Spotted at COMB, Shad talks to Ottawa’s NRML Clothing & Noble Savage about his upbringing, musical influences, his compositional process, who he’s listening to, his Juno Award and much more. Part 2 after the cut.

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More visuals from Onra‘s critically-acclaimed “Long Distance” LP. Directed by Matt Fegan using rare footage from the 80s and Internet clips of Onra performing. Creative stuff indeed.

PREVIOUSLY: Onra f/ T3 (of Slum Village) – The One (VIDEO)

Freedom Writers member and one of the nicest lyricists in Canada, Adam Bomb, salutes the blue-collar workers that help keep the world moving.

DOWNLOAD: Adam Bomb – My People (Prod. Big Sproxx)

PREVIOUSLY: Adam Bomb – Make Good Music (VIDEO)

PREVIOUSLY: Adam Bomb f/ DJ Thera-P – Wasted Talent (Prod. Big Sproxx) (VIDEO)

Official visuals from Percee P‘s “Perseverance: The Madlib Remixes” LP, which dropped in 2008.

PREVIOUSLY: Miles Jones f/ Percee P – Rhyme Like This (VIDEO)

Compton representative Kendrick Lamar enlists the production abilities of Roc Nation member J. Cole for the first single from his upcoming project “Section 80″.

PREVIOUSLY: Kendrick Lamar Lamar Interview w/ ThisIs50 (VIDEO)

Rich Kidd adds director to his ever-growing resume with his first short film. Check out Rich talking about the flick w/ eTalk after the cut.

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Nas haters should have a field day with this sketch.

PREVIOUSLY: Mobb Deep f/ Nas – Dog Shit (Prod. Alchemist & Havoc)

Another leak from JR Mint‘s upcoming LP “Canadian Mint”, which is set to drop on May 17th. The album will feature guest appearances from Smoke DZA, Emilio Rojas, and JD Era, as well as production from MoSS,  M-Phazes, Tone Mason, and Rich Kidd. Check out the making of the joint after the cut.

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DOWNLOAD: JR Mint – Smoke Out (Prod. MoSS)

PREVIOUSLY: JR Mint f Smoke DZA – The Bakery (Prod. Beathoven)

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“On March 31st, Toronto’s own JD Era had the opportunity to be the main opening act for the recent Method Man show that took place at The Sound Academy in Toronto. Last Kiss Films takes you behind the scenes with JD Era as he prepares to hit the stage and preform some of the cuts from his highly successful “TH1RT3EN” mixtape and some new cuts from his upcoming EP in-front of the sold out hometown crowd.”

Era also debuts a new track called “Yoga Flame”, which is produced by Lex Luger.

PREVIOUSLY: JD Era – Foundation (Prod. Savilion)

Official visuals for Rozay and Drizzy‘s 2nd collaboration together.

DOWNLOAD: Rick Ross f/ Drake – Made Men (Prod. 2 Tall Beats)

PREVIOUSLY: Drake’s “Old Money” Juno Awards Skit (VIDEO)