Hip Hop ain't dead, its up North with Class

The writers of Straight Goods got the chance to see one of our favorite Canadian Hip Hop MC-Producers; Classified at his McMaster University show on Friday. London, Ontario Hip Hop duo Two Crown King did a nice job opening up for Classified. I just checked out their Myspace and I liked what I heard, give a listen: http://www.myspace.com/twocrownking. After Two Crown King's set finished, Classified came out from backstage and blew the show out of the water, playing a nice balance of new stuff off his 09 release Self Explanatory, and managing to fit in all of his classics.

With the Vancouver Olympics fast approaching, Canadians are feeling more patriotic by the day and Class's song Oh-Canada off Self Explanatory fits the mood perfectly:


Off the same album, Quit While You're Ahead features some a few of the longtime Canadian hip hop heavyweights Choclair, Maestro Fresh-Wes and Moka Only

U-N-I

"My man Thurz stays with the latest hats & kicks. I stay in thrift shops putting together $20 outfits & still walk the Red Carpet"

Throughout my recent ventures to find good new Hip-Hop this journey has some how lead me to music i would not normally listen too. Although i've opened my ears to Electro based Hip-Hop and them sick white boys from Seattle, i've recently came across a group that seems closer to the Hip-Hop i grew up on. I recently stumbled upon Inglewood based duo U-N-I, composed of rappers YO! and Thurz who complement each other's different styles by adding so many different elements of Hip-Hop. Coming from the land of Gangsta rap these two use sick kick drums with sped up melodies that break them out of Inglewood's notorious music mold. As a big "Kidz in the Hall" fan I see these guys developing towards that knowledge based fun lovin' Hip-Hop. There Mixtape was released a while ago but I couldn't ignore their single "Land of The Kings". Don't let the home town turn you off these guys are spitting legit rhymes that have nothing to do with bitches and hoes.

The main the reason for posting this now is the fact that they have a brand new mix tape coming out in less than a month. so heres a little preview of what you can expect from this smooth talking duo. "The Love Supreme 2.0" will be released at the end of Feb so look out for some sick Hip-Hop in 2010.

Land of the Kings-U-N-I