Émission du 27 août 2008

Ce soir à l'émission,
On vous présente Rabbi Darkside, Muja Messiah, Esh the Monolith et Lakonic. On vous passe aussi du nouveau de Onyx, NYGz & cie, Brooklyn Academy et Esham. On vous passe aussi une couple de vieux albums comme du Kool G Rap, Live & Let Die.

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Album de la semaine: Moka Only - Clap Trap (tiré de sa série d'album qui sort cette année. Des bonne petites tracks! Check this out)

Nous serons de retour autour du 24 septembre!

Diction's review

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Well considering that no one gave a fuck about 2007's Vermillion except me, I guess I can consider myself a Moka Only fan. I really don't mind his abstract laid-back delivery, it's rather fresh and unique to me. Yeah sometimes it sounds like he's just mumbling out his words but it works perfectly on this type of production. Moka Only is a very underated producer, he puts out so much work a year and he's not stuck up on that old "90's" sound even if he's a veteran from that era. His beats could easily pass off as the newest Oh No or Madlib productions, it's totally up to date with the sounds that I'm digging currently. This "Clap Trap" follows a concept of short songs where none of the 22 songs are longer than 2:22 minutes and it works well as he's just throwing one idea after the other. I wasn't even sure if I dug this on my first spin but something just clicked on that 2nd spin and I'm really diggin it. I think it's cause I wasn't playing loud enough, there's more details in the beats to be unveiled when you turn that shit up. As usual people are gonna nitpick shit against Moka, so I'm totally prepared to be the only one giving this album props. But really it's the shit!

Émission du 20 aout 2008

Ce soir à l'émission,
On vous fait écouter les nouveaux albums de Tame One, Gza the Genius, King Syze et Almighty. À part ça, on vous présente Nieve & Cook, The Volta Masters, Nature of the Beast et on reçoit Mat Le Sak. On vous kick aussi les albums que vous aimez avec quelques bonnes sorties des dernières semaines.

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Album de la semaine: Paris - Acid Reflex (Du bon vieux Paris comme vous l'aimez.)

Émission du 13 août 2008

Ce soir à l'émission,
on a pas des tonnes de nouveautés facque on en profite pour vous passer pleins de bons tracks, du passé et des dernières semaines. À part ça, on a le nouvel album de Rass Kass, de Lil Dap et de Bash Bros. On vous présente au Earthworms, Natural Self, JVF Clique et IcyLee. Manquez pas le show!

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Album de la semaine: Large Pro - Main Source (un bon album de party comme dans le old school. Check this out!)

Émission du 6 aout 2008

Ce soir à l'émission,
On vous présente Buff1, Swift it Major, Shingo Suzuki et Johnny Madwreck. À part ça, on vous passe du nouveau shit de Elzhi, Shabazz The Disciple, Strange Fruit Project, Nappy Roots & Foulmouth Jerk. En plus de tout ça, on vous mixe vos classique que vous aimez tant avec toutes ces nouveautés! Manquez pas ça!!!

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Album de la semaine: Sweatshop Union - Water Street (du bon shit canadien avec des beats entrainant! Cop this shit!)

Émission du 30 juillet 2008

Ce soir à l'émission,
On vous présente une couple de nouveaux groupes comme Doomtree, Influx, Tomahawk et G-Frequency. À part ça, on a plein de nouveau dope shits de Mr. Hyde, Snowgoons, K-Otix, Bumpy Knuckles et 9th Wonder & Murs. Mais surtout, on a l'album de la semaine et d'autres bon raps, de Gro et de rappeur classiques. Surtout, ne manquez pas ça.

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Album de la semaine: Madvillain - Madvillainy 2 (du Madlib qui remix Madvillain à sa façon pour une 2e fois. 125$ pour l'édition spéciale sur le site de Stones Throw)

Diction's review

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Lyrics: 4.5
Beats: 5.0


Now there are remix albums and there are remix albums by Madlib. Just like we've witnessed with the Perseverance Remixes, Madlib doesn't remix things like your typical producer. He totally deconstructs his own work and creates something totally new with it. Now the original Madvillain album was already something totally different for hip hop when it was released, and quite possibly one of the weirdest things I ever heard at that point. I remember my first listen of the original Madvillain, It really threw me off like what the fuck is this shit but there was something that just made me listen to it 3 times in a row as I knew this was some other shit. But now 4 years later the album is a reknowed classic and even used to introduce people to hip hop music, something that the duo probably would never have expected to happen. After listening to this remix album, I have to say that the original feels very "normal" as this is even more "out there" than you can possibly imagine. Madlib doesn't just drop "new" beats over the accapellas, he built a whole new album with the vocals. The tracks aren't in the same order at all, the album is deconstructed and rebuilt with a new vibe, new skits, new interlude beats and the album is just a whole different thing. The only thing in common with the first one is that it has the same vocals, but even there the new beats just give these vocals a new feeling. The production is absolutely totally fuckin nuts, this is absolutely one of the best produced albums I ever heard and just makes classic hip hop albums feel some simple and dated. Madlib is running this hip hop shit, he once again redefines what can be done with hip hop beats and at this rate he'll be the greatest producer of all time. Some people still hold RZA and DJ Premier on a higher pedestal, but to me it's been a long since Lib has exceeded them cause they simply fail at innovating. I think that the people that are comparing the individual songs with the originals are doing something wrong because Madvillainy was never much of a "singles" album. It was an album that built its strength off the cohesion between the tracks and how it worked as a complete work, not how such and such track were bangers. The remix album is the same in that sense, it works as a complete album. I don't even wanna compare both albums, they are just 2 of my favorites of all-time and totally different. I've only had this album for 3 days but it's taken over my life, it gives me goosebumps and at the time I'm writing this I've already played it 9 times and I don't plan on stopping anytime soon. Hip Hop can die, I don't care as long as Madlib keeps on dropping 4 albums a year I'll be fine.

Émission du 23 juillet 2008

Ce soir à l'émission,

On vous présente une couple de nouveaux groupes comme Twilight Sentinel, Alltruisms, Danny! et Understatement. À part ça, on kick les nouveaux albums de Cappadonna, Reks (production de Primo) et Skillz. En plus, on vous réserve une couple de surprise.

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Album de la semaine: Envelope - Shark Bolt (Des bons beats old school tout produit par Blueprint!)

Émission du 16 juillet

Ce soir à l'émission,
On vous passe du nouveau shit de MC Paul Barman, D-Sisive, Fakts One, The Cenobites et Pace Won & Mr. Green. À part ça, on vous fait découvrir Little Bruce, Psychokinetics et Short Bus Alumni. On vous mic le tout avec vos classiques bien aimés.

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Album de la semaine: The Boom Bap Cats - Step in the Alley (Du bon rap underground indépendant de MTL!!! Check this out!

Émission du 9 juillet 2008

Ce soir à l'émission,

On vous parle du show de Rza et de Gza performing Liquid Swords. En plus on vous présente Qwel & Killagain, The Insomniaddicts et Infinito 2017. On a aussi quelques trucs francais comme Béocea et Fenek. On vous présente aussi les nouveaux album de Sweatshop Union, Raekwon, Jean Grey et Nas.

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Album de la semaine: Theory Hazit & Vintage - Lord Fire (du bon shit underground avec des bons beats! Check this out!)

Émission du 2 juillet 2008

Ce soir à l'émission,
on est heureux de vous présenter de nouveaux groupes comme Pure Product, D'opus & Roshambo et Common Market. On a aussi quelques autres nouveaux albums comme ODB's Brooklyn Zu, Rza, Less du 9 et Oh No vs Percee. On vous ajoute quelques classiques à tout ça pour vous faire une bonne émission comme d'habitude.

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Album de la semaine: Foul Mouth Jerk - Streetlight Music (Un bon album bien rap avec plusieurs feats qui cadre bien avec les beats. check this out!!

Émission du 25 juin 2008

Ce soir à l'émission,
On effectue une retour en force après 3 semaines d'absence. On a ramassé quelques nouveautés estivales et Louis vous rapporte quelques trouvailles de la France. En bonus, on vous kick une couple de track St-Jean-Baptistienne pour que vous puissiez continuer de célèbrer le Québec!!! On vous présente Animal Farm, Chi King Rolling Aces, Choose Mics & Herb Mcgruff. En plus, on vous kick du nouveau shit de Tanya Morgan, Andre Nickatina & Mac Dre, Immortal Technique, Sages Po & KRS-One.

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Album de la semaine: Invincible - Shapeshifters

Diction's review:

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Lyrics: 4.0
Beats: 3.5


The fist time I heard Invincible was in 2005 at the jazzfest where the Platinum Pied Pipers were performing a free show. They brought their extended family and this included Invincible who was ripping verses while Waajeed was pumping beats out of his MPC. Waajeed then mentioned that Detroit had the hottest beats and at that time I didn't understand what he meant cause J Dilla was pretty much the only other producer from the D that I knew. He was right tho, cause now in 2008 no one is really fucking with the Detroit sound. It's the most original and effective sound, Detroit is where it's at. For her debut album Invincible brought a 100% Detroit sound as this is what she reps. There's a few beats by Black Milk and there's a few beats by Waajeed but everybody brings some dope shit and I'm especially impressed by the work of the Lab Techs (Athletic Mic League). The beats are phat and just up to date with what's happening, not lost on that 03' Kanye West sound like too many acts to count. Invincible might be a girl (lesbian too?), but she's just in a league of her own when it comes to rapping. Her flow, technique and wordplay is nearly flawless, she's just really good at rapping. She's got punchlines like: "I'm striving to be one of the best period, not just one of the best with breast and a period" but she's also got a political edge which makes the song very interesting to listen to on top of the dope beats. This is some of that '08 hip hop for dat ass, a record not to sleep on if you plan on complaining that the year was shit in december.

Émission du 28 mai 2008

Ce soir à l'émission,
On vous présente Caen Project, Sav Killz et Moodswing. On écoutera finalement le nouvel album de J-Live. En plus, on vous passe des singles de Bekay, Slick Rick et de Supernatural.On vous kick aussi une couple d'autre track underground et old school avec un peu de français. Check this out!

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Album de la semaine: Craig G & Marley Marl - Operation: Take Back Hip Hop (Bien meilleur que le dernier album de MArley Marl. Pour les fans de old school, ramassez ça le 17 juin dans un bac loin de chez vous.)

Pourquoi un album de la semaine qui sort dans 3 semaines? Parce qu'on prend 3 semaines de vacances et on vous revient le 25 juin 2008, pour un spécial de la St-Jean Baptiste!

Émission du 21 mai

Ce soir à l'émission,
On vous fait écouter les nouveaux albums de Rock ( de Boot Camp Click), The Herbaliser, Killah Priest, Giant Panda et de Time Machine. À part ça, on vous présente Topr, Gee Rock et Deep Cave & Factor. En plus, on a du shit de Nappy Roors, J-Live et une couple d'album français, pour se remémorer le bon vieux temps. Manquez pas ça!

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Album de la semaine: Moe Pope & Headnodic - Megaphone (Un album qui vous surprendra par ses mélanges de styles. Manquez pas ça!!)

Émission du 14 mai 2008

Ce soir à l'émission,
on vous présente The I.M.F, Raashan Ahmad & Frugalis McSpiteful. À part ça, on a du nouveau shit de Masta Ace, un autre album de Keith Murray, un nouvel EP de Atmosphere, des nouvelles sortis de Digital Underground, Kidz in the Hall & Bliss N Eso. On vous revient sur quelques nouveautés des dernières semaines en plus. Manquez pas ça!

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Album de la semaine: Dagha - The Divorce (Du bon shit underground dans le style de Shinsight Trio. Check this out!)

I feel that this album is talking to me a little as I can relate to is so much. Not that I ever got married and divorced but I'm in my mid 20's and looking forward to buying a house and finding that special girl who will eventually have a child with me. I thougth the last girl was the right one for me, but after 3 years she didn't really feel the same way. I see "The Divorce" as me in 5 years if the next relationship blows to bits after going tru the house/kids part, as if Dagha is warning me about those things. Cause this album is pretty much only about his relationship with his past wife, sort of the hip hop version of Marvin Gaye's "Here My Dear". I don't know if all this is true or if he's just a good liar but anyhow he works this concept very well. The production is some of that old school boom bap produced by Insight and DJ Real, with the jazzy type beats and full of scratches quoting stuff about relationships and divorce. Even if all the songs are negative and he's just talking about depressive situations, the album still keeps a "feel good" vibe that makes it very enjoyable. Overall it's a dope album, Dagha has been consistant so far on all his projects and I don't think this is the last we'll hear from him. I'm not too sure if everyone will be able to sit through all this whinning and nagging, but to me it's fresh and original cause I can't really think of any other hip hop album like that. Well maybe Misery Loves Comedy from Louis Logic but even there these are 2 very diferent albums. If your a fan of Insight well there are good chances you will also dig Dagha, as both have similar rhyme styles and beats.

Émission du 7 mai 2008 - Back 4 da Summer

À partir de ce soir et jusqu'au mois d'août, l'émission débutera à 20h30 au lieu de 20h.

Ce soir, on vous présente juste des nouveautés. Tout ce qui est sorti pendant nos 3 semaines de congé. Nouveaux singles de Rza, Busta Rhymes et de Outkast featuring Raekwon, nouveaux albums de Atmosphere, All Natural, 7l & Esoteric, Blueprint, Lyrics Born, Keith Murray et 9th Wonder & Buckshot. À part ça, on vous présente Dagha, Randam Luck, C.R.A.C. Knuckles & Kreative Resource.

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Album de la semaine: The Roots - Rising Down (Je laisse Diction en parler:)

Well this is about to be my most negative 4 star review I ever dropped. At the same time I love and hate this album. I love what ?uest is doing with the production, once again changing his drum style and just going in a direction that The Roots have never been to. I love that dark gutter sound and mixed with those synths from hell it gives the album an incredible sound overall, it's really well executed. I'm dissapointed that they didn't make another album with the Game Theory sound (which in my opinion is the greatest Roots sound so far), but The Roots making the same album twice would break the purpose of the group. We are so far from the sound of Organix/DYWM and even more recent works of Things Fall Apart and Phrenology, even those are "old school" for The Roots now. The major thing that bothers me with the album is the abundance of guests. It seems that on every song there is an unecessary guest. I know they aimed for a "posse" political rap album, but the results are that the songs have no personality. When you have one of the best MC's of all time in your group, you should be letting him rap more. Especially how he murdered the 2 last albums, he just seemed to be getting better and better. It pisses me off to have to hear all these guest rappers, they really come off lazy and really don't push the songs to the next level. Well I feel it's good to hear Mos Def start things up after the depressing intro, but Styles P's presence just fucks up the song with his wack claritin rhymes. I really feel like telling Peedi Peedi to shut the fuck up on "Get Busy", I was feelin him last time around but he just feels out of place here. Even old crew favorites like Dice Raw and Malik B come off a little sloppy, I don't sense the passion they had in the past. The new affiliates from Game Theory also show in abundance, they aren't awful but I don't really like them more than that. The worst guest spot has got to be Wale on "Rising Up", he fucks up a track that could have been an album highligth... but still I kinda love this album cause the production work is so damn nice. I guess I was too greedy with my expectations, I feel that the group could have released a much better album if they had focused harder. For a political album the songs are a little pointless, the whole album feels like a messy affair. Plus you had ?uestlove fronting like this was the best Roots album to date, I had that little expectation in me that maybe it could actually match Game Theory. It's pointless to compare it to that album because Game Theory is just superior in every aspect. Whenever I play the album, there isn't a moment where I'm saying "Shit I can't wait to hear this verse!", there's only "Criminal" that is on the standard classic roots standard. Please ?uestlove before letting someone rap on a Roots album, make sure he's gonna come as tight or better than Black Thougth. Just imagine if Paid in Full had 15 guests spots, it wouldn't be really on the same level. Also next time put more hidden details in those beats, I already feel like I've memorised everything within just a week of listens. Why am I complaining tho, this album is still the shit!

Émission du 16 avril 2008

Ce soir à l'émission,
On vous présente Research, Justis, RIP ONE, Young Mass et Siah & Yeshua Dapoed. En plus, on vous kick des remixes de J-Zone, du nouveau J-Live, le nouvel album de Braille et une couple d'artistes francais come 92100 - le collectif et Le 3e Oeil sur Puissance Rap 2008. Pour compléter le tout, puisque c'est la dernière émission de la session (2 semaines de vacance, retour en mai) on vous parle de nos picks du printemps!

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Album de la semaine: DL Incognito - A Captured Moment in Time (un très bon album d'un vétéran canadien du rap, Check this shit out!)

Émission du 9 avril 2008

Ce soir à l'émission,
On vous présente une couple d 'artistes comme Amsterdam, Anomoli & Dirt Nasty. Coté plus connu, on vous kick le nouvel EP de Living Legends, un album de tournée de Monk-E, Maybe Watson et Sev Dee, des nouveaux album de The Dino 5 (Un projet de Prince Paul, Wordsworth, Ladybug Mecca, Scratch et Chali 2na pour bébé et les parents qui sont tannés de Barney & other crap...) et de DL Incognito et un single de Atmosphere. À part ça, on vous prépare pour quelques show à venir dans la région Montréalaise. Manquez pas l'émission!

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Album de la semaine: Verbal Kent - Fist Shakin(un bon album de rap underground avec des beats qui BANG...)

Émission du 2 avril 2008

Ce soir à l'émission,
On vous présente The 49ers, Paulie Rhyme & Deedot, Nomad, Everliven Sound & Kenny Segal (Project Blowed). On a aussi des nouveaux singles de Common, Skillz et de Scarface. En plus, on vous passe aussi des nouveaux mixtapes de K6A et de Busta Rhymes et une compilation de France, le Coffret de la Rue.

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Album de la semaine: Braille, Omega Watts, Surreal & DJ Idull- Four days in Genève (Trois artistes trop forts avec des featurings vraiment nice, un album à écouter 4 real)

Émission du 26 mars 2008

Ce soir à l'émission,
On vous présente les nouveaux albums de Prof, Wes Felton Grip Grand, MC Garth-Culti-Vader et Motionplus de Scribbling Idiots. À part ça, on vous kick du nouveau shit de Az, Little Vic, Little Brother et Kashmere. Gro devrait être de retour pour un freestyle et on vous passe plein d'autre shit phat comme d'habitude. Manquez pas ça!

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Album de la semaine: LMNO & Kev Brown - Selective Hearing (Du bon undergound shit en provenance de la côte Ouest)

Émission du 19 mars 2008

Ce soir à l'émission,
On vous présente Mighty Joseph, Bisc1, D.-Allie et Arabesque. En plus, on vous kick le nouvel album de Improv Logic, Ghostface Killah, Shin-Ski et Braille. En bonus, on vous kick une nouvelle track de Meth & Red et une autre de KRS produit par Primo! Manquez pas ça!

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Album de la semaine: Guilty Simpson - Ode to the Ghetto (Produit par Madlib et autres... Un autre bon album de Stones Throw!)

Émission du 12 mars 2008

Ce soir à l'émission,
On vous présente Mic Boyd, 8thw1, Triple Darkness et Motive. À part ça, on vous passe le dernier album de Braintax, Erikah Badu & Sheek Louch. Et, vu qui pas trop de nouveau shit cette semaine, on en profite pour vous faire réécouter quelques albums dopes de la semaine dernière. Manquez pas ça!

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Album de la semaine: Del Tha Funkee Homosapien - Eleventh Hour (C fucked up mais j'aime ça :P)