Bless, a Canadian emcee, is one of those cats that inexplicably hooked a record deal.  He brought his whole crew along (a crew he calls Platinumberg), and did well enough.  The tracklisting to his album The Book of Bless sees some pretty huge names on there.  Rah Digga, Cappadonna, and Tony Touch all make appearances.  Why? Beats me.
I should give him some credit, he’s not a terrible artist by any means.  I just think he pales in comparison with some of the doper Canadian hip hop we’ve profiled here at …

Literally, the Sarah Palin interview with Katie Couric is the most embarrassing moment I’ve ever seen from a politician.
Check out Youtube for the whole thing, but this particular answer is just plain awful.

Last Friday, yours truly managed to catch K-os, the darling of the Canadian hip-hop scene, at a packed Sugar Nightclub in Victoria, B.C. I’ve been a fan of K-os since he released the classic, yet tragically underrated, Exit in 2002.  With intelligent, jazzy tracks like Superstarr, Pt. Zero and Heaven Only Knows, the album remains among the finest in Canadian hip-hop history.  Joyful Rebellion and Atlantis: Hymns for Disco were similarly dope, and cemented K-os’ status as a genre-bending innovator.  
Unfortunately, his live shows never seem to live up to …

Some of you out there are undoubtedly fans of The Hood Internet, another mashup website. They’ve gotten to be pretty big and have actually just released a pretty decent mashup of Justice (those electronic cats of D.A.N.C.E. fame) and Del the Funky Homosapien (100% the greatest choice of name in hip hop). So here’s Workin’ Valentine.

I mean exactly what the headline says.  Harmonicas have gone through several incarnations, and some of them have been alright.  Some pretty amazing musicians have made good use of them (Neil Young, anyone?) and others have made mockeries of them.
Yuri Lane has managed to use the harmonica with a hip hop spin to it, combining the sounds with his special brand of beatboxing.  The results (I think) are pretty impressive, so check it out below.

Yes yes, we all know how much the CD has sucked lately.  No one wants to buy it, sales are falling, piracy and iTunes are the ones to blame.  If only people would go back to discmans instead of iPods.  Or something to that effect.
No matter what, the major record labels are making what can only be described as a terrible decision.  Since everyone is going digital, what are the labels thinking?  A new and innovative physical media.  Essentially, the 4 biggies are partnering with SanDisk to manufacture tiny memory …

Hilarity, to be sure. Every day I find myself shaking my head and thinking that the internet never ceases to amaze. Somehow, someone always wants to turn everything into a rap, with no regards to how it works. Though, honestly, this one works better than most.
Thanks to MeFi user Gman, we’re bringing the Search Engine Rap Battle to you.
MSN vs. Google.

Google vs. Yahoo

MSN vs. Yahoo

I’m sure a lot of you have been reading about how a lone blogger in the United States is often credited with bringing Palin the VP nod.  Now, another blogger is aiming for a similar goal.
BarackObamaforPM.blogspot.com is a hilarious look at the movement to bring Obama north of the border to govern Canada.  Sean Kane, the creator, did it as a bit of a publicity stunt (obviously).  He’s hyping up his quasi-design business, and talking about how his job is to ‘think creatively’.
Still, considering how dreadful a campaign it has …

The Grouch’s new album Show you the World is a bit of a departure from his previous work. It’s slightly more mainstream, but really in the good ways. His distinctive vocal style is most definitely still present, and you get the same warm and fuzzy backpack hip hop feelings that you always used to, but now it’s just more listenable on a day-to-day basis.
I know that’s a bit of a bold statement, but let me try to clarify.  Besides a few tracks that Grouch has done (Simple Man, …

Anticipation for Lupe’s “Paris, Tokyo” remix has been building since it was first announced a few months ago, and now that it’s finally arrived heads across the interweb are scrambling to get their hands on it.  And thanks to 2dopeboyz.com, we’ve got a copy for your listening pleasure available below.  Also available is a surprisingly catchy jazz remix of the same song by Chris and Denise Paultre.  And, to add to the overall goodness of this post, we’ve also upped some new Q-Tip, courtesy of From Da Bricks.  So get …