein de tracks phat et une belle réunion d'artistes... Check this out! La track de Big Shug est trop bad! (Scusez!!! fallait je le dise))

Émission du 31 octobre 2007 - Spécial Halloween avec Lyrical Assault!

Ce soir à l'émission,

On reçoit Lyrical Assault (déguisés j'espère) qui vient nous parler du Battle of the Band! On vous présente aussi The Mighty Undergogs, Dezmatic & Ira Lee! À part ça, on vous passe le nouveau Jay-Z et on a une couple de single, Wu-Tang, Nas & Mr Hyde, entre autres! Zombies et loups garous inclus mouhahahahahah!

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Album de la semaine: Jay-Z - American Gangster (un bon retour après un album moyen...)

Émission du 24 octobre 2007

Ce soir à l'émission,
On vous présente Menteroj, The Shotgun Wedding Quintet & Bias B. On vous présente aussi du nouveau shit de Evidence, Smif N Wessun, 7l & Esoteric et Baatin. On vous kick aussi une couple de vos tracks old school favorite & un freestyle. Check Check it!

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Album de la semaine: Def 3 & Moka Only - Dog River (un peu de Hip Hop canadien pour nos heads... Un dope projet. À mettre dans votre sono à tout prix)

Émission du 17 octobre 2007

Ce soir à l'émission,
on vous présente pleins de groupes pas trop connus comme Dj Deckstream, Sev Dust & Nefew (New Education From Every Word) . On vous fait aussi écouter du nouveau shit d'Eternia, Little Brother, Jeru the Damaja, Prince Ali, Blue Sky Black Death & Hell Razah, Wu-Tang Clan et surement plus! Manquez pas ça!

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Album de la semaine: 100DBS and Ryan O'neal - The Adventures of the One Hand Bandit and the Slum Computer Wizard (Du boom bap très underground comme vous l'aimez, don't sleep on this! http://www.100dbs.com )

Émission du 10 octobre 2007

Ce soir à l'émission,
on vous présente Killa Sha et SickNature. On a aussi quelques nouveaux et bons albums à vous faire écouter genre J-Live, Funky Dl, Ohmega Watts, Nygz et Sandpeople. On vous mix le tout avec votre boom bap préféré et nos chroniques habituelles.

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Album de la semaine : Hocus Pocus - Place 54 (ça fait un bail qu'on a pas eu d'album de la semaine en français... Check this shit out!!)

Émission du 3 octobre 2007

Cette semaine à l'émission,
On vous présente plein de nouveau shit comme Mark J, Dev Rocka & The Problemaddict. On vous passe aussi le nouvel album de Soulstice, Longevity ft Krs-One et on a un single de Kool Keith & Memory Man. On vous mix le tout avec des vieilles tracks mongoles, des instrus phats, plein d'infos et un freestyle mongole comme à l'habitude. Check it out!

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Album de la semaine: Choice37 - Diligence (du shit underground dope avec pleins de feats que vous allez aimer!)

Émission du 26 septembre 2007

Ce soir à l'émission, on continue de vous passer des tracks qui ont marqué nos 7 ans. En plus, on vous fait passer du nouveau... comme Scarface, Termanology & Primo, Suga Free, MF Grimm et Raekwon... En plus, on vous présente Rob Sonic, Mestizo et Kurious!!

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Album de la semaine: Peanut Butter Wolf Presents 2K8 B-Ball Zombie War (dope compilation avec pleins de bons remix... check this out)

Émission du 19 septembre 2007

Ce soir à l'émission,
On continue les célébrations avec pleins de bons beats qu'on va a fait découvrir au cours des années. En plus, on vous amène les nouveaux albums de Army of the Pharaohs, Georgia Ann Muldrow & Dudley Perkins et Ghostface Killah . En plus, on vous présente Baby Elephant, Outline ft RZA & Tidal Wave. Manquez pas ça!

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Album de la semaine: Special Teamz - Stereotypez (Boston in da place, Dope beats... Check it out!)

Émission du 12 septembre 2007

Ce soir à l'émission, on reçoit Jingafly qui viennent nous parler de leur show du 15 septembre. À part ça, on vous fait écouter du Statik Selektah avec des bons feats, J-Ro, et DJ Muggs & Sick Jacken. À part ça, on vous fait écouter des mixtapes de Chaundon et on vous présente Psych Ward. Manquez pas ça!

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Album de la semaine: Percee P - Perseverance (Way better than Kanye or 50... cop this shit now!!!)

Diction's Rating

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I don't think any other title could fit better, Percee P has "Persevered" and finally put out his debut album after being in the rap game for 20 years. From the first single in 1988 to the various guests appearences over the years, this album has been a long time coming. He's not messing around either he hooked up with Stones Throw and Madlib to produce the entire album. This time Madlib is in "Boom Bap" mode, with simple hardcore beats to let Percee P go off. That doesn't stop Madlib from adding his innovative touch (Contra sampling!) but I would consider this one one of his "safer" projects. The beats are very dope, Madlib [dilla]that's whats up![/dilla]. For another year he keeps pouring out dope projects one after the other. Percee P rips all the beats with his rapid delivery reminiscent of Kool G Rap, very dope voice and flow. The album is straight forward hip hop, hardcore beats and rhymes. It stays true to the roots of hip hop but manages to be very current and fresh. The results are excellent and I wouldn't hesitate to recommend this album to any hip hop fan.

Émission du 5 septembre 2007

7 ans...

Malheureusement, on ne garde pas le compte du nombre d'émissions que nous avons fait. Toutefois, nous savons que l'émission existe depuis l'automne 2000. Ça vaut donc dire que nous fêtons, cet automne nous entamons notre 7e année sur les ondes ou sur le web... Props à toute les radios qui nous ont appuyé (L'Orage du cegep du Vieux-Montréal et Choq.fm) !!! Et surtout, props à tous nos auditeurs, qui chillaient dans le café étudiant ou qui download le podcast, qui font que nous existons toujours... C'est avec grande joie que nous célèbrerons au cours des premières émissions de cette nouvelle session!!!

Ce soir à l'émission,
On vous fait écouter des nouveautés de Erick Sermon, Da Beatminerz, Kanye West & Brand Nubian. À part ça, on vous présente Fresh Daily, Boom Bap Projects et Bored Stiff. On vous kick aussi le classique shit que vous aimez. Check it out!

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Album de la semaine: Y Society (Insight & Damu) - Travel at your Own Pace (Du vrai bon boom bap tel que vous l'aimez)

Diction's Review:

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Insigth is the most under-appreciated rap artist of the past few years. Every year he releases the sleeper of the year, starting from 2002's "Updated Software" up to Electric's album "Life's a Struggle" and his excellent "Blast Radius". 2005 & 2006 saw him release 2 japanese exclusive albums with his Solo Plexus project and the Shin Sight Trio project. Solo Plexus was Insight showing off his skills as 6 diferent MC's, while Shin Sight Tro was a more jazz-rap boom bap type of album. He dug up Shin-Ski for that one, a rather unknown japanese producer but with so much talent (as he displayed on the SST album). Y Society sees Insight once again hooking with an unknown producer, this time it's Damu the DJ from Panacea. That's rigth the DJ, not the producer. I don't know if I ever heard a Damu prior to this album. This guy might be unknown but his beats are fucking outstanding. Insight saw that and snatched him up I guess. This is another project where Insight doesn't produce, but once again I'm not dissapointed at all in the beats. The beats are thick & hard with dope basslines always and he compliments the tracks with dope scratching. A strong influence in funk and jazz, this would appeal to Tribe fans. Insight raps about everyday life type shit, he's easy to relate to. He's got excellent technique, a dope flow and I love his voice. The whole album has a really cohesive sound, especially with the little instrumentals to hold the tracks together (reminiscent of "Mecca & the Soul Brother"). All the songs are dope and Insight once again proves that he's the shit. Will people listen this time? Who knows... All I know is that I'm enjoying this album a whole lot.

Émission du 29 aout 2007

Ce soir à l'émission,

On est de retour de vacance et on a accumulé plein de bon shit pour vos oreilles! On vous fait écouter du EPMD, Killah Priest, Aesop Rock, Bumby Knuckles, Busta Rhymes & Necro. En plus, on vous présente Cornel West & BMWMB, 13th Son & Y Society.

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Album de la semaine: Blu & Exile - Below the Heavens

Diction's review

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For the hip hop heads that are waiting for the mainstream to drop a classic, y'all gonna be waiting a long ass time. The best music is being released on independent labels like Stones Throw, Definitive Jux, Rawkus, Rhymesayers & for this one Sound In Color. This is where the real shit is at mostly and it flows under the radar of the average hip hop fan. You have to look for the good hip hop, but it ain't that hard to find if you are willing to put the effort to find it. Blu & Exile might not have an impressive track record but they really put alot of effort in this album. Exile has been making beats for years for his group Emanon, but he's only starting to get noticed with his own solo album last year. Production-wise this is some of the best beats he's done in his career, the beats are really impressive. Blu is a good MC, he's a down to earth normal guy MC. This MC/Producer collabo really feels like a modern Pete Rock & CL Smooth, they have great chemistry. I'm comparing them to a 90's group but in no way are they trying to recreate them, they really have their own unique sound. This is 2007 hip hop, this is west coast hip hop. While it stays true to the essence of beats and rhymes like it's been done for almost 30 years, there's quite nothing else that sounds like this. I'm proud of the new breed of producers that are stepping up and making great albums that are made to be listened from beginning to end. Nas put out a wake up call in late 2006, the underground soldiers are proving him wrong. "Below the Heavens" is the album I wished Common would have made... I feel the passion here. Definitely recommend to all hip hop fans, this is an album that shouldn't be slept-on. Don't be surprised if you start seeing more Exile in production credits, he could become a great producer.

Émission du 8 août 2007

Ce soir à l'émission,
On vous présente Jazz Addix, Markit et Keno 1 & the Hermit. À part ça, on vous fait écouter du Boot Camp Clik, Killah Priest ft Nas, Shin-Ski, et C-Rayz Walz & Parallel Thought. En plus, Diction va sélectionner quelques classiques pour vous. Prenez aussi en note que l'émission sera en relâche le 15 et le 22 août.

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Album de la semaine: U.G.K. - Underground Kingz (Un cd double qui saura satisfaire les amateurs de South)

Émission du 1er aout 2007

Ce soir à l'émission,
On vous présente Sos aka Sauce, J. Bless & Seasunz et Joe Dub & Factor... On vous réserve aussi plusieurs nouveautés d'artistes phat comme Kero One, Funky DL, Tony Touch, Nine et Skyzoo. On vous réserve beaucoup de shit phat coté old school et underground! Check it out!

R.I.P. Mista Snake!
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Album de la semaine: Frequent Flyers - The Best Album ( aka Dj Tonk... C'est effectivement le meilleur album de cette semaine ;) )

Émission du 25 juillet 2007

Ce soir à l'émission,
On vous présente Funkola, Forces of Nature et Grand Analog. On vous fait aussi écouter du nouveau shit de Keith Murray avec Meth, Common, Kruse et Sean Price. Une semaine bien chargée en ce milieu d'été. Pump that in your Ipods!!

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Album de la semaine: Rugged Intellect - Renaissance Music (The Introduction) ("Un des releases les plus importants du hip hop anglais de montreal ever", comme dirait Diction)

Diction's review...

Lyrics: 4.0
Beats: 3.0


Poor Rugged Intellect, his album gets ripped the same day as Common and absolutely no one pays attention. Pretty much all the hip hop heads from Montreal have heard of Rugged Intellect, he's opened for alot of hip hop shows lately. What stands out the most with RI is his way of rapping, a fast delivery influenced by the likes of Kool G Rap, Nas & Big Pun. He can really rap his ass off with awesome technique. Normally hip hop albums from Montreal MC's don't have american featurings, but he reached out to many legends for this one. He's really put alot of effort for this debut album and it shows that he means business. My only problem with the album is the production which is not very innovative, just generic NY beats that have been made alot before. Some of them are tight, but a few could have been doper. While Rugged Intellect can rap very well, he's not very great for making hooks and many of the songs sound similar. There's definitely more than a few dope songs but overall the album is a little long. It's a decent album but it's not really up to his potential, I'm hoping for better production the next time around (if there is one...).

Émission du 18 jullet 2007

Ce soir à l'émission,
On vous fait écouter du Q-Tip, Mic Geronimo, Wise Intelligent et Buck 65. On vous présente aussi Shape of Broad Minds( ft MF Doom), Garcia et Urthboy. À part ça, on vous passe le shit underground et old school que vous aimez. Manquez pas ça!

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Album de la semaine: Oh No - Dr No's Experiment (Un excellent album de rap instrumental)

Émission du 11 juillet 2007

Ce soir à l'émission,
On vous présente Apakalips, Flux Axiom, Main Offenders et LOJ. En plus, on vous fait écouter du Copperpot ft KRS, Percee P, J Rock, Big Shug et de la production de Primo. Bref, une petite soirée de pluie bien tranquille.

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Album de la semaine: Wajeed presents The War L.P. ( DETROIT IN THE MOTHAFUCKIN BUILDING! )

Diction's review:

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Think Black Milk is the only "other" good producer from Detroit?Nope!Waajeed as been doing his thing for a while too, producing for Slum Village and his own group Platinum Pied Pipers. This album is an assault of that Detroit hip hop, only that rough & rugged sound pioneereed by J Dilla. The album is mostly instrumentals but there's a few featurings from his bling47 crew too. All the beats bang hard and are quite innovative and fresh. These beats bang the fuck out the MPC as Dilla would say. Waajeed doesn't mess around, he will quickly convince you that he's a great producer. While "Triple P" from the Platinum Pied Pipers featured a smoother soul vibe, this is the opposite with a total chaotic ambience. The whole album is great whether it's the mixed or unmixed version. I strongly recommend this to all Stones Throw and/or Detroit fans, this is some great innovative hardcore hip hop.

Émission du 4 juillet 2007

Ce soir à l'émission,
On vous présente Critical Madness, Illa J, The Leisure All-Stars et Arcturus... À part ça on vous passe Andre 3000 (Le cartoon?), Viktor Vaughn et Maybe Watson. On vous mix le tout avec une couple de bon beats... Vive l'été!!

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Album de la semaine: The Wascalz - Greatest Hits (Un rerelease avec de la production de J-Swift... Commandez ça!)

Émission du 27 juin 2007

Ce soir à l'émission,
On vous passe les nouveaux albums de Buck 65, Tragedy Khadafi et Mauvaises Fréquentations (Sir Pathétik & Billy Nova). On a aussi des singles de Molemen & Brother Ali ainsi que Skillz. On vous présente aussi Skrein et Verb T & The Last Skeptik.

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Album de la semaine: Freddie Bruno - Hold Music ( Un membre du groupe Deepspace 5, qui s'est entouré de membres du groupe Sivion, et qui a sorti un excellent album qui est passé sous le radar)

Émission du 20 juin 2007

Ce soir à l'émission,
On vous présente Salim et Thelostart & Elokwent. On a aussi plein de nouveau shit comme Access Immortal, Poison Pen, Nas et Bronze Nazareth. On vous passe aussi quelques tracks de nos artistes québécois question de se préparer pour la St-Jean sur les Plaines!!! Check it out!

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Album de la semaine: Talib Kweli - Ear Drum (En voilà un qui a appris de ses erreurs qui revient avec un excellent album)

Diction's review:

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Lyrics: 4.0
Beats: 4.0


I somehow didn't expect Talib to come back with some great shit after the dissapointing Beautiful Struggle. "Right About Now" & "Liberation" where signs he was back in the good direction but still I didn't expect much out of Eardrum. I was pleasently surprised straight from the first listen, this shit is really good. He hooked up with an incredible crew of producers (Madlib, Kanye, Pete Rock, will.i.am, Just Blaze, Hi-Tek) and they deliver the goods for Kweli to spit his raw heat. Kweli is focused on this, he does what he's supposed to do. He speaks on a whole variety of topics, this is political and human at the same time. He got he rid of his habit to abuse the word "like" which will please haters (altho it never really bothered me). You can feel the growth as an artist and this might be the album that will put him with the legends. There are no wack songs, this is an album that's playable front to back and I'm really proud of Talib Kweli for doing so. Eardrum defines what 2007 hip hop is... but where's the Dilla track?

Émission du 6 juin 2007

Ce soir à l'émission,
On vous présente Bambu, Mysa, Professor P et quelques autres artistes sortant de l'underground. À part ça, on vous fait jouer du Canibus avec Killah Priest, Talib Kweli, J-Dilla et Slum Village ainsi que Dudley Perkins. On vous mix le tout avec nos dernières trouvailles!

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Album de la semaine: Pharoahe Monch - Desire (Un excellent retour pour cet artiste.)

Émission du 30 mai 2007

Ce soir à l'émission,

On vous passe du Sen Dog, Royce da 5'9, Common et Rappin 4'Tay & Squirrel. On vous présentera aussi Defiant Kinetics et Dirk Thornton. On vous mixe le tout avec plein de old school et ça devrait être bon.

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Album de la semaine: Zeph & Azeem - Rise Up (Du bon rap original de deux vétérans de la scène californienne underground)
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Émission du 23 mai 2007

Ce soir à l'émission,
On vous présente The Breax (Ruslan Beleaf Mic B Eye Am) et Autism. On vous passe aussi quelques gros noms comme Jurassic 5, Kurupt & J Wells, Styles P, WC et des productions de Primo. Comme d'habitude, le tout mixé avec une sélection de classiques du rap et du shit underground!

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Album de la semaine: KRS One & Marley Marl - Hip Hop Lives (C'est tout chaud, une réunion de 2 anciens du rap qui en fera sourire quelques uns et qui en fera pleurer d'autre...)


Opinion de diction....

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Lyrics: 3.25
Beats: 2.5


KRS & Marley Marl squash their 20 year old beef and unite to bring the real hip hop back. After giving us 2 hot singles the album looked very promising but it fails to deliver the goods. The problems are from both artists. On one side you have Marley Marl who's one of the most influential producers of all time but who hasn't really been active in the past few years. He's got to adapt his style to the new styles of the ever evolving hip hop genre, but can't really seem to make good beats. Apart from a few songs the beats are terribly average. On the other side you have KRS-One who's arguably the greatest MC of all time, he's had one of the best careers and he's still active hot off a pretty good performance from last year's slept-on "Life". I was expecting an equal or superior performance, since he's got the peoples attention with this project, but instead KRS brings one his laziest performances of his career. He still goes on and on about what he did he was there, I am real hip hop, blah blah blah, he's getting a little repetitive... Of course there is a few exceptions like "Kill a Rapper" which is a great track about all the unresolved murders of rappers. "Rising to the Top" has KRS explaining his motives being the whole beef and how it was stupid. I like the honesty of a now older wiser man. But most of the rest of the album falls up short lyrically, too much braggin about past achievements, it's not bad but it's not really the reasons why I loved KRS in the first place. This is one of those albums that could have been great but just ain't... A major dissapointment from 2 of my favorite artists.

Émission du 16 mai 2007

Ce soir à l'émission,
on vous kick du Braille, UGK ft Outkast, Black Milk et Godfather Don. On vous présente aussi Detail, Toolshed et Infinito 2017. À part ça, du bon shit et des surprises comme d'habitude.

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Album de la semaine: Marco Polo - Port Authority (Excellent album de ce beatmaker New Yorkais... Check it out!!!)

Diction's review... @@@@


Marco Polo is a canadian producer that now resides in New York. He's been coming up in the last few years with some beats here and there for various rappers but I think he really got noticed when he dropped 3 definitive bangers for the Boot Camp Clik last year. He makes some boom bap beats that really bring back the flavor of the mid 90's somehow similar to DJ Premier & Pete Rock. The production is bangin from start to finish, I really love his beats. The album has an all-star lineup with many dope featurings from old school legends to newer up & coming mc's. Marco Polo really brings out the best out of many mc's, "Get Busy" is the best Copywrite song I heard in a while, "Marquee" is the best O.C. song I heard in a while, "War" is the best Kardinal track I heard in a while, etc... This might be the album that brings back Rawkus as one of top underground hip hop labels again, this shit is really dope. Highly recommended to all hip hop fans of the world.

Émission du 9 mai 07 ... Le retour

Yo! Y fait chaud dans les studios de choq.fm parce que la session d'été est arrivée. On commence tout en nouveauté en vous présentant: Bonshah, Hoodz Underground, Mr. J. Medeiros & Buff1. À part ça, on vous kick Joell Ortiz ft Immortal Technique, Moka Only, Guru & MF Grimm. Comme d'habitude, on a aussi quelques surprises. Que du bon shit!

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Album de la semaine: Polyrhythm Addicts - Break Glass

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The Polyrhythm Addicts first appeared in the late 90's as a underground super group and dropped a very dope album called "Rhyme Related". The crew then consisted of DJ Spinna, Shabaam Sahdeeq, Mr. Complex & Apani B. Fly Emcee. Now 8 years laters the group re-unites but they have replaced Apani with Tiye Phoenix. At first I was a little dissapointed with the replacement but after listening to her verses on the album I quickly changed my mind. She spits really good and I think I actually like her better than Apani. DJ Spinna has experimented with a more electronic sound in the last few years but on this album it's the return to the straight boom bap NY rugged shit. The whole album is very cohesive with no soft shit allowed. I think it was about time that a New York group finally came out with an album that sounds like New York. It seems the whole city is too busy trying to immitate the south and forgot what made the city good in the first place. Mr. Complex & Shabaam are dope but it's really Tiye Phoenix who steals the show, but they just make a great team overall. Big up to the Polyrhythm Addicts for bringing back that real hip hop shit!

Émission du 18 avril 2007

Ce soir à l'émission,
C'est la derniere émission de la session... Après, on a 2 semaines de vacance et on vous revient en début mai. Pour célébrer on vous présente Andre Legacy, Ariano, Cap D & Shawn Lov. À part ça, on vous passe du Cap D (de All Natural), Grayskull & Xperience, Lifesavas et Sean P. Bref, du bon beat comme d'habitude et quelques classiques en plus.

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Album de la semaine: Muneshine - A Walk in the Park (C'est un excellent producer canadien... c'est le genre d'album instrumental qui s'écoute d'un bout à l'autre tellement les beats sont bons.)

Émission du 11 avril

Ce soir à l'émission,
On vous présente Hochii, Ripshop, Moka Only & Atsushi Numata et Muro. À part ça, on vous en avait parlé, on vous kick des tracks de l'album de KRS & Marley Marl. On a aussi du Braille, Dj Yoda, Chris Lowe, Iam et Aceyalone. On reçoit aussi des invités qui viennent nous parler de soirée freestyles à l'inspecteur Épingle.

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Album de la semaine: Cilvaringz - I (dope shit de Wu-Europe)

Émission du 4 avril 2007

Ce soir à l'émission,
On vous présente Intricate Minds, Cilvaringz, Muneshine et La Melodia. En plus, on vous passe du Cilvaringz, Polyrhythm Addicts, O.C. et El-P. En plus, on fete Gro pas de S live and di.

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Album de la semaine: Brother Ali - The Undisputed Truth (Dope shit de votre albino favori)

Diction's review...

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Lyrics: 4.5
Beats: 4.0


Originally slated for a late 2005 release this album was a long time in the making. Brother Ali wanted to make sure that he was delivering something as consistant as his last full lenght Shadows on the Sun. Once again he let ANT handle all the production, but that's a good thing since 1 producer albums are the best. Too many albums sound un-cohesive since the artist wants to work with everyone and make all types songs. The album is really all ANT and Brother Ali, there is not even 1 featuring. ANT constantly drops the goods he's a very underated producer, providing the dope beats behind Atmosphere for more than 10 years now. He doesn't show any weaknesses here, the whole album is filled with dope beats. Brother Ali is one of the most talended mc's in hip hop right now, he's got the soul of 2pac and the finesse of Kool G Rap. He's the type of MC that when he raps you simply have to listen to him, which is becoming a rare breed now. This album has a more mature feel than Shadows on the Sun you can see his evolution. He's divorced from his wife now and he talks alot about his personal life problems. Brother Ali is a very down to earth person, his songs are very honest and you can feel what he's saying. It's becoming a rare thing for hip hop albums to have a combination of great beats and great rhymes but the Undisputed Truth manages to excel in both categories. I love hip hop when it happens and I'm glad that artist like Brother Ali are keeping the art alive.

Émission du 28 mars 07

Ce soir à l'émission,
On vous présente Everyday Process, Bukue One, Jeff Jabz et Hoodz Underground. À part ça, on vous fait écouter du nouveau Redman, Common, Dogg Pound et Freestyle de Arsonist. On vous mixe le tout avec une couple de shit underground pi on y ajoute nos chroniques habituelles.

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Album de la semaine: Devin the Dude - Waiting to inhale (Some dope south shit!)





diction's review:

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Lyrics: 4.0
Beats: 3.75


Devin the Dude has been in the rap game for a long time, he's appeared on countless albums from Dr. Dre to The Roots to De La Soul to Scarface. When you need a good hook you can count on Devin. He's released 3 dope albums so far that went unrecognized apart from his dedicated fanbase. You can always expect some smoothed-out beats with devin just rappin about bein broke, fuckin bitches and smoking weed. Devin has no lyrical abilities, he raps so slow like he smoked too much. What makes him so good is his funny lyrics and his addicting hooks. He's just a regular dude and he's easy to relate to his music. He knows how to pick good beats and simply has the ability to make good songs. He's the only rapper I know that has a love song about his marijuana plant! Waiting to Inhale is a great album to chillout to while smoking some weed and just takin' it easy. Devin is 4 for 4 as far as solo albums goes, he's a truly underapreciated rap artist that should be way more popular considering the quality of his music.

Émission du 21 mars

Ce soir à l'émission,
On vous diffuse les compils Definitive Swim, les crates de Buckwild & Asterisk vol 4, de QN5. On vous kick aussi du Hieroglyphics, du Pharoahe et du EPMD . On vous présente aussi Black Panther, Dirty Diggers & Akira the Don.

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Album de la semaine: El-P - I'll sleep when you're dead (Avertissement: Cet album est très bizarre... for advanced listeners only)






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Lyrics: 3.75
Beats: 4.0


Is El-P a rap legend? He does have a great career with influential albums like Company Flow's "Funcrusher Plus" & Cannibal Ox's "The Cold Vein". He did change hip hop music now looking back at it. Funcrusher Plus is the root of all the "abstract hip hop" that came out in the past 10 years. El-P got his own unique way of rhyme blastin the listeners with a rapid delivery of hardcore rhymes. On this album El-P provides some truly chaotic beats, they are loud & distorted with offbeat drum patterns. Everything is blasted at you at a rapid pace, this is a very challenging album. It doesn't really get more hardcore than this. After a few listenings I found the album to be quite rewarding with all the details that are in the beats. They evolve with the song, this is executed with much finesse. This is the best album Def Jux have released in a while and I think it's this is the type of album that hip hop needs right now. Something that will get critical acclaim on an indie label that will reach good sales. I'm proud of El-P for this album, it's as good as his older stuff which hip hop veterans rarely get to do. This is definitely recommended to those who are tired of always hearing the same old same old, El-P is pushing the boundaries of hip hop with some very original shit. I'm ready to call him a legend now, he's accomplished enough to get the title.

Émission du 14 mars

Ce soir à l'émission,
On vous présente El Gant, Fuzz & Mac, Sir Beans Obe et Hanif-Jamiyl. On a aussi les remix de Dj Muggs vs GZA, Talib Kweli, Snoop, Evidence, Domingo, OC & Zion I. On vous repassera aussi quelques oubliés des dernières semaine.

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Album de la semaine: Wisemen - Wisemen Approaching (Du nice shit du Wu-Fam avec de la production de Bronze Nazareth... Check it out!)

Émission du 7 mars

Ce soir à l'émission,
on a plus de nouveautés que de temps pour tout diffuser. On vous présentera donc, Linguistics, Adverse, Moe Pope & Headnodic, Ultimate Force, R-Mythe & Prince Ali + Incise. À part ça, on a du nouveau shit de Jay-Z, KRS-One, Snoop, Marco Polo, Kanye West & The Wisemen.

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Album de la semaine : Black Milk - By Popular Demand (Premier album de ce producer/mc de Détroit)





Diction's review

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Lyrics: 3.5
Beats: 4.5


Black Milk is an up and coming MC/Producer from Detroit. He's mainly knowned for being part of B.R. Gunna who produced the last Slum Village album. His track record might be short but he already showed some signs of greatness. He's a student of the J Dilla school of production but he's not a clone at all. He does have a few similarities with him like innovative drums and the constant need to be original. The production is truly outstanding, all the beats are great and they are diferent one from the other. He can go from hard ass beats to clap drums and he seems to be mastering both sides. I can't stress enough how is production is good & original. He's an artist like Dilla, Madlib & Oh No, which still choose to make something that wasn't done before proving that hip hop can still be pushed forward. Black Milk ain't no slouch on the mic either, his subject matter is not the most original but he's got good presence and always sounds tight. If there's anyone that deserves the throne that Dilla claimed for greatest Detroit producer it's definitely Black Milk. This is an album that I highly recommend if you are looking for a great new artist and I'm pretty sure it will rank high on my year end list.

Émission du 28 février

Ce soir à l'émission,

On reste fidèles à nos habitudes et on a plus de nouveauté que chez Vidéotron :D
On vous présente les Snowgoons, Buck Bowen, Stacy Epps et Speech Defect. On vous fait aussi écouter du Crown City Rockers, Els Michael Affair ft Raekwon, Jazzmatazz vol 4, Move.Meant & Thirstin Hown III & Rack-Lo.

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Album de la semaine: Abdominal - Escape from the pigeon hole (du vrai hip hop underground comme on l'aime.)

Émission du 21 février

Ce soir à l'émission,
On a plein de nouveau shit pour vos oreilles. On vous présente Maintain, Movement, Zero Star & Autolect. On a aussi du nouveau shit de Nas, Freemurda, Evidence, El-P, Frank N Dank, J-Dilla & le seul et unique KRS-ONE. C'est un rendez-vous à ne pas manquer.

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Album de la semaine: Hell Razah - Renaissance Child (Du dope shit de Wu!)

Spécial de la St-Valentin

Ce soir à l'émission,
On partage avec vous plein de love! Tout ça parce qu'on aime le Hip Hop autant que nos blondes (mais pas de la même manière (pour les blondes qui checkent le site ;) ) Anyway, on vous kick du shit dope comme à l'habitude. En plus, on reçoit la visite de D-Track & Kalibre qui viennent nous présenter du nouveau shit. Mesdames, tenez-vous bien et manquer pas le show.

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Album de la semaine: Black Taboo - Crosse-toé ça rend sourd ("On fait pas dans pop mais plus dans l'pas propre" Bref, quelque chose de très approprié en cette St-Valentin)

Émission du 7 février

Ce soir à l'émission,
on vous présente du nouveau shit de Apathy, Dj Vadim, Freestyle Professors, OneManArmy, Volume 10 & Ugly Mac Beer. On vous fera aussi découvrir quelques groupes comme Rup, Supersci, Nomis & Ta'Raach.

RIP à nos 4 boys qui sont décédés... La vie ne tient qu'à un fil...

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Album de la semaine: Speach Impediment - Time Lapse (Un autre release dope qui sort seulement au Japon :( on vous le fait écouter à soir)

Émission du 31 janvier 2007

Ce soir à l'émission,
on vous présente Delinquent Monastery, Hykoo, Kaydee & Chief, The Devil'z Rejects et Clockwerk. On vous kick aussi du nouveau shit de Dj Jazzy Jeff ft CL Smooth, du LMNO, du Wu, du Stones Throw et du Lords of The Underground. On ajoute aussi des des favoris au show, Apathy & Celph Titled (avec de la nouvelle production de J-Zone!!!)

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Album de la semaine - OST - The Rza - Afro Samurai (Les dessins animés et la musique sont trop nice... check this out!!!)

Émission du 24 janvier 2007

Ce soir à l'émission,
On vous présente une nouvelle bande sonore produite par RZA (The Afro Samurai). À part ça, on vous présente X-Clan, Sean Price, Funky DL, Hell Razah & Brother Ali. Coté nouveau groupe, on vous fera écouter Black Panther, Channel Two, Flynt & Think Twice.

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Album de la semaine : Mens Sana - Disque de Chevet. (Album d'un groupe de Suisse qui sonne un peu comme TTC avec des meilleurs beats et des voix moins fatigantes.

Émission du 17 janvier 2007

Cette semaine à l'émission,
On partage avec vous nos découvertes des vacances. Vous allez découvrir Yo123 & Skandaali, Ghettosocks, Metermaids, Rick Whispers & Buddy Peace. On vous kick aussi des nouvelles tracks de Redman, J-Dilla, Rob-O, R.A, Hell Razah, One Self, Mr Lif & Kool Keith. Encore une fois en format 2 heures!

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Album de la semaine: Madlib & Talib Kweli - Liberation (Album gratuit, distribué sur le net)




1 The Show - 4.5
2 Funny Money - 4
3 Time is Right - 3.5
4 Engine Running feat. Consequence - 3.5
5 Over the Counter - 4
6 The Function feat. Strong Arm Steady - 4
7 Happy Home - 4
8 Soul Music - 4 (now this is some dope rnb!!)
9 What Can I Do - 4.5

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Lyrics: 4.0
Beats: 4.0

A nice little treat to start off 2007. Kweli & Madlib decided to put out this little album for free. The idea behind this is probably to promote both artists for their upcoming projects. This hit me up as a surprise cause I didn't know it was coming and Madlib is my current favorite producer. Kweli used to be a favorite too, but I haven't felt his latest releases as much as his old shit. I gotta admit on first listen I was kinda underwhelmed by this, but by the 2nd listen I was feelin it more. On the 4th spin now in the headphones and I'm lovin it. Madlib comes tru with some original shit as always and the beats are real nice. Kweli is no doubt a talented mc and I like him on this one. I dunno if more artists are gonna start giving out free albums, but hey I'm all for it. Dope music for free grab this now!

Émission du 10 janvier... Le retour!

Cette semaine à HH203,
On consacre la totalité de l'émission à un artiste exceptionnel qui a littéralement révolutionné la scène musicale de l'Amérique. On l'a surnommé, le Godfather of Soul ou encore, Mr Dynamite. C'est bien le seul et unique James Brown. On vous parle de sa carrière, de ses tounes, de sampling et du golden age du Hip Hop. C'est définitivement un des pionners du Hip Hop et c'est pourquoi les nouveautés 2007 devront attendre une semaine de plus. Spécial de 2 heures.


Artiste du siècle (le 20e): James Brown a.k.a The Godfather of Soul, The Minister of the New New Super Heavy Funk, The Hardest Working Man in Show Business, Soul Brother Number One, and Mr. Dynamite.

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