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I'm reminded of how everyone starts somewhere when I look at footage like this. This is a clip from footage that we had filmed back in the day around 2007 I think...When Drake was still mostly local to us Torontonians. Performing in smaller venues amidst the realer fans who would come out to see Toronto Talent. Your craft will always take awhile before it can eventually materialize...but eventually...if you work hard enough...and you got a good team...it can happen for you!
Drake - The Resistance (Carried the weight for my city like a cargo ship...) - Drake
I liked this song because it shouted out "Big Rich" (Richard) someone I know through his sister here in Toronto; and those people are family to me. So...to that family...I say keep your heads up high...and everything will be better soon. Good Luck to Drake and his upcoming release (June 15th)
Before watching this video I want all of you to know that Drake is an anomaly right now...he's quite literally a musical phenom who without any label-power built one of the greatest organic movements the blogosphere has ever seen with his mixtape 'So Far Gone" (and that's to his credit). Viral internet traffic buzzes with such intensity for this guy that record-labels courted him vigorously and online analysts have said that his positive feedback ratio fares better in comparison to most established artists. Even venture capitalists and a member of a royal family offered Drake money in the millions; and it should be known that despite all of that he still decided to go the independent route and shunned the usual formula of getting signed so that he would not be controlled. The clip below is nothing more then an affirmation of the fact that he's become an actual real threat in the rap-game, a potent force for change and his model is being watched and scrutinized at every turn. Drake is still poised to do really well, and he may sell well beyond the expectations if he continues to stay the course and make the music that's true to himself.
STAR & BUC WILD criticize Drake
"The Young spitter that everyone in rap fear" returns to the stage...
Canadian or otherwise, Maestro Fresh Wes was one of the best to drop in the Golden Era of Rap. Maestro's first two albums are straight up classics and among my favorite LP's. I can arguably say that the album Symphony in Effect was perhaps "the most definitive Canadian hip hop album".
FACT: In 1989 he became the first Canadian rapper to have a Top 40 hit, "Let Your Backbone Slide". As of early 2008, "Let Your Backbone Slide" remained the best-selling Canadian hip hop single of all time, and the only certified gold single in Canadian hip hop history. Eighteen years after its release, Maestro's debut album, Symphony in Effect (1989), remains the top selling Canadian hip hop album of all time; at 190,000 units sold, it is 10,000 shy of double platinum.
Who has this album in tape-format? lol
Anyway...I'm bringing up this tid-bit of Canadian Hip Hop History from the crates for a reason. Maestro's Canadian Hip Hop Sales may finally come close to being matched or surpassed by Canada's newest installment of MC, more notably a rapper by the name of Drake; whose highly anticipated album entitled "Thank me later" may be what creates such waves. When Maestro was at the peak of his power commercially in Canada, he was met with obstacles that didn't help him penetrate as easily into the American market. Drake doesn't seem to be encountering those particular problems, with co-signs from the likes of Lil-Wayne, Jay-Z, Young Jeezy, Joe Budden, Bun-B, and a whole slew of others who seem to be welcoming him into the ranks of America's hip hop heavyweights.
All of you state-side are privy to what's being manufactured now...the Drake Train is gaining steam and fans from all over the world are embracing Toronto's talent vicariously through Drake. For those of us a little closer to the Toronto scene we've been watching all of our Toronto MC's and their transitions of ups and downs; we've seen Drake go from Degrassi to a better refined voice in Rap, we remember when he put out two joints alongside Little Brother; and how he was hardly the buzz he is now despite the potential and talent he had then. If Drake doesn't become the biggest selling Canadian Hip Hop Artist, it might not even matter because he may become the most known Canadian hip hop artist ever by virtue of today's wider network of sites and media. It's not much of a foot-race in Canadian rap right now, sadly there's always been that partition between those who we're just as talented and the "chosen one". At one time it was Maestro, and then Kardinal, K-os to a degree, and K’naan has been developing in Europe and Asia and even in parts of the US, but right now it's Drake Season.
DRAKE: “Me and [Kid] Cudi were talking at the [mtvU] Spring Break, just about so many people asking me ‘When’s that Cudi record coming? You and Cudi?’ Me and Cudi gonna make it work,” Drake promised. “Other than that, I got a song with ‘Ye and Wayne. I got a song: me, Wayne and Jeezy. I got some stuff coming to just keep the people entertained until that album hits the shelves, and hopefully my work on So Far Gone will allow me to at least break into the industry in an impressive way.”
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