The Headphone

It’s finally here!

It’s December 18th and do you know what that means?

As promised KJ’s highly anticipated album “The Headphone” drops today! Get excited, because I know I am *smiles*. I have nothing but love for KJ, his talent is insane and I want the world to be aware of it.

Here is a message from KJ regarding his album:

For 30 days starting from today my entire album “The Headphone” will be available for FREE download as a thank you but more importantly stressing that the music is the most important thing. I would rather people who dont know get a taste and people who do know get a gift, this concept was not a concept I came up with on my own

The Headphone is a collection of very personal songs. All made in a close time frame, this album is meant to take you on a journey, where? I dont know, it probably wont take you where it took me but that’s the cool part and that is what I love about music. I hope you can find the beauty in every song. As for the future, in the New Year the album will be available for purchase at some indie retailers across the GTA until some magic happens, from myself for a fee of $10 and obviously on iTunes and other digital outlets. “For Real” will not be on the purchase copy or itunes version for more than one reason, but will remain available for free download. Other than that all I can say is thank you for making it this far with me.

-KJ

Click here to download your free copy of KJ’s album “The Headphone”

Album Cover

Track Listing

Album Credits

Don’t sleep on him, I keep telling you guys. Don’t wait until he blows up to hop on the bandwagon. Support RIGHT NOW!

KJ is the Truth

I’ve spoken about KJ many times on here because I believe he’s extremely talented. Finally KJ will be releasing his debut album “The Headphone” on December 18th. To celebrate his upcoming release, KJ will be performing tracks from that album and giving the public a taste of what’s to come. I’ve told you all before, don’t sleep on KJ! There will also be special guests, so I suggest you come out and support!

The Drake Hotel

www.thedrakehotel.ca

1150 Queen Street West

Toronto, ON M6J1J3

(416) 531-5042

The Headphone: Dec 18th

Support your local Talent!!!!

Manifesto 2

I wanted to split up the videos so it didn’t make the  previous post super long. I have wayyy more videos but it takes so long to upload them all. I’ll get to it soon enough.

Enjoy these, there are a lot of standout ones.

Special mention goes to homeboy with the soccer skills. From one soccer player to another, you’re ILL beyond words.

Manifesto 1

Good morning,

I know, I’m super late on this post. It got held up due to my stupid cpu, ugh. Needless to say couple weeks ago in Toronto the annual Manifesto Festival was held at Nathan Phillips Square. For those that don’t know, it’s a festival celebrating all things Hip-Hop Culture related. From the music, to clothing, dancing, etc. There was a showcase of all types of Homegrown Talent, with the closing act being Talib Kweli. Some performers were KJ, Wolf, Branden Phillips, Lelani Dee (i’m sorry, if I spelt it wrong have to verify it) Tona, Ayah, Saukrates, Jahvon and the list goes on and on. Did I mention, this show was completely free? Pretty cool if you ask me. I met alot of cool people and saw alot of familiar faces. It was a good day just chilling out enjoying what Toronto has to offer. Check the pics.

 

 

Play it then REPEAT IT

I’m a little late with this one, but better late than never right?

So you know I periodically mention Toronto’s up and coming talent, Rapper KJ. Well KJ has decided to grace us with a video for his banger “Repeat” of his hot mixtape “A Breath of Fresh Heir” (Again if you don’t have it, GET IT).  Without further adieu here it is.

 

KJ- “Repeat”                     (Shoutouts to Malyka, feeling the shirts!)

 

It’s it’s it’s the GUMBY

… just in case you never know!

 

As I mentioned before on Thursday night I attended the Blake Carrington show at the Drake Hotel with the rest of Torontofresh. The show started late since people do not know how to show up on time *tsk tsk*.  The show started with KJ and again he did the damn thing. If you still haven’t seen KJ perform, he’s the artist that hits the stage and has a such a cool confidence. The music is already hot but when he performs it, you feel it that much more. KJ will be performing July 18th @ Rollys Garage located at 124 Ossington Ave. Check him out!

 

….” lights camera action welcome to my movie, Blake Carrington is a smooth oppurtunity”.

Oh Blake, what more can I say that I haven’t already said. If you didn’t know, Blake will be heading off to LA for a little bit to be on his grind. This show was a slap in your mouth telling everyone “Don’t Sleep on me”. Word.  Blake did his thing as usual but tonight was so different. At times I stood there just staring up at him with a smile on my face. I had a strong sense of pride and admiration for him. It’s a beautiful thing when you know that someone you care about is on the verge of achieving their hopes and dreams. The set was amazing, he brought out Shane Tone for another smash performance of “Summerbody Fit” and the crowd went nuts. There was alot of family values as well as he also brought out his brother Keegan Da’niro (hey baby lol) and his DAD (De Dot) to perform. The love between Blake and Keegan and Blake and his father was so apparent. Kodak moments indeed.

The final portion of the show was quite nostalgic as the former members of BFDM (Brothers from Different Mothers) as well as some fellow artists got up on stage to show Blake some love and give him kind words. This lead into an encore performance of “Summerbody Fit” and then Blake spit a ridiculous freestyle.  That concluded the whole show, because really how could you follow up anything after that?

 *I have about 200 pictures from this event so I may update some each day, we’ll see how I feel*

What a Night!

In continuation of my last post, this is how the night played out.  Upon leaving Curtis’ performance we headed downtown to meet up with Michelle and then head down to the other show. 

 

This time we took in performances by Blake Carrington, Daniel Daley and KJ. Fabness indeed. This show had more of an intimate vibe which was great, all the performers had a good time interacting with their audience. The show started off with KJ, who again killed it. If you guys still haven’t caught one of his shows, you’re still slipping.

 

 

 

Next out the gate was R&B Crooner, Daniel Daley. He started off his set by singing his hit single “Girlfriend”, then had a heart to heart talk with the ladies before serenading with his song “Wanna be  Loved”.  After slowing it down with “Body Smile”, Daniel laughed and joked while imitating John Legend and doing a snippet of some Boyz II Men (hotttttt).  The crowd then began to chant ”…..4 play, 4 play, 4 play”, which lead to an impromptu performance with Ron D .  With that kind of love how could you deny such an eager crowd? That song concluded Daniels set.

By this point the crowd was already amped when Blake Carrington was called out to the stage. I’ll keep it short and sweet with this one, Blake did not disappoint. He kept us all moving, shaking and jumping. The man knows how to work the crowd. When Shane Tone came out to perform the banger “Summer body fit” it was already a wrap (look out for the dance coming soon).  The crowd was so live, it was ridiculous! Another great performance to add to Blakes already long list.

If the performances weren’t good enough, the night ended with a crazy jam. DJ James Redi and DJ Makem held-it-down! Oh my. We heard the likes of The Pointer Sisters, Diana Ross, DJ Class, Stevie Wonder, Daft Punk, Jay-Z, Curtis Blow, etc. Everybody just had a good ol’ time dancing the night away.

Another successful night in my books.

 

Shoutouts to: Tameka (I’m glad you took the time to come out mama, even though you missed the actual performances), Jesse (wuddup Blackie lol lol), Princess (again clothes are dope! Look out for her line y’all, it’s called “Alchemus”), Curtis (I’m shouting you out again, just cause you’re live lol).

It’s obvious I have to show love for Asia Fiasco, Mego aka the Cheetah Print Don, Willy T, Shane Tone and definitely not least Michelle. Y’all held me down for the night.

Check out the pics:

 

Check back in with me, because I have PLENTY of video’s from this night!

 

 

Neeks is singing “…yea I’m the sh*ttttttttt, up in this B*tch”

Part Deux

Hola!

Slight plug, I’ll keep it short though

Blake Carrington, Daniel Daley and KJ... putting it down.

 

All the information is there.

Be there! We’ll take pics and all that good stuff lol.

*Muah*

http://www.blakecarringtonsworld.com

http://torontofresh.com

http://www.myspace.com/danieldaley

http://www.airkj.com

Blake Carrington Crazy

Finally,I mean FINALLY. It is about damn time, I’m able to post up my official coverage from the show.

So without further adieu here is my scoop from the night.

 

If you didn’t know already the show went down at The College St Bar located on 574 College St, TORONTO on June 10th. Ron D had a big hand in putting on the this event (good work) making sure everything ran smoothly. The resident DJ’s of the night, DJ James Redi and DJ Makem held it down before and during the performances. The show started a bit late (damn black people lol) but it started off with a bang. KJ an up and coming rapper from Toronto opened things up. Now I’ve been hearing about KJ for a minute, but never had the chance to take in his music or see him perform live. I’m glad that I was given the oppurtunity cause he’s fire. He has a cool laidback vibe to him and his music reflects that.

 

Needless to say, I was impressed.

 

After his set, the main act came out swinging. Blake Carrington tore that joint down. If you guys are not acquainted with Mr Blake C, then you better get familiar. I’ve known Blake for years now and I must say he continues to grow into a better artist.  Blake captivates the stage each time he goes out there with his charm and charisma. You can just see the hunger in his eyes when he’s performing. The females were hanging on to his every word especially through his lead single “Dreamgirl” and the unreleased “Summer Body fit” feat Shane Tone. Throughout his set he brought out the likes of Rich Kidd, Keegan Da’Niro (my baby daddy lol) and KJ .  They all brought something special to the stage.

 

There was a good turnout *thanks y’all*. Special shoutouts to my fly homies Megz & Char (2/3 of the discombobulated tricks), Michelle (you kill me lol), Claire, Willy T, Adrian (still want those glasses), Tse, Alien, Kareem (where’s our pic?!) and Dale. 

 

I finally got the chance to meet my namesake *Neeks*, oh my gosh that was a longggggg time coming. It was so nice to finally meet you in person. I swear I don’t think I’ve EVER seen someone so excited to see me lol. You the f’ing best!

It was relatively hard for me to get good pictures because I seemed to be pretty short in that crowd and there were alot of heads in the way. It was even HARDER for me to get proper video footage because Blake (and Shane) move around like madmen lol but regardless I made it happen.

 

Here they are enjoy! (Click the pics to enlarge them)

 

 

Neeks the Dreamgirl has that Summer Body Fit…