On Redefine, MC Teekay and DJ/producer Cosm have made their best offering yet. The soulful, jazzy, old school dish is served atop relaxing b...
Articles By Omar Mouallem
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ReviewsDragon Fli Empire Redefine Published Apr 06, 2009
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ReviewsPhillip Morris The Process of Addiction Has its Costs Published Apr 06, 2009
Nerdcore is not unusual to the Canadian hip-hop scene, given the outsider influence of the vast prairies. But a skinny kid from big, bad Chi...
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ReviewsBlame One Days Chasing Days Published Mar 19, 2009
Cali rapper Blame One has been soaking his feet in hip-hop for almost 20 years and somehow, Days Chasing Days is only his debut album. No ma...
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ReviewsAntiRacist 15 Standing in Solidarity Published Mar 19, 2009
Remember VH1's White Rapper Show? If you do, you probably recall Jus Rhyme, the overzealous poster boy for conscious rap. Well, he's back. N...
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ReviewsSocial Deviantz Spread Published Feb 17, 2009
Social Deviantz, one of the pioneers of Vancouver's now vibrant rap scene, have been together since 1992, and it shows. It's not just appare...
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ReviewsMax Prime Sufferance Published Feb 17, 2009
Matching the voice of Max Prime to the face would be difficult. In a police line-up, looking for the culprit of these fearsome raps, it's un...
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ReviewsK-the-I??? Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow Published Feb 17, 2009
Every song is a puzzle on K-The-I???'s album, Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow. Rhymes like "Situations tend to shift motion/Focus in closer to t...
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ReviewsCale Sampson Cale Sampson Published Feb 03, 2009
"This is in my blood," says Cale Sampson in "Never Had A Choice," which explains his gut feeling to rap - about whatever - because it's trul...
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ReviewsDeep Rooted Deep Rooted Published Feb 03, 2009
If this was Deep Rooted's hip-hop aptitude test, they'd easily pass. It's all there: catchy R&B hooks, grooving synth beats, nice cuts, heav...
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ReviewsKottonmouth Kings The Green Album Published Jan 19, 2009
In the album's liner notes, Boy George-looking rapper Daddy X — the leader of the six-man Californian group — says they're respo...
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Reviews9th Uno Unassociated Press Published Jan 19, 2009
There is no beat that 9th Uno can't massacre. On Unassociated Press, the Canadian MC is thrown instrumentals of all tempos and styles by pro...
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NewsThoughts on 2008: Exclaim! Contributor Omar Mouallem Published Dec 31, 2008
To tide us over while we indulge in the holiday spirit gorging on stuffing and egg nog, we asked a bunch of our contributors to tell us thei...
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ReviewsDJ Babu Duck Season Vol. 3 Published Nov 17, 2008
It began as a mixtape but evolved into the final instalment of DJ Babus Duck Season trilogy. It is what separates a DJ/producer mixtape fro...
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ReviewsLexington + Whatevski Customer Appreciation Day Published Nov 17, 2008
Every artist has to find a way to dissuade listeners from the download and steer them towards the retail album. With Customer Appreciation D...
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ReviewsCorvid Lorax N.I.C.E. (Ninjas In Cities Everywhere) Published Nov 17, 2008
Chances are if youre not familiar with the Western Canadian hip-hop scene, you wouldnt recognize the music of Corvid Lorax. But in his Edm...
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ReviewsSweatshop Union Water Street Published Oct 22, 2008
Named after Vancouvers historic road on the waterfront, where luxury and poverty meet, Sweatshop Union, now loosened from Battle Axe Record...
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ReviewsSen Dog Diary of a Mad Dog Published Oct 22, 2008
After two decades in the game, and 43 years on Earth, its hard to believe that Sen Dog has never released a solo album, until now. As the s...
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ReviewsMurs Murs for President Published Oct 22, 2008
Often music fans experience discombobulation listening to an artists first shift from an independent to a major label, but Murs has been ma...
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ReviewsJake One White Van Music Published Oct 22, 2008
Opening with an encounter between a stranger and beatsmith Jake One, depicted as a street junkie addicted to "musical dope, White Van Music...
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ReviewsCommon Market Tobacco Road Published Sep 25, 2008
If youve never heard RA Scion rap before, it really is something to experience. He possesses an impressive vocabulary, meshes it with a rap...