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Listen to MuchMusic’s Black History Month Mixtape

February 6th, 2013

February is Black History Month, a time to remember all of the pioneers who led the way for black people everywhere. For us here at Much, it’s also a time for us to recognize artists and songs which raised awareness of the Black struggle over time. Presenting our official BHM mixtape. Kendrick Lamar, Hiii Power [...]

Tags: Black History Month, Busta Rhymes, Chamillionaire, common, damian marley, India.Arie, k'naan, Kendrick Lamar, Maestro, nas, OutKast, Public Enemy, shad, Talib Kweli, Will.i.Am., young jeezy
Posted in Blog, MuchRadar, Music & Videos, News | Posted by Guest Blogger

Shad “It ain’t over” (Video)

October 31st, 2012

Back in July Shad dropped a sweet EP playfully titled melancholy and the infinite shadness that sampled ’90s greats like Milli Vanilli, The Breeders, Lenny Kravitz, Prince, and PM Dawn. Then he dropped the awe-inspiring MuchMusic-baiting “A Milli Vanilli” video. Now he’s got another video based around Lenny Kravitz’s “It Ain’t Over ’til It’s Over,” [...]

Tags: It Ain't Over, RapCity, shad, Video
Posted in Blog, RapCity, Video | Posted by Cam

Shad “A Milli Vanilli” (Video)

August 30th, 2012

In case you haven’t already copped Shad’s free mini-mixtape, melancholy and the infinite shadness, do so here. It’s a brilliant example of what you can get away with in making a mixtape compared to an album. (Damn copyright laws!). Shad’s also doing it for the eyes too, matching all those ’90s samples and references with [...]

Tags: A Milli Vanilli, RapCity, shad, Video
Posted in Blog, RapCity, Video | Posted by Cam

Shad – “Melancholy and the Infinite Shadness” (download)

July 19th, 2012

Shad gave Billy Corgan a little nudge in the shoulder. The Canadian rapper has released a mixtape named Melancholy and the Infinite Shadness. The record starts off with distorted beats and samples of heavily compressed guitars, taking cue from the Smashing Pumpkin and the rest of the grunge movement. The highlight of the tape, however, is “it [...]

Tags: download, Melancholy and the Infinite Shadness, shad
Posted in Blog, Download, Mixtape, RapCity | Posted by Josh

Today’s Top 10: Swagged Out Videos

March 7th, 2012

SWAG! It’s like a nervous twitch, that word. But some of our favorite artists have owned swag and tonight we countdown the top 10 swagged out videos. I also think we need to move on from swag and come up with a new phrase. So this also a send off party to swag! Don’t miss [...]

Tags: Cali Swag District, Cory Gunz, drake, jay-z, Jessie J, JJ Money, Kanye West, kreayshawn, lil wayne, M.I.A, Reema Major, shad, Today's Top 10, Tyga
Posted in Blog, Today's Top 10 | Posted by Lauren

Shad ‘Besides’ (Mixtape)

December 16th, 2011

Canada’s very own Shad just dropped a new mixtape called, Besides. He teamed up with DJ TLO for this 25 minute-long mixtape, which features a number of tracks that Shad has guest spotted on in the past few years and a few solo unreleased songs as well. For more information, read Shad’s description of each [...]

Tags: Besides, DJ TLO, DMC, shad, TSOL
Posted in Blog, Mixtape, RapCity | Posted by Simone

Sneak peek of Friday’s new Born To Be with Shad!

December 7th, 2011

Born To Be – Shad reminded me about the power of music. After the interview was over and I sat down in the edit suite to screen the footage, it became clear to me that Shad takes his job of making music very seriously; he truly loves what he does!

Don’t miss Born To Be with Shad this Friday at 6:30 pm ET!
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Tags: Born To Be, shad
Posted in Celebrities & Pop Culture | Posted by Allison

LIGHTS celebrates the release of Siberia with Much.com

October 8th, 2011

On the day of her sophomore album release we sat down with Lights to talk about her new record, working with F**ked Up, what it means to be a female musician in 2011, and her brand new gorgeous diamond ring on that finger. Yup, that finger.

Watch the interview under the jump!

Tags: F**ked Up, interview, lights, shad
Posted in Blog, Celebrities & Pop Culture, MuchMusic Guests, MuchMusic.com Interviews, MuchRadar, Music & Videos | Posted by Allison

Watch: The Wedge Presents Osheaga

September 9th, 2011

So this past July, The Wedge ventured off to the Osheaga Festival Musique Et Arts in Montreal, Quebec. Since Damian was performing with his band Fucked Up, it was a perfect opportunity to give viewers a documentary-style look behind the scenes of Osheaga at what the average concertgoer doesn’t usually get to see. Over the [...]

Tags: broken social scene, city and colour, Damian Abraham, Death From Above 1979, fucked up, Jamie xx, kevin drew, Osheaga, Sam Roberts, shad, The Flaming Lips, The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, The Wedge
Posted in Blog, Interview, News, Osheaga, The Wedge | Posted by Cam

Watch Damian take over the backstage of Osheaga

August 5th, 2011

On this week’s episode of The Wedge, the crew followed Damian around backstage at the Osheaga Festival of Music and Art before and after his band Fucked Up performed. Among the many, many things that happened, we were able to conveniently bump into artists such as City and Colour’s Dallas Green, Shad and the friendly [...]

Tags: city and colour, dallas green, Damian Abraham, Osheaga, shad, The Flaming Lips, The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, The Wedge
Posted in Blog, News, The Wedge | Posted by Cam