Still Too Much – Ghetto Concept ft. Samantha, Maestro, Kardinal Offishall, Red One, Raptile, Dolo and Snow.
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Still Too Much – Ghetto Concept ft. Samantha, Maestro, Kardinal Offishall, Red One, Ironside, Dolo and Snow.
Official video release.
Canadian Superstars Ready To Rock Roxx
There will be a sense of nostalgia at the Roxx Niteclub Friday night when some of Canada’s best hip-hop artists take to the stage.
Thanks to collaborations with such artists as Busta Rhymes, Rihanna, Method Man and Akon, there may not be a hotter artist on the scene than Kardinal Offishall.
The Toronto MC will lead the charge into Barrie Friday night, bringing with him Canadian hall of famers Choclair and Snow, as well as young up-and-comers Sick Tricks and Mr. Ranking. Music at the Chrome Age Production show will be provided by DJ Spence Diamonds.
The event, brought to you by Liquid Chrome, Chills Canada and Logoz City Fashions, is a 19+ event and the doors open at 8 p.m. Tickets are $25.
The Barrie Advance had a chance to talk to hip-hop legend Choclair and Sick Tricks, a local favourite.
Barrie Advance: In your opinion, what part of Canada is holding it down in the terms of growing and supporting hip-hop?
Choclair: I think the people themselves are holding it down for the growing support of hip-hop in Canada. I think The industry as a whole still has a way to go to as far as setting up the structure that can support the whole hip-hop music business, but the people themselves (the listener) has really stepped up the support for the music.
Snow Hits On A Cold Night
With the temperature sliding down toward single digits, it was no problem to see Snow in the forecast at the Western Fair grandstand.
But Snow, the Toronto reggae, hip-hop artist who is Darrin O’Brien when he’s off-stage, had to earn his top spot on the bill after a hot opening set from emergency special guest Kardinal Offishall and his hip-hop crew.
Snow moved up to the closing spot on last night’s bill when soul pop group soulDecision cancelled late Thursday due to transportation problems in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks in the U.S.
Both singers shared their reaction to the attacks and the emotions they’ve brought out to the crowd, estimated at 600 fans.
Snow stopped his set to say how music stood out against such violence and hatred. ‘We don’t want to do that (hate). We want to do this,’ Snow said. ‘It’s great to have all different races and all different colours together,’ he said, gesturing to his band and then around the audience. (Snow is white and his band includes blacks and whites).
The Past, Present And The Future Of Ghetto Concept
“Any successful writer will tell you that they write about what they know, and that’s what we do.” – Dolo, Ghetto Concept
“We’re just something that’s meant to be,” says Kwajo Cinqo of his relationship with Dolo Da Gooch as Ghetto Concept. “We did our first show together and from that we clicked on.” “It just came together so well,” Dolo agrees. “It was the perfect composition, so it was like, we couldn’t fight that.”
So they didn’t. Like many aspiring young rappers, the two cut their chops at talent shows and high school cyphers, Kwajo in Rexdale and Dolo in the Bathurst and Lawrence area nicknamed the Jungle. It’s Jungle Rap Offs around 1992 and 1993, with performances from acts like Frogger and Superior J, that both claim were very influential for them.
“That’s where rappers from Jane and Finch, Jungle, all over Toronto used to come and spit, do performances and stuff like that,” says Kwajo. “That’s what’s monumental about Jungle and hip hop. I mean, back in the days there was really no other area putting it down like that.”