Backroad Radio – May 14th, 2012

Lots of new joints this week courtesy of Bozack and Royale. Peep the heat from: Big Krit, Raz Fresco, JD Era, El-P, Meek Mill, 2 Chainz feat. Drake, Roc Marciano, Homeboy Sandman, ASAP Rocky and much more!

TO rap veteran Gee Wunder joined us in studio to discuss his new album, give us some live bars and drop some real good industry insider jewels that you upcoming artists will want to take in. Yuh Zee Me!

It’s been awhile since we hit you with just randomness for throwback and that’s how we brought it this week. Nothing but reugged 90′s joints from New York including bangers from Onyx, Shabazz the Disciple, Dark Skin Assassin, KGB, 108 Dragons, Hillfiguz, Tragedy Khadafi, Company Flow and more courtesy of Big Jacks.

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The Art of the Mixtape panel feat. Grand Groove DJs

If you didn’t know, May is the month of the DJ and to celebrate, CHRY 105.5′s Toronto Morning Live has set up weekly roundtable discussions featuring some of the top DJs in the country. Last year GG’s own Big Jacks was a featured guest. This year both Big Jacks and Royale were on the panel to talk about the art of the mixtape. Alongside DJs: Dames Nellas, Whitegold and Kariz all hosted by DJ Manifest and Spoonz this panel discussion is not to be missed if you love DJ mixtapes and want to learn more about the culture and business of that part of the game. Take a listen.

Scratch Lab Live feat. DJ Big Jacks

This past week the homie DJ Craig Brooklyn, invited me down to his show at the Scratch Lab Institute to rock live on their Ustream channel. I had the opportunity to play whatever I wanted and decided to bring it on that good ole boogie, funk, and soul vibe. There’s a lot of under the radar heat in the set and some of my personal fav selections. If you love that stuff like I do then you’ll enjoy this! The show is 2 hours long, my set starts around the 31:59 mark and runs for about an hour (don’t mind the quick commercials that happen periodically). Go check it out!

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Backroad Radio – May 7th 2012 *3 hour show*

We lost yet another hip hop legend as the one and only MCA (Adam Yauch) of the Beastie Boys passed away from cancer last week. The Beasties have been making music since the early 80s and are one of the most influential and creative hip hop groups of all time. We paid our respects to MCA on this week’s Backroad with a throwback of Beastie Boys classics courtesy of Bozack Morris. If you’re not fuckin’ with this, check your head.

We had the extremely talented and soulful Shi Wisdom stop by the show to hang out with us, discuss her new record “take the L” and talk about her smash record “lovespeak” that has taken the city by storm. In our eyes she’s set to be one of the next big acts out of Canada so you definitely need to keep an eye out for her if you haven’t yet.

LA’s own Casey Veggies hits Toronto this week on the last stop of his Canadian tour. To get your prepped we put together a mini Casey Veggies set mixed by Big Jacks.

And of course there was tons of new music throught the 3 hours courtesy of Big Jacks and Royale including heat from: Nas, JD Era & Raekwon (prod by 9th Wonder), A-Game & Luu Breeze, Roc Marciano, ASAP Rocky, Bumpy Knuckles, Burd & Keyz, and lots more.

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Fri May 18th 2012: The Fundamentals feat. DJ J-Class. Toronto.

The Fundamentals is back as we kick off your Victoria Day Weekend with more reckless abandon at The Augusta House. This time we’ve got J-Class from Refresh Entertainment rocking with us. So come join us as we wild out like Steve-O on Friday May 18th at 152a Augusta Avenue. See you there!

*New mix* HEAVY ROTATION 4 YEAR ANNIVERSARY MINI-MIX BY ROYALE

 

To commemorate 4 years of Toronto’s best kept secret, Heavy Rotation. Roundtable Ent & the Heavy Rotation family would like to show their appreciation for the continued support by hitting y’all with 4 mini-mixes from the Heavy Ro DJ’s Sweet Touch Foundation, Royale & Merciless. For the second instalment, we got Royale of the Grand Groove DJ’s  dropping some of the latest hip hop bangers from likes of Wiz Khalifa, A$AP Rocky, Tona, J Cole and much more. Remember to look out for Heavy Rotation inside College Street Bar, every first saturday of the month. Lastly, DJ Riccachet’s Heavy Rotation 4 Year Anniversary mix is available download and look out for mixes from DJ Thera-P & Merciless coming soon. Swag.

HEAVY ROTATION 4 YEAR ANNIVERSARY MINI-MIX BY ROYALE: 

Nobody’s Perfect – J.Cole Feat. Missy
The Recipe – Kendrick Lemar
Mercy- Kanye West + Co.
Marvin Gaye & Chardonnay – Big Sean Feat, Kanye West
Peso – A$AP Rocky
Never Been – Wiz Khalifa
Mary 3X – Wiz Khalifa
Money On The Floor – Big K.R.I.T
We’ll Be Fine – Drake
I Do – Young Jeezy Feat. Jay-Z
Houston Old Head – A$AP Rocky
Crew Love – Drake Feat. The Weeknd
Lotus Flower Bomb – Wale Feat. Miguel
Party (Royale Remix) – Beyonce Feat. Andre 3000
Swim Good – Frank Ocean
Neighbourhood – Tona Feat. Ayah
Hennessy Thoughts – Tona

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pics from leant (april 27th, 2012)

We put our hands on the wheel this time around, to present our new party series Leant, an excursion through your favourite club rap classics, southern fried flavas, west coast bangers, stripper motivated anthems, and whatever else goes hard in the paint. Accompanied by Bozack Morris we took a capacity filled Augusta House back to the trap, and this is how it looked! Photography by the homie Bozack. Check it out!

LEANT GALLERY

Backroad Radio – April 30th, 2012

Nas was the talk of the town this week with the release of his new joint “daughters”. It’s been a long ass time since we really gave him the shine he deserves so we went in with a special Nas spotlight courtesy of Royale. The segment included controversy too as we weighed in after to discuss our thoughts on his career. See if you agree with what we said.

The homie 4th Pyramid stopped by to talk to us about his new album “Pyramid Scheme”, which features collaborations with Saukrates, Marco Polo, Greg Nice, and Rich Kidd to name a few. We also got 4th’s take on his current favourite pornographic websites.

New music this week courtesy of Big Jacks and Bozack. Peep the heat from A$AP Rocky, Big KRIT, Casey Veggies, Raekwon, Wiz Khalifa & Juicy J, Homeboy Sandman, TRA & Adam Bomb, Action Bronson and more.

and remember Run That or Bun That!? After quite the hiatus we brought it back this week to put Dice Raw to the test. Did he surive? Peep the show ya’ll!

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Friday May 4th 2012: Never Forgive Action feat. Grand Groove DJs. Drake Hotel. Toronto.

oh shit! GG return to play our fav hip hop party in Tornoto, NFA, as this month’s guest DJs. We’ll be rockin’ classic hip hop and R&B on 4 turntables all night fo dat ass! See you there.

NFA rolls into the summer with some classic hip-hop heat! This month we welcome back BIG JACKS and ROYALE to get loose on four turntables with an onslaught of nostalgia guaranteed to move your feet and snap your neck.

Every month NFA pays tribute to the golden age of rap…, including sure shots from legendary MCs and producers such as Notorious BIG, Nas, A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, Black Moon, Mobb Deep, Jay-Z, Wu-Tang Clan, Pete Rock & CL Smooth, Big Daddy Kane, Kool G Rap, MC Lyte, The Pharcyde, Slum Village, and much much more!

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NEVER FORGIVE ACTION (Classic Hip-Hop)
FRIDAY, MAY 12th, 2012
DRAKE UNDERGROUND – 1150 Queen Street West

special guests
BIG JACKS & ROYALE (Grand Groove DJs)plus residents DJ NUMERIC & TED DANCIN’
hosted by MORE OR LES

11pm_$10 Drake House Party_19+

http://www.neverforgiveaction.com/

http://www.thedrakehotel.ca/

***PS. here’s a sample of what you can expect. our NFA debut set from summer 2010. live on four tables HERE***

Backroad Radio – April 23rd, 2012 *3 HOUR SHOW*

It’s been two years since we lost one of the most distinctive voices in hip hop, the one and only Gifted Unlimited Rhymes Universal aka Keith Elam aka Keithy E The Guru or just plain ol’, Guru. Let’s be honest, while he made some amazing records as part of Gangstarr and even solo he also made a fair amount of questionable records along the way. In this tribute to him we made sure to cover all aspects of his career. If you’re a true fan of hip hop and Guru’s legacy you’ll definitely enjoy Big Jacks’ set and our discussion about him. RIP.

With LEANT just a few days away we thought we should continue to get you prepared with what you can expect that night. Royale came with the Leant type vibes with joints from Outkast, T.I., Dipset, Master P, Lil Scrappy, and others. Ride to this, sip sumthin’, drank sumthin’, and get leant with us on Friday April 27th.

and of course we had lots of new music this week courtesy of Bozack. Peep the standout joints from Homeboy Sandman, Puzzle & Paradox, Caution Da Don, TRA, and more including that brand new A$AP Rocky record which we kinda like.

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PS. This record was WAY too dirty to include in our Guru set on air but we can’t have a Keithy E tribute without including one of the greatest recorded moments in his career…