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Rapcity: Five After Five

July 7th, 2011

For “5 After 5″ we bring you the five best tracks released into the world today via the World Wide Web. Click on ‘em and enjoy! Future ft. Drake “Tony Montana” Gucci Mane & Waka Flocka Flame ft. Slim Dunkin “She Be Puttin’ On” RZA ft. Kosha Dillz & Kool G. Rap “Operator” Consequence ft. [...]

Tags: consequence, drake, future, Gucci Mane, hip hop, Kid Cudi, Kool g. rap, music, rap, RZA, tory lanez
Posted in News, RapCity | Posted by Emily

T-RexXx VLOG: J. Cole, Tona and Leaders of the New School

July 7th, 2011

This week on the show we’ve got T-RexXx’s interview with J.Cole. Also, we’ve got the new Tona music video for “We Do”. We dug up a classic interview with Leaders of the New School so tune in for that. And of course, hashtag freestyle will be going down, so make sure you tweet!

Tags: hip hop, j. cole, leaders of the new school, rap, T-RexXx, tona
Posted in News, RapCity | Posted by Emily

The Daily Documentary Guide

July 6th, 2011

Recently, the Internet has been hit by a flood of films about hip-hop artists. Many of these “documentaries” consist of nothing more than behind-the-scenes footage. A number of them are not as informative as they intend to be. In any case, there is a demand: we seem to be obsessed with achieving some insight on [...]

Tags: documentary, hip hop, music
Posted in Blog, News, RapCity | Posted by Emily

RapCity News Round Up for June 28

June 28th, 2011

Big Sean Speaks on Drake Biting His Rhyme Style How To Make It In America Season 2 Teaser First Look at Diggy Simmons’ “Copy, Paste” Video Lenny Kravitz Talks Drake, Jay-Z Collaborations on ‘Black and White America’ araabMUZIK: Burn (Documentary) Adele Might Collaborate with Jay-Z An Eternal Soul OST

Tags: adele, araabmuzik, Big Sean, Diggy Simmons, drake, eternal soul, HBO, hip hop, jay-z, Lenny Kravitz, rap
Posted in Blog, News, RapCity | Posted by Emily

You feelin’ hot hot hot? Then check this out!

July 8th, 2010

Remember how last summer was all rainy and lame…..yeah….. 2010 is soooooooo not last summer! We are having one scorcher of a week in Canada, and of course, what better way to beat the heat….then with songs that tell us how!! Here are the songs with at a million degrees Celsius – all with SUMMER, [...]

Tags: ace of base, belly, Dancehall, hip hop, Kid Rock, music, Nina Sky, Sean Paul, Shaggy, snoop dogg, songs, Summer
Posted in Blog, Just For Fun, List, Music & Videos | Posted by Michael

DIE ANTWOORD: Taking over the internets

February 23rd, 2010

They’re Fierce. Furious. Futuristik. FRE$H. So shockingly profane, so delightfully obscure – SO ZEF IT HURTS. If you haven’t heard of Die Antwoordyet, you need to boost your internet creepage activities by like, 150%, for serious (Dr. O’Nizzle prescribes at least 3 hours of solid web surfing a day. Ignore those cheesy “get out and [...]

Tags: correspondents, die antwoord, hip hop, interslice, interweb, music, those crazy kids, viral
Posted in Music & Videos | Posted by Lauren ONizzle

Drizzy & Diddy?

August 25th, 2009

After working with mentors like Lil’ Wayne, Jay-Z and Jamie Foxx, it looks like Drake is now seeking guidance from Diddy. The two stars were spotted in Toronto the other night club-hopping around the city before ending up at a recording studio above Tattoo Rock Parlour on Queen Street West. According to the National Post, [...]

Tags: diddy, drake, drizzy, hip hop, News
Posted in News | Posted by MuchNews

The Blueprint III Tracklisting!

August 19th, 2009

So it’s no secret that I’m foaming at the mouth in anticipation of Jay-Z’s The Blueprint III album, for several reasons. 1. I’m an ubergeek fan. OBviously. 2. Kanye West produced almost 3/4 of the album. When Hova and ‘Ye work together, MAGIC HAPPENS. As we know, Kanye owes much of his success to his [...]

Tags: album art, albums, hip hop, jay-z, Kanye West
Posted in Music & Videos | Posted by Wendy

Rock The Bells 2009

July 7th, 2009

I guess the problem with having a hip-hop-stravaganza in Canada is the fa-reaking BORDER. Why you gotta give hip-hop so much hassle, Monsieur Customs? Thankfully, no scheduled artists were prevented from performing at Sunday’s Rock The Bells concert, but the anticipation of such problems allegedly drained our line-up of some choice artists. Combined with scheduling [...]

Tags: concerts, damian marley, gallery, hip hop, k'naan, mos def, nas, photos, reviews, rock the bells
Posted in Concert Reviews | Posted by Wendy

LOST: 3 Blackberries Full of Drake Lyrics

June 8th, 2009

Wanna transform yourself into the hottest new rapper of the year? Then keep your eyes peeled for one of three Blackberries filled with Drake lyrics. The Toronto rapper, who’s not ashamed to recite lyrics off his handheld device when needed, admitted to MuchMusic that he’s lost numerous Blackberries filled with lyrical gems.

Tags: drake, hip hop, News
Posted in Blog, Music & Videos | Posted by Celine