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The most important three hours for hip-hop in Toronto has always been Saturdays from 1-4 p.m. on CKLN 88.1 FM. It all began back in 1983 with The Fantastic Voyage, the first hip-hop radio shot to exist in Canada. The torch was passed to The Power Move Show, The Real Frequency then Mixtape Massacre, making this timeslot the longest running source for hip-hop music in the country.

On Saturday, February 12, 2011, a monumental gathering took place when all four generations of radio shows came together for a single broadcast. The impact of this musical institution is captured in the short documentary, “1 to 4.

You can hear this show here.

“Andrew Munger is a documentary filmmaker from Toronto who, in 1994 made a film about hip hop culture. Make Some Noise is a document of underground hip hop in Canada. With a cast that includes appearances by Ghetto Concept, Thrust, a youthful Mos Def, Dan-E-O, Wio-K, Jelleestone and Farley Flex (to name a few), Make Some Noise received ample press coverage, it premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and was even offered distribution by TV Ontario and garnered interest from the CBC.”

Big shouts to my homie Jomo on the linkage!

Haven’t done a Throwback Tuesday post in a minute, so to change that here goes a vintage, under-the-radar Nish Raawks and Lyve collaboration from 2003 (if I’m not mistaken).

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DOWNLOAD: Nish Raawks – Under The Weather (So Sick) (Prod. Lyve)

- (Man Like)Keezy

It’s been a while since we did a Throwback Tuesday post, so let’s change that with this vintage remix LP from Toronto’s Frankenstein . Frankie remixes classic joints such as Busta Rhymes “Woo Haa”, Mic Geronimo “Masta I.C.”, Mobb Deep “Shook One Pt. III”, NaS “If I Ruled The World” and more. Hit the jump for the full track list and linkage. Read the rest of this entry »

Let’s take it back to 2005 for this edition of Throwback Tuesday with the first joint I ever heard from King Reign, which is also his first solo video. This joint can be found on the “Audacity Of Hope” EP.

- (Man Like)Keezy

“N****s try to bomb our Trade Center. You motherfucking bitch-ass n****s”

“I’m Kurupt Young Gotti b***h, heard what I said? Yeah b***h, eat a dick instead”

Little gem from 2002 taken off Choclair’s sophomore album “The Memoirs Of Blake Savage”. Vintage Saukrates production and some classic quotables from Kurupt (that I’ve included above since you can’t fully appreciate them in the clean version).

- (Man Like)Keezy

Spotted at NahRight, some rare footage from a 2003 show J Dilla did with Frank-N-Dank at Roxy Blu. He talks about the love he got in Toronto and even mentions how crazy fans got at a show they did previous to this one. He says “2 years ago” but it quite possibly could have been the Slum Village show at Comfort Zone in 1998 that we posted the audio of a while back. Either way, Toronto Love Jay, R.I.P. Dilla Dawg!

- (Man Like)Keezy

Going back to 2006 for Throwback Tuesday with my homie Adam Bomb‘s first solo mixtape. “Man Made” is mixed by DJ Law and was created while Adam was still with Made Men Music (Whut up Esco!).  Adam Bomb goes in on some classic joints and drops some unreleased joints that have never seen the light of day! Production by Arythemtic, Noah “40/40″ Shebib, Soundsmith, plus more . Features include Mayhem Morearty, Richie Sosa, Nem-S-Iss, Theology 3, Empire and more. Tracklist and download after the jump!

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Let’s take it back 8 years ago to 2002 when this Grimace Love classic dropped for this edition of Throwback Tuesday.

- (Man Like)Keezy

It’s Throwback Tuesday and so I decided to give all my Toronto heads a little treat for all of y’all! Here’s Tape 36 from Canada’s own DJ Mastermind jam-packed full of joints circa 97! Tracklist and link after the jump! Props to DJ Step One on the rare find!

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