Listen to Cadence Weapon’s new album “Hope In Dirt City” streaming for free all week.
May
28
2012
May
25
2012
Alternating between treating us with her golden serenades and letting loose with flowing rhymes, Masia One’s “Alright OK!” is a jammin’ amalgamation of styles and cultures and better than just ok.
[“Alright OK!” was added to rotation this week on CBC Radio 3]
May
17
2012
From the album Hope In Dirt City, Cadence Weapon is in his prime on this rap track with solid lyrics, a building beat and a sonic crescendo that’ll turn hip hop heads. Plus, he sings. A lot.
[“Conditioning” was added to rotation this week on CBC Radio 3]
May
02
2012
Cadence Weapon discusses his first musical mentor, who also happens to be his uncle, musician Brett Miles as part of Music Monday. Then, check out Brett’s video response plus his own version of one of Cadence’s songs.
Apr
30
2012
This week’s top song on Radio 3’s chart is a twofer - you get a Cadence Weapon track and a Grimes song, both for the price of one. Turns out that “88” is essentially Grime’s “Eight” with Cadence wrapping over it.
Have a listen to this week’s R3-30 podcast to hear Rollie (Cadence) explain how it came to be and his hopes to return the favour on an upcoming session.
Also, check out Grime’s original song to compare: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqLu_eWjP_Y
Apr
03
2012
Time travel, a giant robot, the Millennium Falcon and Rorschach. Yeah, the new video for Wordburlgar’s “Rhyme O’Clock” featuring More or Les is a nerdgasm.
Mar
15
2012
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To get you ready for this afternoon’s live simulcast concert from Trinity Hall in Austin, Texas as part of SxSW, here is Cadence Weapon with “Oliver Square” recorded live in Halifax 6 years ago.
Today’s concert, which kicks off at 5pm Eastern/2pm Pacific features Cadence Weapon and The Elwins.
Feb
27
2012
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LISTEN: Cadence Weapon “88”
Cadence Weapon enlists Montreal’s esoteric synth-pixie, Grimes, for production credits on this right now track about way back when. The result is a robotic 8-bit beat setting a semi-industrial scene for nostalgic rhymes recounting the hip hop salad days of 1988.
[“88” was added to rotation this week on CBC Radio 3]
Feb
16
2012
Rapper Shad is fresh off the back of his Canada Reads win. Shad was defending the Non-fiction book Something Fierce by Carmen Aguirre. It came out on top thanks to Shad’s book smarts and his ferocious battle cry “No Compromise!”
Shad is one of the kings of Canadian hip-hop, but after his Canada Reads win he could also add these titles to his resume:
“The Paperback Prince”, “The Lord of Literature” or “The Bookshelf Baron”!
Feb
15
2012
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LISTEN: Wordburglar “Rhyme O’Clock (feat. More Or Les)”
The Haligonian known for burgling words, Wordburglar (aka Sean Jordan) lets us know what time it is with “Rhyme O’Clock” featuring More Or Les.
With some seriously fun lyrics that name drop famous Vulcans, Kessel running space smugglers and one certain Chief Correspondent of CBC News, “Rhyme O’Clock” is a hip hop track that will definitely keep the toes-tapping and heads-bobbing.
[“Rhyme O’Clock” was added to rotation this week on CBC Radio 3]
