Shad - A Good Name
Below is my schedule for the entire festival. Each image shows the schedule for each day. i think they’re better than the ones that the block party has on their website. holler :) FRIDAY: 4:00PM –...
View ArticleShad - At The Same Time
I’d like to start our round-up of the 2011 Capitol Hill Block Party with an appeal to our non-Seattle readers: come to next year’s Block Party. If not 2012, then 2013 (assuming the world hasn’t ended...
View ArticleShad - Rose Garden Remix feat. Donwill & Von Pea of Tanya Morgan
Shad - Besides I think it’s safe to say we’re all (“all” in this case being us here at the hill and the handful of dedicated and truly intelligent folks who read our ramblings) eagerly awaiting a new…...
View ArticleShad - Flawless
London, Ontario's prodigal son Shad dropped a new(ish) mix on his Soundcloud page today. Besides (get it, because they're B-Sides) is just that, a collection of relatively obscure guest spots mixed by...
View ArticleShad - We, Myself, And I
When a friend of mine first showed me this guy’s music, I was completely blown away. There are a crazy number of up and coming artists and rappers right now out there, so it’s not exactly easy to… (in...
View ArticleShad - Keep Shining
When a friend of mine first showed me this guy’s music, I was completely blown away. There are a crazy number of up and coming artists and rappers right now out there, so it’s not exactly easy to… (in...
View ArticleShad - new Don
Shad is a interesting breed of rapper. The Canadian-resident and London-raised lyrical master was born in Kenya of Rwandan parents. Try to wrap your heads around all those cultural influences to which...
View ArticleShad - a milli vanilli
My first introduction to hip hop came by way of De La Soul’s Three Feet High and Rising, a sample-rich concept album that was more party than political. It was the familiarity of the samples (whether I...
View ArticleShad - it aint over.
I probably don’t listen to the most traditional rap songs. That being said, over the past few years there has been a steady shift in rap music into the realm of weird. The purpose of this post isn’t…...
View ArticleShad - Peace (demo)
“….Defenceless, defeating the legion of demons Peace isn’t pleasing the people, its the belief in the people above prophets..” First of all, this one off song is a demo (according to Shad) and is not...
View ArticleShad - Fam Jam (Fe Sum Immigrins)
New video from acclaimed Canadian MC, Shad. The track, which references Highlife or other similar Afropop sounds, is a little too pop sounding for my personal tastes but lyrical themes-wise, it’s...
View ArticleShad - Stylin feat. Saukrates
All GT bana, stand up! Two of Guyana’s best (by way of Canada), Maestro Fresh Wes and Saukrates come together on this track from Maestro’s Orchestrated Noise album. If you’re wondering why I’m making...
View ArticleShad - Yall Know Me feat. Ebrahim
It’s been three years since Shad’s last album, TSOL, but rather than see his buzz taper off from the lack of new music, we’ve seen his stature continue to rise in the minds of music fans across the…...
View ArticleShad - Love Means (feat. Eternia)
(Love means...) Some things, we're too in to figure out. (Love means...) I'm just trying to be fine with not knowing at all. *click here to read the rest of the lyrics. We live in a society where… (in...
View ArticleShad - Remember To Remember feat. Lights
(in post HD Hip-Hop Picks Vol. 2 from Hillydilly. More by this artist at )
View ArticleShad - MGD (draft day dub)
Canadian wonder-kid Shad has returned (did he ever leave?) with a new string of tightly packed, well delivered bars in the form of a remix. Taking the instrumental of Drake’s recent Johnny Manziel...
View ArticleShad - Rose Garden
Thank you, Kenyan born and Canadian bred Shadrach Kabango aka Shad, for combining the goodness of an old soul track with your enlivening voice and bumping beat in 2010's "Rose Garden". Unable to track...
View ArticleShad - 03 Fam Jam (Fe Sum Immigrins)
Quick Before It Melts is celebrating this year’s Polaris Music Prize by re-visiting some of this year’s short listed albums, taking them out for one more spin, and sending a copy home with one lucky...
View ArticleShad - Hang On
“Ain’t a lot of rappers really trying.” Fortunately, Shad ain’t a lot of rappers. The Juno award-winning emcee takes aim at hip-hop mediocrity on the latest track from his forthcoming Boarding Pass EP...
View ArticleShad - Hang On
Boarding Pass EP by Shad & DJ T.Lo Great new track from Canada’s best kept hip-hop secret, Shad. Here’s the official blurb: After hitting the road promoting Shad‘s latest, Flying Colours, (in post...
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