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Now on spotify. Nearly a decade later.
The 2011 Canadian Rap Future Superstars compilation spotify playlist.
8 of the original tracks were missing, so I added 6 of the finalists from that year.
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Hey everyone. You probably haven't heard from me in quite awhile.
I suffered a few smaller concussions from mid 2010 to mid 2011, which I naively ignored.
Then in August 2011, I suffered a big one. It's more than 7 months later, and my life is still paused as I very slowly recover.
I haven't been able to tolerate listening to music since the "big one", so unfortunately, I wasn't able to put out a Canadian
rap compilation last year (first time since 2002). I also haven't been able to pursue my own music since mid 2010.
If you get hit in the head, pause & rest... cause if you've got a bad head injury, your injured brain might not be able to detect it.
I will recover, it's just a very slow process.
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It's the holiday season, so we're back with another compilation packed full of our favourite Canadian rap tracks
from the past year. It features 34 Canadian artists, 8 Canadian DJs and 17 Canadian beatmakers, spanning
10 Canadian cities from Halifax, NS to Victoria, BC.
2011 Canadian Rap Future Superstars.
Shoutouts to Nayles for the cover art
and Asher Media Relations for publicity assistance.
Download the 2011 compilation here
The Track Listing:
- DJ Jayceeoh (North America) - GO OFF! feat Scratch (Of the Roots), Skratch Bastid, Shiftee, Hedspin, Dopey, Mat The Alien, Marvel, I-Dee, Spryte, Excel & Wundrkut
- Alex Dimez (Toronto) - All Out (remix)
- JD Era (Toronto) - You Know This (radio edit)
- Pip Skid (Winnipeg) - Back Rub Rap feat Yy & Silly Willy
- Langdon Auger (Victoria) - The Drive Through
- Perfeck Strangers (Toronto) - Work To Do (radio edit) feat Drake
- Plex (Edmonton/Toronto) - Spare Change feat Rellik, Touch & Leemai
- Indelible (Vancouver) - Gets Me High feat Blaming Taylor
- The Extremities (Halifax/Toronto) - Lost Souls
- D-Sisive (Toronto) - I Love A Girl (Grizzly Bear Hijacked)
- Ski (Toronto) - 4Evr Young (Dj Unknown Remix)
- TRP (Windsor) - Execution
- Magnum K.I. (Winnipeg) - Sleep feat Süss
- e.d.g.e. (Vancouver) - Target Practice feat Dave Ryan
- D-Sisive (Toronto) - West Coast
- Louwop (London/Toronto) - For the Love
- Metawon (Calgary/Vancouver) - Joy + Pain feat Just B
- Gee Wunder (Toronto) - Pressure Busts Pipes feat Mad Child
- Mullet N Steps (London) - Can't Have Me
- Baf (Moncton) - Believe me (remix) feat iNTUiT
- Underground Realroad (Montreal) - Be Who U-R feat Miss Tee
- Nayles (Moncton) - People Playin'
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It's the holiday season, so we're back with another compilation chock full of our favourite Canadian rap tracks
from the past year. It features 34 Canadian artists and 24 Canadian beatmakers, spanning 11 Canadian cities
including obsolete corners such as Comox, BC and Clarks Harbour, NS.
2010 Canadian Rap Future Superstars.
Shoutouts to Mantrakid at 80Bit.com for the album design.
The only way to get a copy:
* Download the 2010 compilation here
The Track Listing:
- Manafest (Toronto) - Free
- Monark (Fredericton & Saint John) - Playground feat Phakt
- Hellafactz (Halifax) - Thought Of U feat Yvette Jarvis & Michael Beals
- Relic (Toronto) - Just The Day feat Saukrates
- Drumbo (Def3 and Factor) (Regina & Saskatoon) - Take Me Higher
- Mantrakid (Comox, BC & Calgary) - My Calling
- Ricca Razor Sharp (Calgary & Clarks Harbour, NS) - Rampage
- Iron Lion (Calgary) - Take a Breather feat King Lou
- Joe Buck (Halifax) - Who We Are feat Jay Bizzy
- Cale Sampson (Toronto) - C-A-L-E
- Chris Quotes (Toronto) - Where's the Cash At
- Eye2Eye (Montreal) - Wing Man
- KG (Ottawa) - Megatron
- Solid Mas (Toronto) - Ridin Dirty feat Nova Kane & Priceless
- RahZemos (Toronto) - Bad Apples
- HeatWave (Vancouver) - Bills To Pay (CFRO 'Urban Renewal Project' Choice Pick)
- Josh Martinez (Vancouver) - Responsibility feat Evil
- Brass Tackz (Vancouver) - Broken Promises
- Ghettosocks (Halifax) - R. Kelly's Ghostwriter Skit feat Jordan Croucher
- Dan-e-o (Toronto) - Yesterday
- Tru-Paz (Toronto) - My Lady
- Empire ISIS (Montreal) - Four In The Morning
- Shaun Boothe (Toronto) - Music Man feat Amanda Diva
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Read Brockway Ent's five part series on Hip-Hop & the ECMAs:
Part 1 - An Introduction - Hip-Hop Side-Stepped in Corner Brook
Part 2 - Popularity of Hip-Hop in Atlantic Canada & Showcases for Hip-Hop artists at the 2009 ECMAs
Part 3 - The Corner Brook Hip-Hop Struggle
Part 4 - Why was Hip-Hop side-stepped in Corner Brook & Hip-Hop Approach of other Music Award Festivals
Part 5 - Cape Breton in 2010 - Hip-Hop Suggestions
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The '2009 Canadian Rap Future Superstars'
compilation debuted at #2
on the Canadian hip-hop campus charts last week. Check out the
January newsletter for full info, a CTV documentary and more.
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Click here to read the December Newsletter.
In keeping with my annual holiday tradition, I've compiled my 22 favourite Canadian rap tracks and packed them
all onto one CD: 2009 Canadian Rap Future Superstars.
Download the 2009 compilation here
The Track Listing:
- TRP (Windsor) - One Intro
- David Hodges (Montreal) - Get Together
- Arabesque (Toronto) - Marlboro Man
- Cadence Weapon (Edmonton) - Real Estate
- Louwop (Toronto) - Scream
- Common Unity (Montreal) - Rigodon Dance
- The Extremities (Halifax/TO) - Funk For Joy
- Alias Donmillion (Toronto) - Call The Police
- Redway (Toronto) - Facebook Broad
- Jonny Roxx (Toronto) - Hands Wet feat JD Era & Ken Masters
- First Words (Fredericton/Halifax) - Bobbi With An I
- Mischif (Cape Breton) - Freaks Come Out
- The Subspecies (Kamloops) - Shoot The Shit
- Loc Dog (Digby, NS) - You'll See feat Al Boogie, Mick D, KNOwledge
- Dynamic (Ottawa) - You Understand
- Phakt (Saint John) - The Body feat Jordan Croucher
- Factor (Saskatoon) - Pray feat Ceschi
- Side C (Montreal) - Trees feat Loe Pesci
- Mic Boyd (Enfield, NS) - Michael's Mystery
- Tru Paz (Toronto) - Country Road (Remix) feat Esko Levi
- Brockway Biggs (Ottawa) - Heretics Heritage Intro (Fresh Kils remix)
- Lexington + Whatevski (Calgary) - Movin On Up
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Click here to read the December Newsletter.
In keeping with my annual holiday tradition, I've compiled my 25 favourite Canadian rap tracks and packed them all
onto one CD: 2008 Canadian Rap Future Superstars.
Download the 2008 compilation here
The Track Listing:
- Brockway Biggs (Ottawa) - Heretics Heritage Intro feat DJ STV, DJ Ducats & Skratch Bastid
- Ghettosocks (Halifax) - I Invented Everything feat Jabba tha Cutt
- Rhythmicru (Toronto) - Here It Comes feat Shad K
- Seazon (Toronto) - The Reporter (radio edit)
- DNA (Fredericton) - The North Side
- Atherton & Sire (Ottawa/Toronto) - Mean Miss Treater
- Above (Saint John) - Christie
- J-Bru (Halifax) - I Love You Ma
- Empire (Toronto) - No Where
- Ira Lee (Regina) - Msssissppppi
- Mr. Quibble (Toronto) - Windseeker
- Moka Only (Vancouver) - The Taste
- Lady Precise (of Stinkmitt) (Vancouver) - Movin Up feat Emotion
- Trobiz (Halifax) - Grindin feat Damon Daye
- Jordan Croucher (Halifax) - Ain't Hard To Find feat Classified & Mic Boyd
- Touch & Nato (Edmonton) - Can't Hold Me Back feat Chazm & Nomad
- Art of Fresh (Toronto) - Get Free
- Brockway Biggs (Ottawa) - Canada Dry feat Nicole Rushton
- Spesh K (Halifax) - Saturday Night
- Thorowbredz (Ottawa) - Gangsta Lean
- Assen K / Self Driven (Ottawa) - 3 Strikes
- The EquAzn (Calgary) - Right Now
- Young Sin (Vancouver) - Listen
- Boz Faramone (Ottawa) - BBQ (So Good) feat Moka Only
- Sean One (Fredericton) - Gangstah Boogie Outro
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Brockway Entertainment has teamed up with Fillmore Street Brewery (home of Nelly's energy drink, Pimp Juice) to
make their scholarship available to Canadian students with awards of $1750, $500, $250 and more.
For more details, read the press release:
in PDF
or as MS Document.
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After a three year wait, Fredericton/Ottawa's Brockway Biggs
(formerly Pimp Tea) is back with 15 original tracks on his third album, titled 'In Awe of Simplicity.'
Read the whole newsletter here.
And Buy the CD here.
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I've been busy working on my own album, but I've been helping out the following folks with campus radio promotions.
Request 'em at your local station!! Sean One,
Skratch Bastid,
Bonshah,
Geoff Stevenson's "Cancon", Atherton & Sire
and more...
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Brockway Biggs feat Prentiss Church & D.O.
'Shake Ya Caboose (Nevski remix)'.
Read the press release
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I finally added a reviews section. More to be added. If time permits, I might add my archive (1998 onward) of just Canadian stuff.
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Canadian Rap Mix 2006 is #1 this week on both Canadian campus hip-hop charts: Chart Attack & Earshot! I feel pretty blessed to be sharing top 4 on both charts with crazy albums from Vancouver's No Luck Club and Winnipeg's DJ Co-op.
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Click here to read the December Newsletter.
Brockway Entertainment's Canadian Rap Mix 2006 contains 22 tracks featuring over
30 Canadian artists. It spans 10 Canadian cities, covering scenes as
unexpected as Saskatoon, as obsolete as Dibgy, NS, and as major as Toronto. The CD is mixed by my friend,
DJ Ducats, whose Peaceful Journey radio show on
Ottawa's CKCU recently celebrated its 10-year anniversary.
The Track Listing:
01 - DJ Stereotype (Connecticut) - Hockey Night In Canada Intro
02 - Flight Distance (Ottawa) - Flypaper
03 - K-Os (Toronto) - Fly Paper
04 - Dragon Fli Empire (Calgary) - Language of Music feat Curtis Santiago
05 - Velvet Trench Vibes (Montreal) - High School Girls feat David Hodges
06 - Flip Kuma (Ottawa) - Strangers feat Allana Stuart
07 - Frenchi Blanco (Montreal) - Stylo
08 - Miracle (Digby, NS) Under the Ground feat Phakt
09 - Classified (Halifax) - See The Truth
10 - Theology 3 (Toronto) - Temptation Island
11 - Spesh K (Halifax) - Retirement Days feat Tassja
12 - Akuma & Factor (Saskatoon) - Never Let You Go
13 - JC (Halifax) - Feeling Fine (remix) feat Classified & Jay Bizzy
14 - DL Incognito (Toronto) - Live In My Element
15 - Cale Sampson of Rhythmicru (Toronto) - The Facts of War
16 - Ira Lee (Edmonton) - Magic
17 - Grubbs (Winnipeg) - Plague of the City
18 - Wordburglar (Toronto) - Breeze feat Pigeon John
19 - David Hodges (Montreal) - Interlude
20 - D.O. (Toronto) - Just Forfeit feat Slakah, Arabesque, G Stokes
21 - Brockway Biggs (Ottawa/Fredericton) - Shake Ya Caboose (Nevski remix) feat Prentiss Church & D.O.
22 - Classified (Halifax) - Believe it or Not feat Jay Bizzy, J-Bru, White Mic & Preacher K
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Click here to read the November Newsletter.
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It's been a real busy year & a half with many success stories. I've decided to take a break for a bit to spend time with friends & family and to get creative with my music again.
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The Under Pressure Festival is less than two weeks away. Skate & b-boy competitions and the return of the father of hip-hop, Kool Herc to Montreal on Sun, Aug 13th! Click here to read press release.
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Wordburglar has released his sophomore album, 'Burglaritis', on Hand'solo Records.
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Congrats to Classified & Urbnet Records on winning a 2006 MuchMusic Video Award (MMVA) for Rap Video of the Year with 'No Mistakes.' Request the video!
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On Tuesday, May 9th, the Montreal-based magazine, Under Pressure, released their 4th Canadian hip-hop compilation, 'Up North Trip Vol. 4.' The compilation also includes a 10-year anniversary DVD celebrating the yearly urban festival that takes place in Montreal. www.underpressure.ca.
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Click here to read the March/April Newsletter.
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Congrats to two of my top clients for the year, Classified & Eternia, on their 2006 Juno Nominations for Rap Recording Of The Year!
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I was pretty surprised and excited to see my 2005 Brockway Ent Canadian Rap Compilation at #6 on the Earshot national campus hip-hop charts this week. Thanks for supporting indie canadian hip-hop!
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Click here to read the January Newsletter. Congrats to the January contest winners: Roundtable Entertainment & Dave Zinck, a teacher at Dartmouth High School (Halifax, NS) who happened to be in need of vinyl for their school turntables. Email theword(at)brockwayent(dot)com for your chance to win future contests.
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In my eyes, 2005 has been a great year for Canadian independent hip-hop. I thought I'd share my list of my favorite Canadian songs of 2005.
01 - Classified - It's Just My Opinion (Prod. by Classified)
02 - Skratch Bastid/John Smith/Pip Skid - Murphy's Law feat Sleep (Prod by Bastid)
03 - Touch - SP Twelve (Prod by Nato)
04 - Alpha Flight - If I Could Be (Prod by Ghettosocks)
05 - David Hodges - Feel Your Soul (Prod by Devize)
06 - Josh Martinez - Tour Is War (Prod by Samix)
07 - Rezofficial - Keep On Movin (Prod by J Mak)
08 - Alpha Flight - Mahogany Office (Prod by Mr. Bix)
09 - Miracle - Darkness Falls feat Mickey D & Monark (Prod by DJ Higga)
10 - Mcenroe & Birdapres - Break Merchant (Prod by mcenroe)
11 - Brockway Biggs (aka Pimp Tea) - Pinch Hitter (Prod by Sean One)
12 - Gruf - You Need to Relax feat Pip Skid (Prod by mcenroe)
13 - Mickey D - It Feels Good feat Miracle (Prod by Suave)
14 - Rikoshay - Stomp (Prod by Rikoshay)
15 - Jay Bizzy - Dirt Dessert (Prod by Dexter Doolittle)
16 - Mood Ruff - Petula The Cougar (Prod by Anonymous Twist)
17 - Ken Masters - Fall on your Face (Prod. by Aliby)
18 - JC - Love Song (Prod by Trobiz)
19 - Soso - The Goose Hunter pt 2 (Prod by Soso)
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Jay Bizzy's VideoFACT video for 'East Coast Warriors' featuring Classified and Johnny Hardcore hit MuchMusic last week. Request It!
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Congrats to VideoFACT recipients: Eternia for 'Love' AND to DO for 'Just Forfeit' feat Arabesque & G.Stokes.
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Click here to read the October Newsletter. Congrats to the October contest winners: Esh Beats & Artemis Thompson of XM Satellite Radio.
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Eternia's debut album 'It's Called Life' and the VideoFACT video for its first single 'Evidence' have been released. Request Evidence on MuchMusic!
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Congrats to 2005 Canadian Urban Music Award (CUMA) nominees: Classified for Producer of the Year and Skratch Bastid for DJ of the Year. Yours truly is nominated for the Community Service Award.
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Classified's video for 'No Mistakes' hit MuchMusic last week, landing in medium rotation. Request It!
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Click here to read August 1st Newsletter. Congrats to Twenty4Seven of Late Night Records for winning the August contest.
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Spesh K's video for 'Knockin Em Down' hit MuchMusic last week, landing in medium rotation. Request It!
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Skratch Bastid/John Smith/Pip Skid has been at #11 the past two weeks on the Rap Networks' Record Breakers Top 30 charts. The chart is compiled by 40+ of the most influential hip-hop DJs in North America. They were also #10 overall on the June 28th Earshot Top 50 Overall Campus Charts.
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Click here to read the June 1st Newsletter. Congrats to Freyja Zazu of Ottawa, ON for winning the June contest!
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The new Exclaim is out! Check pg. 86. The !Earshot campus hip-hop charts for the month of April have Classified at #9 and Spesh K at #10!
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Click here to read the May 1st Newsletter. Congrats to Angela Seury of Quesnel, BC for winning the May contest! "It's like Christmas here! Thank you so much" - Angela
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The late nineties classic, Cock Dynamiks has been re-released on Hand Solo Records today. It features exclusive tracks from Buck 65, Moka Only, DJ Moves & more.
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All three albums I'm working are in this week's Chart Attack hip-hop charts. Classified is at #7, First Words is #8 & Spesh K at #9.
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Click here to read the April 1st Newsletter
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