Talksick's "Deja Vu" is the first single from the well known Toronto underground artist's debut LP titled "The Weapon". In the song The SARS Network and GFY representative describes how he feels about his life within music, and situations he's gone through that have happened repeatedly.
The visuals were done by Big Sproxx (Proletarian Music/Freedom Writers) and mixed by "The Pro Tools Bully" PhameOne. Due for
release later this fall the LP entirely produced by The Quarter Inch Kings will include features by Caution, TRA, Dj Grouch, Adam Bomb, and Sean P so be sure to keep an eye out. The dj pack below includes Clean, Instrumental, and Acapella.
After
being featured on M.I.C. Vol. 1, S.A.R.S. Network's Talksick, makes his second appearance
to the M.I.C. Series with his new single entitled “The Time Is Now” featuring Episode Ace Holla. Produced by The Quarter Inch Kings, the dj pack contains Street, Clean, Instrumental, and Acapella. This is the second single released by TopLeft Recordings leading up to the release of the final installment to the tapes. Keep on the look out for more singles dropping as the release of M.I.C. Vol 7 approaches. Also keep on the lookout for more Talksick as we get ready to drop his first solo LP "The Weapon". Stream and D/L link above twitter links below.
Gearing up for the final tape of the M.I.C. Series (Vol. 7) TopLeft Recordings has decided to release dj packs for some of the songs that will be featured on the tape. The first of these is Puzzle's "Not The One" and after being featured on several of the M.I.C. Series projects (Vol. 1
/ Vol. 2 / Vol. 6) he makes his fourth appearance which is produced by The Quarter Inch
Kings. Only fitting since The Quarter Inch Kings have worked with TopLeft Recordings for the entire M.I.C. series and also been long time collaborators with Puzzle (Chris Green). We've combined again to bring our distinctive
boom bap sound with Puzz's melodic flows, and punch lines to the tape. Also be
sure to download M.I.C Vol. 7 where Puzzle makes a second appearance on
the project! Not The One dj pack consists of a Street, Clean, Instrumental, and Acapella versions of the song (D/L link above). Keep a look out for M.I.C VOL 7 coming soon
It's been awhile since we've posted anything because we've been hard at work finishing up Talksick's debut LP "The Weapon". I'm not gonna get into a whole big bio/intro for him, but if you've ever heard of Empire or The S.A.R.S. Network chances are you've heard him before. Hell if you've been following us you definitely have. He appeared on Puzzle's "The Puzzle EP", Caution's "Welcome To The Smoke Show" LP, and on "Not Yet Rated" Puzzle & Paradox's LP. and as we get ready to release the first single "Deja Vu" from "The Weapon" we figured we'd get you all re-acquainted or acquainted with Talksick over some Quarter Inch Kings backdrops. All three of these joints were mixed by "The Pro Tools Bully" PhameOne. All links below; and keep your eyes and ears open for Deja Vu. The Weapon is coming...
"Party
Crashers" Chris Green and The Quarter Inch Kings have paired up to bring you yet another joint/dj pack. Clever punchlines and heavy production being the norm from the long time collaborators you should know what to expect. Download link found below and the dj pack includes Street, Clean, Instrumental, and Acapella. Stream from soundcloud.
We're going to keep this post short and let the music speak for itself. Set2's "We Live" ft Shynobi is second single released from us this year. As always, the cover artwork created by the talented @bamboslice
of www.knapsackwax.com. All links and audio stream below and as usual the Dj pack includes street, clean, instrumental, acapella.
Awhile back we were approached by Dj R Dub L aka Rene Double to do a remix for one of his DUB Radio series tapes. Bishop Brigante and Evil Ebenezer's Voices In My Head remix is the result from tape # 76. For those that are not familiar with R Dub L, he has been doing his thing for quite awhile. He's produced over 400 mix shows & played 100's of events in and around the Kitchener/Waterloo are. Dub Radio # 76 feature staples in Canadian hip hop and more. The tape can be found on his mixcloud site (link can be found below), followed by Twitter links as well.
After a busy 2012 with battles abroad, performing with Black Milk, Termanology, Statik Selektah, King Mag, and releasing an album (Full Canvas Collection) as well various singles (most recent of which featured Theo 3), Diaz is starting 2013 with his new single "Come On". He drops knowledgeover
the Quarter Inch Kings' produced backdrop which is mixed by the Pro Tools Bully PhameOne (Shout out to Ty Delgaty for the graphic work). The stream, Dj pack download link, and Twitter links all below. Monday, February 18, 2013 Diaz will be opening for Ghostface Killah and Sheek Louch of Wu Block alongside Trinity Chris, Raz Fresco, Urban Havoc and DJ Shai at The Mansion Nightclub 34 Dunlop St East in Barrie for more info call (705) 797-2449.
So with Thanksgiving past and the holiday season fast approaching we've decided to give you some of our Leftovers. The video shows you a verse from each song (You'll Know Me, Listen Boy, Put It In The Air) found in the triple dj pack we titled Leftovers. These songs are "leftovers" from The Puzzle EP that never made the project. We just decided to share em and each song's dj pack includes the Street, Clean, Instrumental, and Acapella version. Shout out to Big Sproxx who shot and directed the video, also a big shout out to Bambo Slice of knapsackwax.com for the graphics. Download link below
The Quarter Inch Kings in conjunction with Dope Comma are proud to announce the release of their first all instrumental album titled “Kingstrumentals”.The digital release is a collection of instrumental versions of previously released material produced by the Toronto based Hip Hop production duo, TymE and
Verbs, collectively known as The Quarter Inch Kings. The 18-song album also includes additional content with web links for videos, artist links, and where the original songs are available. To commemorate the first installment of “Kingstrumentals”, Dope Comma is holding an online contest for emcees worldwide to enter for a free beat produced us. Check the PDF within the download or scroll down to previous post for details.
Big thanks to all the artists involved, Dope Comma (management), Knapsackwax (graphics) and everyone else that has helped us with this release. Thanks
1. Intro/Intro - Caution**
2. Stop - Jeff Spec ft NaRai
3. If You Wanna Step - Kendo ft Bishop Brigante, Ken Masters
4. Sick - T.R.A.
5. Live Live - Edgar Allen Floe
6. Green - Alex Dimez ft King Jus
7. RIP - Puzzle & Paradox ft Mike Devine**
8. Foundation - Sporadic
9. On The Corner - Caution ft Dj Grouch**
10. Feast On Beats - Angerville ft Dj Docta
11. Hood Hop - Sporadic
12. Like Yo Puzzle ft Tek Man, Paradox**
13. Still Ain't Dead - Caution ft William Blankz, Puzzle**
14. YYZ High - T.R.A.**
15. If It's Hot - Puzzle & Paradox ft Talksick**
16. Jos Uvjek Sve Je Isto - Doki Dok 17. Touch Down Blow Up - Adversaree 18. White Man's Burden - Fenaxiz ft JLatte
**mixed by PhameOne The Pro Tools Bully Graphics by Knapsackwax.com Management Dope Comma
WIN A FREE BEAT
PRODUCED BY THE QUARTER INCH KINGS
To celebrate the release of The
Quarter Inch Kings – Kingstrumentals free download digital release on July 17
2012, we are holding a contest to give away a FREE beat produced by The Quarter
Inch Kings.
Rules are simple. All you have to do to
enter this draw is follow @quarterinchking on Twitter and reply to us with
#kingstrumentals.
That’s it.
This contest is open to any emcee,
rapper, lyricist, singer and songwriter worldwide. Deadline to enter is August
17th 2012 and the winner will be announced via Twitter on August 18th2012.
To recap, if you’ve got bars and you want
dope production for FREE, just add @quarterinchking on Twitter and reply to us with
#kingstrumentals.
Until then, we invite everyone to visit www.thequarterinchkings.com and download The
Quarter Inch Kings – Kingstrumentals for free on 07.17.12.
1. Intro/Intro - Caution**
2. Stop - Jeff Spec ft NaRai
3. If You Wanna Step - Kendo ft Bishop Brigante, Ken Masters
4. Sick - T.R.A.
5. Live Live - Edgar Allen Floe
6. Green - Alex Dimez ft King Jus
7. RIP - Puzzle & Paradox ft Mike Devine**
8. Foundation - Sporadic
9. On The Corner - Caution ft Dj Grouch**
10. Feast On Beats - Angerville ft Dj Docta
11. Hood Hop - Sporadic
12. Like Yo Puzzle ft Tek Man, Paradox**
13. Still Ain't Dead - Caution ft William Blankz, Puzzle**
14. YYZ High - T.R.A.**
15. If It's Hot - Puzzle & Paradox ft Talksick**
16. Jos Uvjek Sve Je Isto - Doki Dok 17. Touch Down Blow Up - Adversaree 18. White Man's Burden - Fenaxiz ft JLatte
**mixed by PhameOne The Pro Tools Bully Graphics by Knapsackwax.com Management Dope Comma
So we start June off with FenaxiZ's White Man's Burden ft Joshua
Lopez (Jlatte). FenaxiZ has been putting in mad work releasing at least a video a month since Jan 2012 all leading up to the release of his full length release titled "Vintage". Not only has he been pushing himself but also doing work within his group Team Us which will also be releasing a project in the later part of the year; keep an eye out. Big thanks to Joshua Lopez for his work on the guitar track and to Minerva Group with the great work on the vid. Below is the official write up followed by all necessary links for those involved.
"Every June 12, Filipinos across the globe commemorate their
homeland’s declaration of independence from Spanish occupation in 1898.
Amidst the lumpia, tinikling dances, and street parades, FenaxiZ humbly entreats his kasamas worldwide to pause for a moment of
reflection and acknowledge a past mired with bloodshed, subjugation, and
resistance.
Borrowing its title from the Rudyard Kipling poem about the
Filipino-American war, “White Man’s Burden” is a critical analysis of
the widespread effects that imperialism has wreaked upon a 7000-island
archipelago once known as “The Pearl Of The Orient.” From a Labour
Export Policy that seperates parents from children to the internalized
racism that fuels identity issues of the youth, FenaxiZ covers many
pressing issues that today’s Filipinos face; yet, he is also aware of
the incomplete picture he paints as he muses, “and this rap ain’t even
scratching the surface of our collective experience.”
The song was produced by The Quarter Inch Kings and features Joshua
“JLatte” Lopez on guitar. The video was directed and edited by Minerva Group. More info about the video’s inspiration after the jump… along with the video itself, of course!"
Both these joints are off of Puzzle and Paradox's album "Not Yet Rated". The album is available for download at The SARS Network Bandcamp and hard copies are available too (Check Puzzle's twitter to get a hold of him). The album is full of quotables and great beats from Big Sproxx, Kin Smuv, AmiR, Mo Smith, and KHZ & of course The Quarter Inch Kings. Featuring TRA, Talksick, Tek Man, Caution, Mike Devine,DJ Law, and 9th Uno; all mixed & mastered by The Pro Tools Bully himself PhameOne. Follow the links below
Caution's Welcome To The Smoke Show is finally here. 11 joints with all the production handle by us and features T.R.A., Talksick, William Blanks, and Puzzle. Project was mixed and mastered The Pro Tools Bully himself PhamOne. Hard copies (5 $) are available (get at him through the links below) as well in digital format which is available on the SARS Network Bandcamp (FREE). Hope everyone enjoys the release feedback always welcome.
Angerville has just released their fourth installment in the "This Hits
For Free" tapes. The project is mixed by DJ Laz Vagez and features
Puzzle & Paradox (The SARS Network), Spitshine, Notion & Cee as
well as Nova Rockafeller. Production is handled by Prophet One, Nick
Zervos, Spitshine, Culture, Know It, Notion, Nock Nock and of course The
Quarter Inch Kings. Check our joint "Feast On Beats" below and we want to thank DJ Docta supplying the cuts. The tape download is free check
the link bellow, follow on twitter, and like their facebook page.
We were honored when we were approached to master this project;
considering we are longtime fans of Citizen Kane. Thanks to TopLeft Recordings,
and especially to Citizen Kane for deciding to release this and to let
people hear these timeless songs. Below is the official write up for the
project as well as the download, and twitter links. Turn up the volume and enjoy.
""Scartown Unreleased Classics" is a collection of songs we recorded from the years 2001 to 2005 which was never released. At that time when Citizen Kane
was on the verge on making a major impact in the underground Hip Hop
community world wide, but we were confronted with obstacles from the
music industry that believed we were a little to “Street” and not
friendly enough for Canadian radio. Refusing to follow the commercial
sound that was becoming more popular at the time, we recorded melodic
tracks with hard but poetic lyrics staying true the griddy style of
music that made Citizen Kane unique. There is two albums worth of material in this album which is mixed by D.J. Law and appearances from Peep Sho, Califaith, Stitch 7 and many more artists we were working with at the time. The production is from Big Sproxx, Down to Earth, Product, Dungenetics and Lost Info. There are also tracks that include R.P.
who left the group at that time for personal reasons never to return
putting the music on hold for a good time. If ya love Hip Hop in its
purest and realest form, you will love this album. It is a piece of
Canadian music history from a group that laid the foundation for
Canadian Hip Hop today. This is the album they never wanted you to hear.
– Citizen Kane "
So here it is, the video for Caution's "On The Corner" ft DJ Grouch. In the video Caution takes you to the “Corner” as he makes his rounds across the city of Toronto and hits up the ScratchLab the infamous head quarters of DJ Grouch. The video is directed by Lyme Lyte and is the first official video from
"Welcome to the Smoke Show" album which is set for release April 20th.
The SARS Network is putting on a release party @ Tota Lounge 592 Queen St W on the 20th make sure to check it out.The DJ Pack Link is below make sure to D/L. Check The SARS Network bandcamp for all of their releases, Lyme Lyte for video needs, and we want to shout out PhameOne (The Pro Tools Bully) for all his work on the single and the album. Anybody needing some mixing get at this dude. Be sure to follow everyone via twitter from the links below.
So here is a next joint from The SARS Network's Caution ft DJ Grouch on the cuts (I gotta really thank him for blessing the track much appreciated,)and "The Pro Tools Bully" PhameOne on the mix. "On The Corner" is the first single from Caution's debut album "Welcome To The Smoke Show" being released 4/20/12 all the production being handled by us. In the song, he explains his life "On The Corner" and describes what he has seen. The street is very important
to the roots of an underground artist so Caution is paying homage to
that fact. Below is a download link for the DJ Pack containing street, clean, instrumental, and acapella for all the producers and DJ's out there. There is a video for this coming soon by Lyme Lyte so keep your eyes open for that. Be sure to check the links below to follow, and check the SARS Network's Bancamp page for more from their camp.
The digital flyer says it all. Go out and support this release. Performances for the night will include Mike Devine, Billie Dee Millions, and Caution,; and the music held down by DJ Law and DJ Mox. Not Yet Rated will included production from Big Sproxx, Kin Smuv, AmiR, The Quarter Inch
Kings and more; all mixed & mastered by The Pro Tools Bully himself PhameOne. CD comes free with admission.
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