Émission du 24 juin 2009 - Spécial de la St-Jean avec LeSak et cie!

Ce soir à l'émission,

On reçoit Mat LeSak et Pat V-Ro, pour une session d'entrevue, de freestyle et de performance pour souligner la sortie de l'album "Chek dans l'Sak" qui fut lancé le 20 juin au Quai des Brumes. En plus, on profite de cette St-Jean pour vous kick une couple de nos coup de coeur du rap québécois depuis ces tout début. Bref, on fête en grand écoutez nous live pour débuzzer de votre soirée d'hier ou downloader le show pour ne rien manquer de tout ça si vous êtes encore sur le party! Joyeux Québec!

Mets-le dans ton sak!

Album de la semaine: Mat LeSak - Chek dans l'Sak (Un bon album de boombap québécois d'un artiste du far west de Montréal. Ça vient du coeur et ya des gros beats de Dr. Destro! Check this out!)

Émission du 17 juin 2009

Ce soir à l'émission,

On reçoit le groupe KitOuDouble qui vont nous présenter leur nouvel album "Rien ne va plus", faire une prestation live et peut-être un freestyle? À part ça, on vous présente une couple de groupe comme Percy Filth, Smooth Current et Soulbrotha. En plus, on vous passe des nouveaux track de Wu, M.O.P., Jazz Liberatorz, Chali 2na et Joell Ortiz. Bref, un show à ne pas manquer.

Download tout ça!

Album de la semaine: Mos Def - The Ecstatic

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It's funny how expectations change just in a few years... Just 5 years ago, "The New Danger" had the job to follow up "Black on Both Sides" and even if it would have delivered there is no way that it would satisfied all the Mos Def fans... Then add "True Magic" which was close to being terrible, there was just not much hope for Mos Def's future. But here comes "The Ecstatic" which without a doubt is a late career defining album for the Mighty Mos Def, an album that redefines him as an artist. See things have changed here, and it shows that Mos Def as been listening to some different things like MF Doom and Madlib... speaking of Madlib he leads the production team here with 4 beats along with his brother Oh No (2 beats), J Dilla (1 beat), Preservation (4 beats), Mr. Flash (3 beats), Georgia Anne Muldrow (1 beat) and Chad Hugo (1 beat). This is quite an impressive production lineup and there isn't one of them that fails to deliver, the production is thoroughly excellent throughout the album. It's not your typical album either, there's many songs that are short and make you wonder what they are really about... but most importantly the whole thing flows together perfectly and listening to The Ecstatic is simply a great experience. The fans who want Black on Both Sides Pt. 2 might be disappointed, it's nothing like the Mos Def of the Rawkus era and he's never gonna go back to those days... This is more like if Mos Def joined Stones Throw and decided the push the envelope of his possibilities. If you want traditional hardcore beats and hardcore rhymes, this is not what you are going to get and you're better off with the Torae/Marco Polo album. Mos Def was always more the type to try out different things and this time it works out perfectly, it's a great dose of original hip hop that isn't lost in the past. Congratulations Mos Def, this time you've exceeded all expectations.

Émission du 10 juin 2009

Ce soir à l'émission,

Nous vous présentons du bon shit du terroir avec des nouveaux albums de Mat LeSak, Showme et 2e Monde. On vous présente aussi une couple de groupes comme P.A., Ivan Ives et The Armada. À part ça, on a les nouveaux efforts de Mos Def, De La Soul, Scratch, Oxmo Puccino et Dj Quik & Kurupt. On complète avec des critiques, des shows à voir et une pincée de rap old school...

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Album de la semaine: Marco Polo & Torae - Double Barrel

Diction's review:

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THE BOMB. Quite simple. There is no doubt now that Marco Polo is the #1 boom bap of current times, not necessarily the most innovative producer (actually he's not at all) but as far as traditional east coast bangers there is simply no one that can touch him. Port Authority was the shit and this matches it, quite a feat for an artist right now to drop 2 great albums and truthfully I wasn't expecting him to do it. As far as Torae his album last year "Daily Conversation" was ok with a few good songs, but his performance here is much more memorable and MP's beats really help him to make his style shine more. If you are looking for something that's really original and out of the ordinary you probably won't find it here, this is simply an heavy dose of good ol' hardcore hip hop. The beats are just so damn effective, listening to this is pretty much a session of me head bopping for 45 minutes... a banging beat doesn't wait for the other one, shit don't stop!!! The whole album is great and really enjoyable to listen, it's really refreshing for hip hop to have an album like this released. So if you like Gang Starr, Mobb Deep, M.O.P., Heltah Skeltah, Black Moon or whatever else NY group like that this is an album that definitely must not be missed.

Émission du 3 juin 2009

Ce soir à l'émission,

On vous présente The Lyricists, Iron Lyon, Mine Us & DJ Hoppa, Krooks et Unagi. Coté plus connu, vous entendrez une couple de nouveautés dont Sick Jacken, Marco Polo & Torae, Snowgoons avec Savage Brothers & Lord Lhus, 9th Prince, Mr SOS et D-Sisive. On vous mix le tout avec un peu de old school pi une couple de cd que ça fait longtemps vous avez pas écouté.

Download le tout ça maintenant pour être au courant!

Album de la semaine: J-Dilla - Jay Stay Paid

Diction's Review:

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Its Its Its Dilla Dilla Dilla *ring* *ring* *ring*

So it's the time for some posthumous material from Dilla (The Shining doesn't count as it was already completed and meant to be released that way) and as expected this shit is pure fire. It's too bad that we can't get to hear the post-Donuts sound, but that's a little too much ask since Dilla is actually dead... More than 3 years have passed since, time really goes fast. Jay Stay Paid is a collection of beats gathered from his 2004-2005 beat tapes, some of them have some added vocals and the whole thing is mixed by Pete Rock. I was hoping for these beat tapes to get an official release, and while this isn't quite like the original tapes, it most definitely does the job and it's quite a good piece to add to his discography. The good news about it is that there is much material left from the beat tapes that is unused so there could actually be 2 or 3 more albums like this coming later on. I guess there's no need to say that the beats here are great, since his death J Dilla has been elevated to legendary status with his name now being put up next to the other great hip hop producers. It did take his death for his work to get noticed, but since that day I feel that there has been a shift in production styles as more producers are catching up on his advanced sound. You cannot expect from this album to create "the future", but even if this material is 4-5 years old, it feels totally fresh and it's still ahead of what most producers are doing. It's really one great beat after another great beat... the only thing that bothers me is some of the guests feel a little not needed, but there's really not much to complain. Who would have thought that a dead producer would release the best hip hop album of 2009?