Hip-Hop on High Rotation at My House

For your lazy Sunday listening pleasure: Canadian hip-hop that’s been getting a lot of play on my sound system…

That Ain’t Classy, by Classified

A great number, and appropriate for the age of overpublicized celebrity excess. That Ain’t Classy is the first single off Classified’s new album, Handshakes and Middle Fingers. I crank this on the sound system at home and in my car, "The Deathmobile":

My Turn, by MisterE

Here’s My Turn, the first track from MisterE’s album, Dusting for Prints:

We, Myself and I, by Shad

I’m really enjoying Shad’s latest album, TSOL, and I’m not the only one – the album earned him this year’s Juno Award for Rap Recording of the Year. We, Myself and I is one of my favourite tracks:

While we’re on the subject of Shad, here’s an underappreciated track from his 2008 album The Old Prince: The Old Prince Still Lives at Home. The track’s great on its own, but it’s elevated to awesome in the video, which pays homage to the title sequence of The Fresh Prince of Bel Air:

Let Your BackBone Slide, by Maestro, with k-os and Shad

The 1989 classic, still sounding great after all these years:

For throughness’ sake, here’s the video for the original version: