Tag Archive for the term: indie hiphop

Nice and fresh and new, hot hiphop off the presses for you, my fellow busy, happy, harried friends from the land of make it work.
New Dragon Fli Empire video featuring Moka Only, off of their album Redefine (Makebelieve Records) and the Ride On Vinyl EP (Traveller Records). Filmed in Kananaskis Country, Bragg Creek and [...]

I don’t know the story of this first video’s production, whether it’s official or not, but I hope so, it’s beautiful and will burn itself deep in your brain and become brighter over time, I swear and declare it. It’s “Luv (sic) pt. 2″ by Japanese indie hiphop new art stars of my heart, Nujabes:

And [...]

K’naan, the Somalian rapper that Canada likes to claim as our own, takes consciousness hiphop to higher levels by connecting the studios and streets of New York and Toronto to the effect the music has in hearts and minds in countries like Somalia where hope can be harder to come by.
K’Naan “Strugglin” (mp3) [...]

Artist: DUbbY
Song Title: F.A.I.C.B ft Travis Porter & Tyler Gary
Producer: Trapademic
Bio- Eric Thomas (DUbbY) was born in Orlando Florida 19 years ago, and now calls Cincinnati home. DUbbY picked up rapping around the age of 16 with his old computer and mic from rock band plugged right in. Needless to say, things have been picking [...]

They aren’t aiming for pretty or pleasurable with this track, but Eyedea and Abilities bring their relentless, frustrated honesty, screaming tortured machine beats, and head-smacking prose; all of which is similar to pretty, but a little different.
Eyedea & Abilities “This Story” (mp3) from “By the Throat” (Rhymesayers Entertainment) Buy at iTunes Music Store [...]

Just in time to get your cubicle swaying, your back seat bouncing, your head bobbing quietly on the metro as memories of nappy-headed boy days flood the earbuds, check out the new release from young rapper Sene with Blu, plus Blu and Exile’s video for Blu Collar Worker below.
http://www.shamanwork.com/artists/Sene
Up and coming Brooklyn born rap artist [...]

For Immediate Release
Indyish.com Announces POP Montreal Showcase
October 2nd, 2009 @ 9:30pm
Il Motore, 179 rue Jean-Talon Ouest (au coin de Waverly)
salonilmotore@gmail.com
www.indyish.com/events/monthlymess
Indyish brings the madness of their Monthly Mess inter-arts showcases to international arts festival Pop Montreal. For the 2nd year running Indyish is proud to be an offical showcase producer for the fest, and is preparing [...]

Speech Debelle took top honours last night for her album Speech Therapy, featuring arrangements by Lotek HiFi for double bass, live drums, clarinet and more, released on indie label group Big Dada / Ninja Tune.
www.myspace.com/speechdebellemusic
http://www.ninjatune.net/home/
http://www.myspace.com/lotekhifi

Fun, boppy, Canadian, entirely self-produced hiphop from indie artist Mantis who’d:
rather speak the truth in my music than see dollars
Fair enough.
http://www.myspace.com/mantishiphop
Mantis “What? (feat. Justis)” (mp3) from “Still Life” (Brick Records) Buy at iTunes Music Store Buy at Rhapsody Buy at Napster Stream from Rhapsody More On This Album

With this song “Pretty Apollo” off their record Water for Mars CYNE brings a space-tasting hip hop album to the indie electro loving kids; the mojo is mello and floaty, the air is filled with background beeps of happy machines and the flow is still passionate, still wise, still effortless.
CYNE (“Cultivating Your New Experience”) (pronounced [...]