We’ve been trying to keep footage of many of the soon-to-be classic performances at $5 Rap Show. You can keep up on what’s been going down at $5 Rap Show by checking out the show’s YouTube page at http://www.youtube.com/user/5DollarRapShow. Subscribe to be updated whenever new videos are posted. New videos include footage of Thrust and Noah 23. Here’s a little taste:
June 13th, 2011
$5 RAP SHOW: The wrap up… Thrust live footage!
June 12th, 2011
BACKBURNER: Help the “HEATWAVE” happen…
Timbuktu is putting the finishing touches on Backburner’s debut album, HEATWAVE, to be released on Hand’Solo Records in August. The first single is the title track, a fun, lackadaisical summer time jam produced by Timbuktu featuring himself, Chokeules, Jesse Dangerously, Wordburglar and Jay Bizzy on the vocals and Thesis Sahib with the hook. It’s a doozy. You’ll find the first minute of the song above. We’d love to make a video for this song but we need the help of YOU, the fans, to make this a reality. The crew have volunteered their time to help, but there are still equipment and travel costs to cover to do this. We need donations, and in exchange we are offering awesome perks from the early delivery of the song and/or album to special artist Starter Kits to guest vocals to an exclusive painting by Thesis Sahib. A great way to begin your discovery or to fill in gaps in your collection. Please consider a donation… Thanks.
June 7th, 2011
$5 RAP SHOW: Thurst, Noah23, Vangel and The Egyptian Prescription
Time for another instalment of $5 Rap Show at Rancho Relaxo. On June 9, Hand’Solo Records, Urbnet Records and The Flavour Stable bring Toronto rap legend Thrust, the Canadian BASEDGOD Noah 23, genre-bending electronic producer David Vangel and Toronto Hip Hop Karaoke fave The Egyptian Prescription. Check the flyer for more info, or hit up the Facebook event page at: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=166839130042595
And here’s a little taste of what to expect:
Noah 23 - Bright Green Laces (David Vangel remix)
Thrust - Whatcha Like
June 6th, 2011
TOOLSHED: More awesome reviews of The Lost
Reviews have been very positive for Toolshed’s newest album, The Lost, earning the trio comparisons to classic hip hop groups such as Tha Alkaholiks, Jeru the Damaja and Beastie Boys. Thank you to both sites for the in depth and honest reviews…
It’s necessary to point out the misrepresentation made by the first reviewer in considering Toolshed a supergroup, which would in fact ignore their previous five albums released in their 15+ years together as a group, before they ever contemplated being solo artists. Still, RapReviews gave the album an overall 7.5/10 and said of Toolshed:
“if they want to be top contenders for the Trios Tag Titles, they need to drop more than one project.”
They have, so let’s get the Shed that title belt… Read the rest of the review here: http://www.rapreviews.com/archive/2011_05_toolshedlost.html
And to show they’re also getting love from the english side of their home country, Lithium Magazine’s Matt Ing pays Toolshed a huge compliment when he writes:
“A group like Toolshed really gives Canada’s hip-hop scene a well deserved boost.”
We love you Matt Ing!
Read the rest of his review here: http://www.lithiummagazine.com/toolshed-lost-review