| Son Raw’s Mostly Montreal-based, Entirely Subjective Canadian Hip-Hop Favorites of 2022 | December 19, 2022 |
Son Raw refuses to believe "Canadian Hip-Hop" is a thing, but regional scenes in Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver and beyond are producing more quality rap music than ever.
| Natural Born Strangers: The Toronto Rap Album of the Year | December 12, 2013 |
Slava P unlocked Lupe Fiasco’s Twitter account for him. Canadian-bred talent has always suffered from little brother syndrome when it comes to the USA. It’s easy to quantify success when you relate it to existing examples that have been established south of the border, but it’s also lazy. Good music should rest on its own […]
| You Think It’s A-Game: Examining the Toronto Rap Sound | November 1, 2013 |
If you haven’t read Slava P’s interview with Donald Glover, you should. One of the only things that Torontonians can agree upon is that A-Game, the local identical twin rappers, had last year’s song of the summer with “Money Made Me Do It.” It was catchy, joyous and illogical (who buys a crib after they’ve […]
| Lean Forward: Gangsta Rap, Toronto, and Big Lean | August 7, 2013 |
Slava P has reviewed 83 of the Toronto pharmacies on Yelp. If you’ve been paying attention to the emerging Toronto music scene, you may recognize Big Lean as the rapper who was able to snag a Chief Keef cameo before Keith went to jail (the first time) in addition to Chinx Drugz & Juicy J […]
| The Progression of Toronto Rapper, Redway | April 11, 2013 |
Slava P is the Wale fanclub founding member/victim. Believe it or not, Toronto is currently one of the most hip-hop locations in North America. A number of things play into this claim. There’s local incubators like The Remix Project (which helped Drake’s wingman 40 hone his skills) to our controversial battle-rap landscape which hosts competitions […]
| Rich Kidd, Canadian Rap Diplomat | April 3, 2013 |
Slava P ghost-writes for Rich Hil. When Jay Electronica released “Exhibit C” before falling off the face of the earth and feet-first into some royal British poontang, his message of hyper-intellectual chakra-rap went with him. Personally, what I missed most about him isn’t his metaphysical lyrical miracles, thanks in part to cats like Ab Soul […]
| Do The Airplane Boys Herald the Rise of Toronto Rap? (Non Drake Edition) | February 20, 2013 |
Slava P was into Terrence Ross before it was cool. I’m not sure if you’ve heard, but being from Toronto is finally cool again! For the first time since the early aughts, the city can take pride in its Grammy winners and athletic dunk contest representatives as well as the “underground” talent that’s scattered throughout […]
