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Drake, Japandroids, Grimes, F**ked Up make Polaris Music Prize shortlist

July 17th, 2012

The short list for the seventh annual Polaris was announced today. And like every year, interested parties hit up social media to predict just who they thought would fill up the coveted ten spots. After a month of waiting, here they are in alphabetical order. Drum roll please… Cadence Weapon – Hope In Dirt City [...]

Tags: 2012, Polaris Music Prize, Short List, The Wedge
Posted in Blog, Blog, The Wedge | Posted by Cam

Top 5 most anticipated albums of Fall 2012

July 13th, 2012

We’re more than half way through the year, but that doesn’t mean we can start writing up our ‘Best of 2012′ lists just yet – there’s still five whole months of music to be released! Isn’t that overwhelming? Let us help you narrow down your anticipation. Here is our list of the top five albums [...]

Tags: 2012, anticipated albums, Beacon, bodyparts, Cat Power, coexist, dragonette, no doubt, push & shove, sun, the xx, two door cinema club
Posted in Blog, List | Posted by Melody

Evaluating this year’s Coachella reunion acts

April 12th, 2012

Coachella begins its first of two weekends this Friday in the nice hot California desert. Headliners include Radiohead, Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg, and The Black Keys, with everyone from Bon Iver, M83 and Justice, to Florence + The Machine, Arctic Monkeys and Feist also performing between April 13th and 15th, as well as April [...]

Tags: 2012, At The Drive-In, Coachella, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Mazzy Star, Pulp, Refused, Reunions
Posted in Blog, The Wedge | Posted by Cam

Ace Hood “Hallucinations” (Video)

March 9th, 2012

At this point, it’s really no surprise that Ace Hood is continuing his climb to success. With consistent flow, tight hooks and great visuals, he’s definitely an artist to watch out for in 2012. If you haven’t already checked out his video for Hallucinations, it’s heavy, dark and saturated with raw emotion as Hood sits [...]

Tags: 2012, ace hood, hallucinations, Jack Ross, much music, Rap City, Video
Posted in Blog, RapCity, Video | Posted by Jack Ross

Travis Porter ft. Tyga “Ayy Ladies” (Video)

March 6th, 2012

The Travis Porter hip-hop duo has arrived. After years on the grind, this Travis Porter and Tyga collabo Ayy Girls could definitely go viral. This party piece is full of of entertainment from start to finish. If you end up loving the video, you should definitely search up the behind the scenes footage to see [...]

Tags: 2012, ayy girls, Rap City, travis porter, Tyga, Video
Posted in Blog, RapCity, Video | Posted by Jack Ross

Mac Miller “Loud” (Mp3)

March 5th, 2012

Still running hot off Blue Side Park, Mac Miller has been grinding away non-stop. Not only does he have his new mixtape Macadelic on the way, he’s already dropped his warm up track titled Loud, for our listening pleasure. While maintaining his exciting, up-beat and often party driven style, Miller manages to combine it with [...]

Tags: 2012, Blue Side Park, Jack Ross, loud, Mac Miller, macadelic, mixtape, MP3, Rap City
Posted in Blog, MP3, RapCity | Posted by Jack Ross

Stalley “Blue Sky” (Video)

March 2nd, 2012

There’s so much hype surrounding Stalley right now it’s crazy. With the Savage Journey To The American Dream dropping later this month, the red curtains are lifting, the spotlights are shinning and the crowd is waiting anxiously. But before everything kicks off, we have to dive into this Blue Sky freestyle video; like a pre-game [...]

Tags: #Freestyle, 2012, Blue Sky, Jack Ross, Rap City, savage journey to the america dream, Stalley
Posted in Blog, RapCity, Video | Posted by Jack Ross

Young Jeezy “Leave You Alone” (Video) (Trailer)

March 2nd, 2012

Young Jeezy is continuing to ride the high off his album TM:103 and has done all that can be done in terms of promotions, even hitting the late show circuit. Not for nothing is his hard work ethic and creative approach. With the new release of this trailer for Leave You Alone, we’re left speculating [...]

Tags: 2012, Jack Ross, leave you alone trailer, much music, Rap City, TM:103, young jeezy
Posted in Blog, RapCity, Video | Posted by Jack Ross

Rap City Playlist For March 1st (Playlist) (Video)

March 2nd, 2012

For the week of March 1st, Rap City played some great new music from the following artists: Big Sean, Future, Snoop Dogg, Wiz Khalifa, Tyga, K’naan, Bollywood Booz, Diggy, Childish Gambino, Drake, Backburner and J Dilla. BIG SEAN F. NICKI MINAJ DANCEA$$ (3:37) UNIVERSAL DIRECTOR: JEVONNE CORTEZ FUTURE F. T.I. MAGIC (3:35) EPIC/SONY DIRECTOR: DECATUR [...]

Tags: 2012, Big Sean, bollywood booz, Childish Gambino, drake, future, heatwave, J Dilla, Jack Ross, k'naan, much music, playlist, Rap City, Tyga, wiz khalifa
Posted in Blog, Playlist, RapCity, Video | Posted by Jack Ross

Nite Jewel “One Second Love” (Video)

March 2nd, 2012

As soon as the word was out that Ramona Gonzalez, aka Nite Jewel, had signed with Secretly Canadian, we couldn’t wait for her album to drop; fortunately we managed and only have to wait a short while longer. Nite Jewel’s album One Second Of Love is expected to release any down now. However, if waiting [...]

Tags: 2012, Jack Ross, much music, Nite Jewel, official video, one second love, The Wedge, Video
Posted in Blog, The Wedge, Videos | Posted by Jack Ross