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13th Floor
''13th Floor'' is the debut album from Canadian hip hop artist Haviah Mighty. The album was released on May 10, 2019, and was the winner of the 2019 Polaris Music Prize. Background and release On March 23, 2019, Mighty announced her debut studio album, ''13th Floor'', via social media and that the album would arrive in 2019. CBC Music and ''Exclaim!'' ''described'' the album as one of the year's most anticipated Canadian releases. The album's title derives from the phenomenon of high-rise buildings in many countries often not designating a 13th floor due to the superstition that the number 13 is bad luck.Brad Wheeler"‘It is time’: Haviah Mighty becomes first full-on hip-hop artist to win Polaris Music Prize" ''The Globe and Mail'', September 17, 2019. According to Haviah Mighty, "the 13th floor is something that we remove from our reality because it is something that we don’t understand and therefore we dismiss it"; the title therefore represents naming and speaking abou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haviah Mighty
Haviah Mighty (born December 17, 1992) is a Canadian rapper from Brampton, Ontario. She rose to prominence in 2016 as a member of the hip hop group the Sorority, before releasing several EPs on her own, most notably ''Flower City'', in 2017. Her first album, ''13th Floor'', was released in 2019 and won the Polaris Music Prize. After her debut, '' XXL'' named her one of the "15 Toronto rappers you should know" and CBC Music called her one of the "New Faces of Canadian Hip Hop". In 2021, she released the mixtape ''Stock Exchange'', which later won the 2022 Juno Award for Rap Album/EP of the Year. Early life Mighty was born in Toronto and took music lessons in Scarborough beginning at the age of four, before moving to Brampton. Her fifth record is named ''Flower City'' in homage to the city's nickname. Music career Mighty began producing music at the age of fifteen. At seventeen, she independently released her first mixtape, ''No Studio'', in 2010. She then went on to issue thre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2oolman
The Halluci Nation, formerly known as A Tribe Called Red, is a Canadian electronic music group who blend instrumental hip hop, reggae, moombahton and dubstep-influenced dance music with elements of First Nations music, particularly vocal chanting and drumming."A Tribe Called Red’s urban powwow" . '''', August 23, 2011. Based in Ottawa, , the group consists of Tim "2oolman" Hill (Mohawk, of the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
OBUXUM
OBUXUM is the stage name of Muxubo Mohamed, a Somalian-Canadian electronic music producer. She is most noted for her album ''Re-Birth'', which was longlisted for the 2020 Polaris Music Prize. She debuted with the EP ''H.E.R.'' in 2018. ''Re-Birth'', her full-length debut, was released in 2019. She produced the song "In Women Colour" from Haviah Mighty's 2019 album ''13th Floor''.Veronica Zaretski"Haviah Mighty and OBUXUM's new single is an exuberant anthem for International Women's Day" CBC Arts CBC Arts (french: Radio-Canada Arts) is the division of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation that creates and curates written articles, short documentaries, non-fiction series and interactive projects that represent the excellence of Canada's div ..., March 8, 2019. References Canadian electronic musicians Canadian hip hop record producers Canadian people of Somali descent Black Canadian musicians Black Canadian women Living people Canadian women in electronic music Year of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robotaki
Preston Anthony Chin (born July 21, 1991), better known by his stage name Robotaki, is a Canadian DJ and producer, based in Montreal, Quebec. Early life Based in Montreal, Chin has a Master's degree in genetics, from McGill University. Born in Toronto, Chin began using the stage name Robotaki, a derivation from the grilled Japanese food robatayaki. Career In 2013, he self-released the song "It's Still About You" featuring Chicago-based group Hey Champ and Sean Kirk better known as DJ SK . In 2015, Robotaki remixed Strange Talk's "Painted in Gold". In 2016, he produced an official remix of The Chainsmokers' single " Closer". It was described by Billboard as their "favorite interpretation" with a sophisticated synth update of the song. Touring as the opener for Madeon's and Porter Robinson's Shelter Live Tour, Robotaki said "One of the most positive and inspiring experiences of my life... I’ve learned so much and met so many new fans... It's been such a blessing to be on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pitchfork (website)
''Pitchfork'' (formerly ''Pitchfork Media'') is an American online music publication (currently owned by Condé Nast) that was launched in 1995 by writer Ryan Schreiber as an independent music blog. Schreiber started Pitchfork while working at a record store in suburban Minneapolis, and the website earned a reputation for its extensive coverage of indie rock music. It has since expanded and covers all kinds of music, including pop. Pitchfork was sold to Condé Nast in 2015, although Schreiber remained its editor-in-chief until he left the website in 2019. Initially based in Minneapolis, Pitchfork later moved to Chicago, and then Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Its offices are currently located in One World Trade Center alongside other Condé Nast publications. The site is best known for its daily output of music reviews but also regularly reviews reissues and box sets. Since 2016, it has published retrospective reviews of classics, and other albums that it had not previously review ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Exclaim!
''Exclaim!'' is a Canadian music and entertainment publisher based in Toronto, which features in-depth coverage of new music across all genres with a special focus on Canadian and emerging artists. The monthly Exclaim! print magazine publishes 7 issues per year, distributing over 103,000 copies to over 2,600 locations across Canada. The magazine has an average of 361,200 monthly readers and their website, exclaim.ca, has an average of 675,000 unique visitors a month. History ''Exclaim!'' began as a discussion among campus and community radio programmers at Ryerson's CKLN-FM in 1991. It was started by then-CKLN programmer Ian Danzig, together with other programmers and Toronto musicians. The goal of the publication was to support great Canadian music that was otherwise going unheralded. The group worked through 1991 to produce their first issue in April 1992, with monthly issues being produced since. Ian Danzig has been the publisher of the magazine since its start. James Keast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 Polaris Music Prize
The 2019 edition of the Canadian Polaris Music Prize was presented on September 16, 2019."Find out who made the 2019 Polaris Music Prize long list" CBC Music, June 20, 2019. Haviah Mighty won the $50,000 dollar prize for her debut album ''13th Floor'', becoming the first Black woman and first hip hop artist to win the prize. Gala The 2019 Polaris Music Prize Gala was hosted at[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria Times-Colonist
The ''Times Colonist'' is an English-language daily newspaper in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. It was formed by the Sept. 2, 1980 merger of the ''Victoria Daily Times'', established in 1884, and the ''British Colonist'' (later the ''Daily Colonist''), established in 1858 by Amor De Cosmos who was later British Columbia's second Premier. The ''British Colonist'' was B.C.'s first paper "of any permanence". De Cosmos was the editor until 1866 when D.W. Higgins took over — he would remain in the role for the next twenty years. Local news receives the greatest prominence in the ''Times Colonist''. Stories and photographs about Greater Victoria are often featured on the front page. The newspaper also has national and international stories, plus sections covering the arts, sports, and business. The Times Colonist has a website as well as an e-edition, which offers a digital replica of the printed pages. According to News Media Canada, the Times Colonist saw an average daily circu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CBC Music
CBC Music (formerly known as CBC FM, CBC Stereo and CBC Radio 2) is a Canadian FM radio network operated by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. It used to concentrate on classical and jazz. In 2007 and 2008, the network transitioned towards a new " adult music" format with a variety of genres, with the classical genre generally restricted to midday hours. In 2009, Radio 2 averaged 2.1 million listeners weekly, and it was the second-largest radio network in Canada. History The CBC's FM network was launched in 1946, but was strictly a simulcast of the AM radio network until 1960. In that year, distinct programming on the FM network began. It was briefly discontinued in 1962, but resumed again in 1964. In November 1971, the CBC filed license applications for new FM stations in English in St. John's, Halifax, and Calgary, and in French in Quebec City, Ottawa, and Chicoutimi, telling the CRTC that it intended to start a second "more extended and more leisurely" program servic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
13th Floor
''13th Floor'' is the debut album from Canadian hip hop artist Haviah Mighty. The album was released on May 10, 2019, and was the winner of the 2019 Polaris Music Prize. Background and release On March 23, 2019, Mighty announced her debut studio album, ''13th Floor'', via social media and that the album would arrive in 2019. CBC Music and ''Exclaim!'' ''described'' the album as one of the year's most anticipated Canadian releases. The album's title derives from the phenomenon of high-rise buildings in many countries often not designating a 13th floor due to the superstition that the number 13 is bad luck.Brad Wheeler"‘It is time’: Haviah Mighty becomes first full-on hip-hop artist to win Polaris Music Prize" ''The Globe and Mail'', September 17, 2019. According to Haviah Mighty, "the 13th floor is something that we remove from our reality because it is something that we don’t understand and therefore we dismiss it"; the title therefore represents naming and speaking abou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Globe And Mail
''The Globe and Mail'' is a Canadian newspaper printed in five cities in western and central Canada. With a weekly readership of approximately 2 million in 2015, it is Canada's most widely read newspaper on weekdays and Saturdays, although it falls slightly behind the ''Toronto Star'' in overall weekly circulation because the ''Star'' publishes a Sunday edition, whereas the ''Globe'' does not. ''The Globe and Mail'' is regarded by some as Canada's " newspaper of record". ''The Globe and Mail''s predecessors, '' The Globe'' and ''The Mail and Empire'' were both established in the 19th century. The former was established in 1844, while the latter was established in 1895 through a merger of ''The Toronto Mail'' and the ''Toronto Empire''. In 1936, ''The Globe'' and ''The Mail and Empire'' merged to form ''The Globe and Mail''. The newspaper was acquired by FP Publications in 1965, who later sold the paper to the Thomson Corporation in 1980. In 2001, the paper merged with broadcast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sean Leon
Matthew Sean Leon (born January 30, 1991) is a Canadian rapper, singer, and record producer from Toronto, Ontario. He is the founder of the IXXI Initiative, formed in 2012 in Toronto. The collective helped foster the career of Daniel Caesar in tandem with producers Jordan Evans & Matthew Burnett. Career In July 2013, Leon released his debut mixtape ''Ninelevenne, the Tragedy'' followed by his second project ''Narcissus, the Drowning of Ego'' on January 22, 2014. Both projects featured production by Jordan Evans. Shortly after the release of ''Narcissus'', Leon began the year-long roll out of the compilation ''King Of The Wild Things''. followed with ''I Think You've Gone Mad (Or the Sins of the Father)'' in 2017. On November 29, 2017, Leon released an audio-film titled "C.C.W.M.T.T". 2018 had the release of the album ''Sean Leon (The Death Of)'' and in 2021 ''God's Algorithm'' which had a non-traditional album release, with no streaming service involved, and only available for pu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
