Daniel Denton (born November 14, 1973), better known by his stage name Moka Only, is a

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underground hip hop artist. He has won 3 JUNO Awards, 5 MuchMusic Video Awards, and has been nominated for 11 Western Canadian Music Awards. Originally from

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, near

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, he is now based in

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. He was previously part of the hip hop group

Swollen Members Swollen Members is a Canadian hip hop group from Vancouver, British Columbia, consisting mainly of Madchild and Prevail. Frequent collaborators include vocalist Moka Only (who was actually a member of the group for a short period of time in the ...

, and briefly a part of Len. Moka has released albums through Feelin' Music, Legendary Entertainment, Battleaxe Records, Domination Recordings, Camobear Records, Wandering Worx and URBNET Records. Moka Only often works with different hip-hop artists and groups, and often works under his alias Ron Contour. In October 2018, Moka Only announced via Instagram that he would be retiring from rapping. However, he soon returned, claiming he would be focusing on more jazz and instrumentals, in addition to rapping. In 2020, a collaboration with Christopher Esx, titled ''Easy Street'', was released. At the end of 2020, Moka released the EP ''Microphone Deflection'' under the alias Tank Gawd, produced by Kutmasta Kurt, and featuring appearances by

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and Del The Funky Homosapien

Discography

Studio albums

* ''Upcoast Relix'' (1995) * ''Dusty Bumps'' (1996) * ''Durable Mammal'' (1997) * ''Fall Collection 97'' (1997) * ''Apenuts'' (1998) * ''Monsterpiece'' (1998) * ''Mount Unpleasant'' (1999) * ''Mr. Behaviour'' (1999) * ''Everyday Details'' (1999) * ''Beauty Is a Free Road'' (2000) * ''Flowtorch'' (2001) * ''She ran away to Mexico to join a circus'' (2001) * ''Mokefluenza'' (2001) * ''The Quick Hits'' (2001) * ''Road Life'' (2001) * ''Moka Only Is.... Ron Contour'' (2001) * ''Lime Green'' (2001) * ''Flood'' (2002) * ''Lowdown Suite'' (2003) * ''Martian Xmas 2004'' (2004) * ''The Desired Effect'' (2005) * ''Desired Effect'' (2006) * ''Dirty Jazz'' (2006) * ''The Creepee Eepee'' (2006) * ''The Station Agent'' (2006) * ''Airport'' (2007) * ''Vermillion'' (2007) * ''Moka Only vs Numata'' (2007) (with Atsushi Numata) * ''Dog River'' (2007) (with Def 3) * ''Martian Xmas 2006'' (2007) * ''Martian Xmas 2007'' (2007) * ''Airport 2'' (2008) * ''Clap Trap'' (2008) *''Fall Collection 2005'' (2008) * ''Hotdog'' (2008) * ''Psychodelic'' (2008) * ''Carrots and Eggs'' (2008) * ''Martian Xmas 2008'' (2009) * ''Lowdown Suite 2...The Box'' (2009) * ''Airport 3'' (2009) * ''The Summer of Ron'' (2009) * ''The Beach'' (2009) * ''Summer Notations'' (2009) (with Nebz Supreme) * ''Martian Xmas 2009'' (2009) * ''

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'' (2010) (with

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) * ''Rontario'' (2010) * ''Airport 4'' (2010) * ''Dynamite Sandwich'' (2010) (with E.D.G.E.) * ''Martian Xmas 2010'' (2010) * ''Airport 5'' (2011) * ''Barbecued Horse Contest'' (2011) * ''Longmile Buggedness'' (2011) * ''Martian Xmas 2011'' (2011) * ''Crickets'' (2011) (with Chief) * ''

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'' (2012) (with

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) * ''Airport 6'' (2012) * ''Martian Xmas 2012'' (2012) * ''Doctor Do Much Mixtape'' (2013) * ''Mutant Mixtape'' (2013) * ''Vintage Beats 2002 vol. 1'' (2013) * ''Martian Xmas 2013'' (2013) * ''Sex, Money, Moka'' (2014) * ''Martian Xmas 2014'' (2014) * ''California Sessions Volume 1 (unreleased 2003)'' (2015) * ''California Sessions Volume 2 (unreleased 2003)'' (2015) * ''Chicken Wingz'' (2015) * ''Magickal Weirdness'' (2015) * ''Martian Xmas 2015'' (2015) * ''Martian Xmas 2005'' (2015) * ''Brutal'' (2016) * ''São Paulo'' (2016) * ''Re-Bent Twisted and Gnarled'' (2016) * ''I'm Delighted'' (2016) * ''Presents Malkin Jackson - Summerland'' (2016) * ''#99'' (2016) * ''California Sessions Volume 3 (unreleased 2003)'' (2016) * ''Milky State'' (2016) * ''Martian Xmas 2016'' (2016) * ''To the Next Season'' (2016) * ''Concert for One'' (2017) * ''Martian Xmas 2017'' (2017) * ''Concert for One (Instrumentals)'' (2018) *''Martian Xmas 2018'' (2018) *''Patina'' (2019) *''Patina (Instrumentals)'' (2019) *''Martian 2019'' (2019) *''It Can Do'' (2020) *''She ran away to Mexico to join the circus (2001)'' (2020) *''It Can Do (Instrumentals)'' (2020) *''Martian 2020'' (2020) *''Martian Xmas 2021'' (2021) *''Summer 2002, Volume 1'' (2022) *''Summer 2002, Volume 2'' (2022) *''Martian Xmas 2022'' (2022) EPs * ''The Crystal Senate'' (1997) (with Sixtoo) * ''Imagine Me'' (2000) * ''Where's My Honey'' (2003) (with Wicked Lester) * ''The Honey EP'' (2006) (with Wicked Lester) * ''Creepee Eepee 2'' (2007) * ''EP'' (2008) (with DJ Motive) * ''Run & Find EP'' (2008) * ''Do Work'' (2009) * ''Isn't Over EP'' (2010) * ''Crickets Remixes Part 1'' (2011) * ''Crickets Remixes Part 2'' (2011) * ''Vibes EP'' (2017) (with Reckonize Real) *''Myopic Bubble'' (2018) *''Myopic Bubble (Instrumentals)'' (2018) Singles * "Live from Rio" (2000) * "Been There" (2000) * "I'll Be Cool" (2002) * "Once Again'' (2005)'' * "Flaunt'' (2009)'' * "Like That" (2012) * "NO" (2015) * "Love what we do" (2018) (with Sacx One)

Collaborative work

Code Name: Scorpion (with

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& Prevail) * ''Code Name: Scorpion'' (2001) Dominant Mammals (with Kirby Dominant) *''Dominant Mammals'' (2000) *''Super Future Stars'' (2002) Mr Mista (with Mr. Brady) * ''The Bug Out EP'' (2012) The J.M.B's (with Jon Rogers & Mr. Brady) * JMB's Vol. 1 (2019) The Nope (with

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) * ''Melba'' (2009) * ''Rain All Day EP'' (2009) * ''Sinus EP'' (2014) Nowfolk (with Ishkan) * ''Style Gangsters'' (1999) * ''Nowfolk 2: The Moon'' (2004) * ''Magnesium Opium (unreleased 2003)'' (2016) * ''The Winter (unreleased 2001)'' (2016) Perfect Strangers (with

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) * ''Forefront EP'' (2001) The Rappers (with Jeff Spec) * ''Rappin Atchu'' (1999) Spacesuits (with Mr. Brady, LMNO & Jules Chaz) * ''Spacesuits'' (2014) Zzbra (with Evil Ebenezer) * ''Zzbra: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack'' (2011) Tank Gawd (produced by Kutmasta Kurt) * ''Microphone Deflection EP'' (2020) Guest appearances *Birdapres & RKV - "Now" (1997) *Isosceles - "All I Got" from ''Face the Music'' (1998) *

- "She's Always Right" (2001) *Pelding - "Lonewolf" from ''Pelding'' (2001) * Sweatshop Union - "Better Day" from ''Natural Progression'' (2003) *The A-Team - "Every Breath" from ''Lab Down Under'' (2003) *

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- "Warriors" from ''Cater to the DJ 2'' (2004) * Abyssinian Creole - "Save As I Ever Was" from ''Sexy Beast'' (2005) *

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- "Time After Time" from ''The Sickness: Part One'' (2006) *Lenny Diko - "Nothing to Prove" (2006) * Joey Stylez - “Sikside” (2006) * Crunk23 - "Yeah" from '' Dirty Bling'' (2008) * Sweatshop Union - "Shoot Low" from '' Water Street'' (2008) *

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- "Paradise" from '' Redefine'' (2009) *Jennifer Abadesso - "Did You Think" from ''Expose'' (2010) *King Dylan - "I Still Fly" from ''Disheartened'' (2010) *

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- "Runway", "I'm Out" from ''2010'' (2010) *

- "Went Away" from ''

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'' (2010) *

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& Factor - "The Wasp" from '' The Landmark'' (2011) *Young Kazh - “Money Up / Krazy World” (2011) *

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- "Paper Pathways" from ''Free Floating Rationales'' (2012) *

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& Factor - "Ode to Cosmosis" from '' Sovereign Soul'' (2012) *Muneshine - "Show Me the Money" (2012) * Dan-e-o - "Cherry On Top" from ''Immortal'' (2013) *Lord Diamonds - "Change of the Guard" (2014) *Matt Brevner - “Crashed” (2014) *CGB - "Senseless" from "Homegrown EP" Produced by Cubez (2016) * Dan-e-o - "League Of Legends" from ''Dear Hip Hop: 20 Years Later'' (2017) *DAYO - "Stay" (ft. Ishkan) from ''DAYO (2017)'' * Gabriel Teodros - "Liquid Sunshine 2.0" from ''History Rhymes If It Doesn't Repeat (A Southend Healing Ritual)'' (2018) *Monrabeatz - "Phases" (2021)'' Productions * Gabriel Teodros - "No Label" from '' Lovework'' (2007) *

- "Day Job" from '' Intermission EP'' (2008) *

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- "Gods Father" from ''God's Father (mixtape)'' (2012) *Lord Diamonds - "Bentley Rolls", "Dom Henley", "Lamborghini Bikini Remix", "It's Addicting" & "Change The Knight" from ''Robert's Quest'' (2015) * Gabriel Teodros - ''History Rhymes If It Doesn't Repeat (A Southend Healing Ritual)'' (2018)

Awards

Best Rap Recording (Swollen Members) 2001 Juno Award Best Rap Recording (Swollen Members) 2002 Juno Award Rap Recording of the Year (Swollen Members) 2003 Juno Award 2002 - MuchVIBE Best Rap Video ("Fuel Injected" feat. Moka Only and directed by Wendy Morgan) 2002 - MuchMusic Best Director ("Fuel Injected" feat. Moka Only and directed by Wendy Morgan) 2002 - MuchMusic VideoFACT Award ("Fuel Injected" feat. Moka Only and directed by Wendy Morgan) 2002 - MuchMusic Best Independent Video ("Fuel Injected" feat. Moka Only and directed by Wendy Morgan) 2003 - MuchVIBE Best Rap Video ("Breathe" feat. Nelly Furtado and directed by Todd McFarlane) 2002 - Canadian Radio Music Awards Breakthrough Artist ("Fuel Injected" feat. Moka Only) 2002 - West Coast Music Awards Best Urban Release (Bad Dreams) 2002 - The Georgia Straight Readers Choice Best Urban Act 2003 - COCA Campus Entertainment Awards Entertainer of the Year 2003 - Western Canadian Music Awards Outstanding Rap/Hip Hop Recording ("Monsters In The Closet") 2003 - Western Canadian Music Awards Outstanding Video ("Breathe" feat. Nelly Furtado) Won the first ever RFR broadcast standards award. Won "Most Fabulous Canadian Man" Award in 2009, given by Livia Murray Incorporated.

References

External links

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urbnet.com/mokaonlyCream Magazine interviewplatform8470 interview, November 2006platform8470 interview, June 2009bio, July 2008
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