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One day before the official reveal of the Juno Awards nominees, CBC Radio show Commotion with Elamin Abdelmahmoud got a head start by announcing the Best Rap Album/EP of the Year category. The nominees are Boslen’s Gonzo EP, Retrospected (Acoustic) by Classified, The Fleur Print (Vol. 2) from Jazz Cartier, Demons Protected By Angels from Nav, and the as-of-yet unreleased Shall I Continue? by Tobi. Of […]

Love ain’t blind—it’s all-seeing and all-knowing up here in The Great White North. The songs by Canada’s best rap and R&B artists, new and old, reveal gripping romance, the heartache that is the flipside of harboring well-and-true feelings, and the simple-yet-intoxicating thrill of the chase, in an array of forms. Considering our three greatest musical exports—Drake, […]

After an extended gestation period, Certified Lover Boy finally has a due date. Drake will drop his long-awaited project just before deadline to be a contender for Album of the Summer. Regardless, we’ve had plenty of music from the north side to keep us satiated in the interim. From newcomers to OGs, Canadian artists released a […]

At this point, it’s industry folklore that some of the most iconic albums of our time were created in isolation. Justin Vernon wrote and recorded Bon Iver’s debut album For Emma, Forever Ago at his father’s remote hunting cabin in Wisconsin while battling mono, a liver infection, and depression. J Dilla created and recorded the beats for Donuts between […]

Fresh off releasing STILL+—a deluxe version of his debut album a year after its initial release—Toronto’s TOBi is back with a thought-provoking visual to accompany the stacked Toronto remix of “24.” Directed by Kit Weyman for Director X’s video production house, Popp Rok, the arresting winter-filmed visual adds layers and dimensions to the original version […]

Twenty-twenty is going to be a real one. (And a real scary one geopolitics-wise, but that’s a whole other story.) In addition to (semi-confirmed) new releases from what you might call the Big Three of massively popular Canadian music—Drake, The Weeknd, the Bieber—we’ll also be hearing from a huge range of favourite artists both long-established […]

It felt as though the whole of the internet came together to watch Soulja Boy’s wildly entertaining interview on Breakfast Club when it dropped on Wednesday morning. The 28-year-old rapper told some crazy stories and made bold claims during the interview, even taking a moment to diss Kanye West, Drake, and Tyga. Most notably, he said he […]