NEW RELEASE: Glenn Lewis New Album 'Moment of Truth'

His latest album represents what he does best @BeingGlennLewis and giving the people what they want to hear - it's been a while! Toronto's own RnB crooner Glenn Lewis is back with a new album 'Moment of Truth' which was released October 15th, and Lewis has put in his efforts to bring back the essence of the RnB sound, that has taken twists and turns over the years in a direction unfavorable to some music lovers, and with his forth album he is getting attention and praise with the first single off Moment of Truth - "Can't Say Love".

Read more and listen to Glenn Lewis -"Can't Say Love" and "All My Love" featuring Melanie Fiona.

NEW MUSIC: Lil' Kim - "Dead Gal Walking" + Lil' Kim's New Video "Looks Like Money"

@LilKim the 'Queen Bee' herself welcomed Halloween with the release of  "Dead Gal Walking" which has a dancehall and street vibes; and the 3 times platinum selling artist describes the track by saying "It's a very strong, serious record, but at the same time, feel-good....There's a lot of things that can turn you into a dead girl or dead man walking, and nobody wants to be that" she told MTV News, and adds "So, I guess my message is don't become a dead girl or dead man walking...Live your life right".

The track will be on Kim's upcoming mixtape which was push back and now Hard Core 2K13 is due out November 29th.

Check out "Dead Gal Walking", and Lil Kim's latest video, plus and her recent perform with Kendrick Lamar at the Barclay Center....

NEW MUSIC: Toronto Producer 'WondaGurl' Receives Production Credit On Jay-Z's New Album MCHG

@WondaGurlBeats is breaking ground by appearing on Jay-Z's latest released album as a producer, along side mega-producers Timbaland, Swiss Beatz, and Pharrell Williams...Being she is only 16-years-old, being she is from Brampton, Ontario (T-Dot stand up), being she is young, humble and talented.

Ebony Oshynrinde who goes by her artist name 'WondaGurl' just completed the 11th grade, also just completed her first major production credit on the highly anticipated Jay-Z album Magna Carta Holy Grial for the track 'Crown', which was release digitally today. Wondergurl tells The Toronto Star newspaper... "It's a really good feeling. I want to show young people that they can do it. Anybody can be successful. It doesn't matter where you're from."

Read more on this amazing artist, watch Wondagurl compete at 'Battle of the Beats' and watch her interview with CHRY 105.5FM radio inside....

INTERVIEW: Timbaland Speaks On The Making of Jay-Z's MCHG

Jay-Z's #MagnaCartaHolyGrail arrived today, July 4th, and super producer #Timbaland who played a major role contributing to the Jay-Z's 12th studio album, shares his experience of making MCHG with Revolt TV. Timbo discusses a previous fallout between him and Jigga, his personal battle with drug use, his work in helping to create Justin Timberlake's new sound, mentoring J. Cole, and Kanye West's Yeezus album.

Watch the revealing video interview inside...

Hot Off The Press: BOSS MAGAZINE Toronto's New Urban Magazine

This past summer I was sitting at a mechanic garage waiting for my car to be serviced and stumbled across @ThatBossMag while glancing over at the magazine rack. There was the mag poking out beneath many; and what stood out was a red headed sister (Trish - Toronto music artist) looking glam on the eye catching cover of a magazine I've never seen before. I moved the other mags to the left, and looked over the cover intensely, wondering why I have not seen or heard of the U.S. magazine before - automatically assuming it was so. I was delighted to learn once I began flipping through the wonderful layout, inviting and easy to read pages, that BOSS Magazine is right out of my very own city; via Jane and Finch! Hello!

I was even more excited and impressed reading about the contributors of BOSS who are all young creative minds, and future entrepreneurs who are building themselves and each other by giving a different voice (their own) from their community using this media platform.

Read more on this refreshing and vibrant publication, and the same for the editor-in-chief of the mag who is going against all odds by living up the name of the magazine 'Boss' lady Tamika Johnson.

T.O. Spotlight: Sstyles - 'Rush The Radio - #Vartist Movement' [Mixtape]



#Sstyles is a 24 year old multi-talented artist out of Toronto, Ontario who has just released his second mix-tape which offers a variety of 'styles' which prompts the title '#Vartist Movement - Rush The Radio'  available now and you can listen before you buy at Amazon. Sstyles describes the term 'Vartist' as a music artist that does various genres, which represents who he is as an artist. With tracks like "Exterior Pepper" and "Energy" the influences of his Caribbean background and RnB style are present. Sstyles joined Jennifer Joy for an interview recently, on CHRY 105.5 FM where he explained more about why he represents the various sounds which is a reflection of his Trinidadian culture, and Toronto as a whole.

Read more, listen to our full interview with Sstyles, and watch his video featuring Dudsymil "T Dot We Go Hard" all inside...

New Release: Chip-Fu - Stop Playing Vol. 2 [The Mixtape]

#ChipFu one third and frontman of the influential 90's hip-hop group Fu-Schnickens and now solo artist and CEO of Blaq.Ink entertainment company, is on a heavy grind!....Having recently spent couple months here in Toronto setting up shop and putting out bangers, with artists including Peep-Sho, Belinda Brady, Mr. Blackman, and Carlos Budd Ford to name a few, and is rumored to be working with Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley.

Read more on the release of Stop Playing Vol.2 - The Mixtape and watch the music video of Chip-Fu's latest single 'Tear Gas'....

New Release: Brandy - 'Two Eleven'

#Brandy Norwood has an entertainment career spanning nearly 20 years and has sold more than 40 million albums worldwide; the actress, singer, songwriter, spokesmodel and record producer is now 'putting it down' with the release of her latest album. Brandy released her debut self-titled album at the age of 15 in 1994; and now with new label RCA Records, she has released today her sixth album entitled "Two Eleven". The title of the album represents both her Brandy's birthday, and the day her mentor and icon Whitney Houston passed on February 11th, 2012.

Monday night Brandy performed for her official 'Two Eleven' release concert to a sold-out crowd in New York City, at the Best Buy Theater, where midway through her set she pays tribute to her friend, mentor and biggest inspiration – Whitney Houston. Watch video of her performance inside...

Movie Trailer: DJANGO Unchained - Starring Jamie Foxx

Set in the South two years before the Civil War, #DJANGO UNCHAINED stars Academy Award winner #JamieFoxx as Django; who is a slave and his freedom is bought by a former dentist, Dr. King Schultz, played by another Academy Award winner Christoph Waltz - Schultz trains Django with the intent to make him his deputy bounty hunter. Instead, he is led to the site of Django's wife Broomhilda (played by Kerry Washington) who is under the hands of Calvin Candie, a ruthless plantation owner who is played by Leonardo DiCaprio. Watch the trailer inside...

New Music Video: Nelly Furtado - 'Parking Lot'

#NellyFurtado Canadian singer-songwriter, record producer and actress out of Victoria, British Columbia...just released her fifth album The Spirit Indestructible which hit stores yesterday....

No Doubt back after 11 Years + Mariah Carey and Queen Latifah perform at NFL Kickoff

#NoDoubt will release their first LP in 11 years, entitled Push And Shove and the band is now offering 90-second segments of each of the album’s 15 songs on iTunes. This is an excellent way of allowing their fans, as well as new listeners to experience what the group has to offer this time around.

Push And Shove is out September 25 via Interscope. No Doubt performed at the opening celebrations for the NFL season in New York City, you can watch the video inside, along with performances by Mariah Carey and Queen Latifah....

Video: Bobby Womack – 'The Bravest Man In The Universe' (Making of New Album)

Bobby Womack has contributes his talents across the spectrum of  R&B, soul, rock and roll, doo-wop, gospel, and country. Womack's career has spanned more than 50 years; the early 1960s where he started his career as the lead singer of his family musical group The Valentinos and as Sam Cooke's backing guitarist.

XL Recordings will release Bobby Womack’s upcoming album 'The Bravest Man in the Universe' and have provided a behind the scene look at the creative process with the legendary artist in the studio with producers Damon Albarn and Richard Russell during the album sessions in late 2011.... The Bravest Man in the Universe is due out in stores June 12th....

New Release: Yasiin Bey (Mos Def) – Ni**as in Poorest

Yasiin Bey (the MC formerly known as Mos Def) is using 2012 for more than just a name change. Just in time for Martin Luther King Day, Bey has announced his Top 40 Underdog series, which will seem him reimagine various Top 40 tracks with all-new, socially conscious freestyles. The first track on the operating table is Kanye West and Jay-Z’s “Niggas In Paris”, which Bey has transformed into “Niggas In Poorest”.

One of 2011′s most boastful, bangin’ tracks is now a truly frightening look at modern American culture, from the vanity and depravity of youth to our perpetual sense of economic dread. Bey also demonstrates a new-found level of dementedness, aided in part by some menacing vocal effects, to spin a tale that is the mirror opposite of the original, with loads of dread, a sprinkle of poetic hyperbole, and a heapin’ helping of truth.

Check out the track below.

Stay tuned for more tracks from the Top 40 Underdog series as they’re released.

By Chris Coplan

Classified - Unusual ft. Joe Budden

Luke Boyd is otherwise known as ‘Classified’ who is reppin’ Nova Scotia, Canada; just released a new music video for ‘Unusual’ featuring Joe Budden.

Background info on Classified >>>who is also a producer, joined forces with some of Canada's most prominent emcees, including Choclair and Maestro Fresh Wes.  He also teamed up with Shady Records recording artist, Royce Da 5'9" and opened for Ludacris, Snoop Dogg, Busta Rhymes, The Game, Nelly, Nas, The Black Eyed Peas and Black Moon.
Classified is no stranger to hip hop and has contributed his craft since 1995. He released his 14^th album in 2011 which debuted at #7 on the Canadian Albums Chart, it includes the hot track ‘That Ain’t Classy’ that is also featured in the hit EA football game Madden 12.

New Music: Melanie Fiona – ‘Wrong Side of a Love Song’

Toronto's own Melanie Fiona finds herself on the “Wrong Side of a Love Song” with her latest Motown-inspired tune. The Grammy-nominated singer debuted the soulful record live and now the studio version makes its way online. Melanie pours her heart out over the guitar riffs, showcasing her powerful pipes. After a few false starts, her sophomore album The MF Life is scheduled to arrive on May 8.

Sounds good...I like! What do you think?


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