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Forgotten Treasure: Sporty Thievz “Street Cinema 2” – Produced by Pete Rock (2000)
Oh, man: who remembers No Scrubs vs No Pigeons? Just thinking about that round in the battle of the sexes warps me back to the era of velour sweatsuits, FUBU jerseys and doofy-looking ski goggles. On a recent Toronto getaway, I dusted off the Thievz’ criminally slept-on Street Cinema and …
Future Classic: Blu & Exile “Give Me Flowers While I Can Smell Them”
Most people know Blu & Exile because of their now cult classic 2007 record Below Heavens. While people waited impatiently for the follow up, they apparently had a full record made in 2009 finished and just waiting to be released. Give Me Flowers While I Can Smell Them is dedicated …
Docteur MaD “Circuit Emotionnel” (Album Preview)
Another upfront treat for you peoples. It’s the holidays and we’re feeling generous! Dr. MaD is the evil member of a Montreal beatmaking crew called Alaiz who are quickly becoming some of my favorite dudes. There is really something special coming out of the Alaiz crew (High-Klassified, Celestics, Musoni, Kaytradamus, …
Future Classic: Moka Only “Martian Xmas 2011”
I’m a big Moka Only fan. Every year, the prolific rapper from Vancouver, BC (that’s in Canada by the way. heheh) makes a little free christmas album around december. It’s a gift for his fans. Don’t expect him to surpass himself or to try new things here, it’s not the …
(Pre) Alaclair Ensemble “Noyeux Joel”
Super exclusive holiday treat for all the Music Is My Sanctuary faithful peeps. This is a forgotten and never released track from my good homies, I’ve had it for a little while but I had to wait for the right timing for this one seeing as it’s a Christmas song! …
Alaclair Ensemble “Teflon Dons” (Video by Baz)
I just woke up from an hour long nap and read a tweet from my good homie Eman who said “this is our new video, do not watch if you’re waking up in the morning”. Of course, seeing as I heard all the crazyness surrounding the making of this video …
Future Classic: Morti Viventear “Tweaked Pins”
You may have read my love for Twin Peaks on my personal blog and it’s no secret that I love beats too. So beats made with the sounds and samples from Twin Peaks sounds like a really interesting project to me! I’m only sad that I didn’t have the idea …
Solar System “Ʌ EP”
At the end of the year, I made beautiful collaboration with my friend and fashion photographer, Bianca Des Jardins. We created our own witchy world and in which we call ourselves Thug Witches. And while we were shooting, we always had some pretty weird music on the background. If you …
Feyorz “Rendez-Vous EP”
These days, I’m locked inside my room all day long. Homework and studying is killing me slowly and this beautiful mini four track EP is saving my soul a little. Very smooth and lovely production from the Russian producer Feyorz from the Ritmo Sportivo camp. For those who like the …
Forgotten Treasure: Jeru The Damaja “Mental Stamina” (1994)
1994… As my good homie Sean Kosa just told me: “Back when hip hop was still beautiful noise, the sound of decay.” The 90’s aren’t going that far back but it’s always pretty mind blowing that back then radio stations like NYC’s Hot97 would support and play all the Jeru …
Future Classic: Ta-Ku “Late NYC”
Australian beatmaker Ta-Ku is closing off 2011 in style with another stellar project called “Late NYC”. One of the things there were too much of in 2011 was weak beat tapes from beat makers who should spend a little bit more time on their craft before putting it out into …
Future Classic: The Roots “Sleep”
After almost 20 years of existence, and now into their 10th full length record I think we’re all guilty of taking The Roots for granted. They tour constantly, and put out records every other year like clockwork. But, with the amount of shitty music around these days let’s not forget …