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DJ MENSA PRESENTS “DECOMPRESSION”
School, work, life. Have you been hustling too hard these days? Our fam DJ Mensa has put out something new to release some of that tension. His new mix “Decompression” is here to save you from depression with new music from Washed Out, Miguel, Phonte, Goapele and more. It even includes a Gotye remix done by yours truly. So make sure you download and vibe to this one, as Mensa puts it down for you and yours!
Backroad Radio – May 14th, 2012
Lots of new joints this week courtesy of Bozack and Royale. Peep the heat from: Big Krit, Raz Fresco, JD Era, El-P, Meek Mill, 2 Chainz feat. Drake, Roc Marciano, Homeboy Sandman, ASAP Rocky and much more!
TO rap veteran Gee Wunder joined us in studio to discuss his new album, give us some live bars and he drop some real good industry insider jewels that you upcoming artists will want to take in. Yuh Zee Me!
It’s been awhile since we hit you with just randomness for throwback and that’s how we brought it this week. Nothing but reugged 90′s joints from New York including bangers from Onyx, Shabazz the Disciple, Dark Skin Assassin, KGB, 108 Dragons, Hillfiguz, Tragedy Khadafi, Company Flow and more courtesy of Big Jacks.
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Scratch Lab Live feat. DJ Big Jacks
This past week the homie DJ Craig Brooklyn, invited me down to his show at the Scratch Lab Institute to rock live on their Ustream channel. I had the opportunity to play whatever I wanted and decided to bring it on that good ole boogie, funk, and soul vibe. There’s a lot of under the radar heat in the set and some of my personal fav selections. If you love that stuff like I do then you’ll enjoy this! The show is 2 hours long, my set starts around the 31:59 mark and runs for about an hour (don’t mind the quick commercials that happen periodically). Go check it out!
Backroad Radio – May 7th 2012 *3 hour show*
We lost yet another hip hop legend as the one and only MCA (Adam Yauch) of the Beastie Boys passed away from cancer last week. The Beasties have been making music since the early 80s and are one of the most influential and creative hip hop groups of all time. We paid our respects to MCA on this week’s Backroad with a throwback of Beastie Boys classics courtesy of Bozack Morris. If you’re not fuckin’ with this, check your head.
We had the extremely talented and soulful Shi Wisdom stop by the show to hang out with us, discuss her new record “take the L” and talk about her smash record “lovespeak” that has taken the city by storm. In our eyes she’s set to be one of the next big acts out of Canada so you definitely need to keep an eye out for her if you haven’t yet.
LA’s own Casey Veggies hits Toronto this week on the last stop of his Canadian tour. To get your prepped we put together a mini Casey Veggies set mixed by Big Jacks.
And of course there was tons of new music throught the 3 hours courtesy of Big Jacks and Royale including heat from: Nas, JD Era & Raekwon (prod by 9th Wonder), A-Game & Luu Breeze, Roc Marciano, ASAP Rocky, Bumpy Knuckles, Burd & Keyz, and lots more.
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Backroad Radio – April 30th, 2012
Nas was the talk of the town this week with the release of his new joint “daughters”. It’s been a long ass time since we really gave him the shine he deserves so we went in with a special Nas spotlight courtesy of Royale. The segment included controversy too as we weighed in after to discuss our thoughts on his career. See if you agree with what we said.
The homie 4th Pyramid stopped by to talk to us about his new album “Pyramid Scheme”, which features collaborations with Saukrates, Marco Polo, Greg Nice, and Rich Kidd to name a few. We also got 4th’s take on his current favourite pornographic websites.
New music this week courtesy of Big Jacks and Bozack. Peep the heat from A$AP Rocky, Big KRIT, Casey Veggies, Raekwon, Wiz Khalifa & Juicy J, Homeboy Sandman, TRA & Adam Bomb, Action Bronson and more.
and remember Run That or Bun That!? After quite the hiatus we brought it back this week to put Dice Raw to the test. Did he surive? Peep the show ya’ll!
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Backroad Radio – April 23rd, 2012 *3 HOUR SHOW*
It’s been two years since we lost one of the most distinctive voices in hip hop, the one and only Gifted Unlimited Rhymes Universal aka Keith Elam aka Keithy E The Guru or just plain ol’, Guru. Let’s be honest, while he made some amazing records as part of Gangstarr and even solo he also made a fair amount of questionable records along the way. In this tribute to him we made sure to cover all aspects of his career. If you’re a true fan of hip hop and Guru’s legacy you’ll definitely enjoy Big Jacks’ set and our discussion about him. RIP.
With LEANT just a few days away we thought we should continue to get you prepared with what you can expect that night. Royale came with the Leant type vibes with joints from Outkast, T.I., Dipset, Master P, Lil Scrappy, and others. Ride to this, sip sumthin’, drank sumthin’, and get leant with us on Friday April 27th.
and of course we had lots of new music this week courtesy of Bozack. Peep the standout joints from Homeboy Sandman, Puzzle & Paradox, Caution Da Don, TRA, and more including that brand new A$AP Rocky record which we kinda like.
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PS. This record was WAY too dirty to include in our Guru set on air but we can’t have a Keithy E tribute without including one of the greatest recorded moments in his career…
Backroad Radio – April 16th, 2012
Thankfully, no holograms were needed for the Backroad staff or our guests this week!
Jane From Finch stopped by to talk to us about her life, music and why we should watch her grow. She definitely has an interesting story to tell and best believe she’ll make you listen. She hit us with some bars and we ran her track “break the silence”. Look out for her!
Our monthly guest DJ spotlight, get busy, returned this week with DJ James Redi (pronounced Ready) as our featured selector. He delivered a dope set of new heat and exclusive joints. We also had a chance to chop it up with him afterwards about his recent accolades, award nominations and everything else he’s got under his belt.
The new music came courtesy of Royale with joints from Meek Mill, Kanye West, E-40, Nicki Minaj, Tyga, Big KRIT, Mobb Deep and more!
Speaking of the Mobb we spoke on the updates in that whole twitter rant Havoc went on last week. The more we learn about this situation the more hilarious it all sounds! Don’t tweet away the pain Hav.
and lastly, we couldn’t let this week go by without speaking on the Tupac hologram performance at Coachella. Were you as tripped out as we were? Tupac resurrection for real.
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Backroad Radio – April 9th, 2012 *3 hour show*
First off, Future sucks.
New music was heavy this week courtesy of Royale and Big Jacks. A ton of heat from: Kendrick Lamar feat. Dr Dre, Nas, Nicki Minaj, T.I., Schoolboy Q, Wiz Khalifa, Swizz Beats feat. ASAP Rocky and more including a couple brand new joints from Kanye West that have had everyone talking. Meeerrcccy!
Bozack brought head to head competition for the throwback pitting Black Moon’s “enta da stage” against Smif N Wessun’s “dah shinin”. Two classics albums but you can only choose one as your favourite, what’s your pick? The Backroad staff definitely bumped heads on this one. Wait till you hear what we said! Did we mention Future sucks?
We also had a lot of hip hop discussion this week ranging from an interview with DJ Rich Medina about his upcoming Toronto gig, the Young Jeezy concert shooting debacle, Rah Digga vs Tyler the Creator and the rumours surrounding Havoc going after Prodigy via Twitter. Hip hop, why are you so entertaining!? ha-ha *Young Jeezy laugh*
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ps. Future sucks.
Caution Da Don & TRA Live on Backroad Radio
We had Caution Da Don and TRA (of the SARS Network) live in studio with us on Backroad Radio this week. They were in the house promoting both of their new records, TRA’s “no smiling” (prod by Frank Dukes) and Caution’s “on the corner” (feat. DJ Grouch). You might’ve heard the audio but now you can see the interview and watch these two MC’s rip it live on air. Big up the homie TRA for capturing the footage!
Backroad Radio – April 2nd, 2012
While the weather in Toronto is getting nicer the arrival of the Snowman this week in the city is upon us! Young Jeezy is on a Canadian tour and to mark his long awaited TO tour date we put together a special spotlight. DJ Royale ran through the classic material covering everything from his solo work to some of his best collabos with the likes of Jay-Z, Drake, T.I, Kanye and more. Thaaaat’s riiiight!
We were joined by TRA and Caution Da Don of the SARS Network this week. They dropped off their new records and kicked with us to discuss the upcoming plans for their crew. The interview was closed out by one of the tighest two man ciphers we’ve ever had on the show. Pure fire!
And don’t forget all the new music this week courtesy of Big Jacks and Bozack. A lot of new Canadian heat including joints from: Puzzle & Paradox, 4th Pyramid feat. Saukrates, Crook & Rich Kidd, The Get By feat. Saukrates, Twist, Perfeck Strangers and tons of other flava from north and south of the border.
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