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It's Called Life
''It's Called Life'' is the debut studio album by Canadian rapper Eternia. It was released on October 4, 2005 via URBNET Records. Recording sessions took place at Ecto 1 and Jigsaaw Studios in Toronto. Production was handled by 2Rude, Collizhun, DJ Mercilless, Simahlak and Tone Mason. It features guest appearances from DJ Dopey, Freestyle, Helixx C. Armageddon, Jessica Kaya, Kenn Starr, Wordsworth and Cesar Comanche. At the Juno Awards of 2006, the album was nominated for a Juno Award for Rap Recording of the Year, but lost to K'naan's '' The Dusty Foot Philosopher''. Track listing Personnel *Silk "Eternia" Kaya – vocals, executive producer, sleeve notes *Richard " 2Rude" Coombs – additional vocals (tracks: 3, 15), producer (track 3) *Christopher " Cesar Comanche" Robinson – rant (tracks: 4, 13) *Shantelena "Helixx C. Armageddon" Mouzon – vocals (track 5) *Jon Ryan "DJ Dopey" Santiago – featured artist (track 5) *Jessica Kaya – additional backing vocals (track 6 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eternia (rapper)
Silk-Anne Semiramis Dawn Craig Kaya (born May 13, 1980),"Eternia rhymes on her own terms" ''The Eye-OPener'', January 23, 2002. By Jennifer McGregor better known by her stage name Eternia, is a Canadian rapper who has released several albums of hip-hop music. Early life Eternia was born in , . Growing up in a musical family, she learned to play piano, flute and classical guitar. She left home and dropped out of high school at age 15. After travelling around and becoming involved with the hip-hop scene, she returned to complete high school and the ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenn Starr
Kenneth Jones, known as Kenn Starr is an American rapper from Suffolk, Virginia, currently residing in the Washington, D.C. metro area. Starr is a member of the Low Budget Crew and also the duo Isaac Jones. His solo debut album, '' Starr Status'', was released in 2006. His latest album, ''Square One'' was released in 2015. Music career Low Budget Crew Low Budget Crew (also known as Low Budget Productions) is a collective of Hip hop musicians based in the Washington D.C. area. The crew was formed in the early 2000s, and Starr joined in 2001 with D.C. locals Oddisee, Kev Brown, Critically Acclaimed, and Cy Young. The first all-round Low Budget release was producer Kev Brown's ''I Do What I Do'', in 2005, followed by Kenn Starr's '' Starr Status'', in 2006. Solo career Starr's connection with fellow Low Budget Crew producer Oddisee landed him a deal with New York-based indie label Halftooth Records, which released his debut single, "If", featuring Talib Kweli and Asheru, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 Debut Albums
5 (five) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number, and cardinal number, following 4 and preceding 6, and is a prime number. Humans, and many other animals, have 5 digits on their limbs. Mathematics 5 is a Fermat prime, a Mersenne prime exponent, as well as a Fibonacci number. 5 is the first congruent number, as well as the length of the hypotenuse of the smallest integer-sided right triangle, making part of the smallest Pythagorean triple ( 3, 4, 5). 5 is the first safe prime and the first good prime. 11 forms the first pair of sexy primes with 5. 5 is the second Fermat prime, of a total of five known Fermat primes. 5 is also the first of three known Wilson primes (5, 13, 563). Geometry A shape with five sides is called a pentagon. The pentagon is the first regular polygon that does not tile the plane with copies of itself. It is the largest face any of the five regular three-dimensional regular Platonic solid can have. A conic is determine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erik Alcock
Erik Alcock (born 1983) is a Canadian songwriter, composer, musician and singer. He is a frequent collaborator with DJ Khalil, with whom he has written and played on two Grammy Award-winning albums (Eminem's '' Recovery'' and ''The Marshall Mathers LP 2'', both of which won Best Rap Album), as well as P!nk's Grammy-nominated album '' The Truth About Love''. He has also written music for Celine Dion, Pitbull, Tyga, Royce da 5'9", Professor Green and Guess Who. Both Alcock and DJ Khalil are members of the group The New Royales, which also includes Liz Rodrigues and Chin Injeti. Personal life Alcock was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In 2016, he relocated to Los Angeles and now resides in Berlin, Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu .... References 198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dusty Foot Philosopher
''The Dusty Foot Philosopher'' is the debut studio album by the Somali-Canadian rapper K'naan. It was released by BMG Music on June 7, 2005, in Canada and on June 23, 2005, in the United States. Critical reception ''The Dusty Foot Philosopher'' was widely acclaimed by critics. K'naan received particular praise for addressing serious topics, such as the wartorn conditions in his childhood home of Mogadishu, while still managing to display lightheartedness and humor. K'naan's choruses were also singled out for praise, with reviewers labeling them "deft" and "infectious". A more mixed appraisal of the album's songwriting came from Miles Duncan of Okayplayer, who opined that the album's focus on Somalia caused it to fall into "drab uniformity". The production on ''The Dusty Foot Philosopher'' received significant attention for its distinctive, African-influenced sound; critics particularly highlighted the splashing-water melody of opening track "Wash It Down", which Robert Christgau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juno Award For Rap Recording Of The Year
The Juno Award for Rap Recording of the Year was introduced in 1991, and awarded for the best rap album in Canada. It was formerly known as Best Rap Recording from 1993 to 2002. Before 1999, because of the relatively limited commercial visibility of Canadian hip hop, the award was presented the evening before the main Juno Award ceremony, along with the untelevised technical and industry insider awards. In 1998, Rascalz won the award, but claiming racism as a factor in the award's scheduling, refused to accept it."Kinder, gentler rap, eh? Canadians hip-hop onto centre stage" , '''', March 7, 1999. The Junos moved the award to the main ceremony the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juno Awards Of 2006
The Juno Awards of 2006 were held in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada on the weekend of 31 March to 2 April 2006. These ceremonies honour music industry achievements in Canada during the previous year. The primary ceremonies were hosted by Pamela Anderson at the Halifax Metro Centre on 2 April and televised on CTV. Buck 65 was the ceremony's introduction and preview announcer. Music artists Bedouin Soundclash, Broken Social Scene, Divine Brown, Hedley, Massari and Nickelback performed songs at these ceremonies. Also performing were the co-winners for the 2006 International Album of the Year, The Black Eyed Peas and Coldplay. Bryan Adams was the 2006 inductee into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame. Chris Martin of Coldplay introduced Adams at the primary ceremony. Michael Bublé won four awards, more than any other individual that year. Besides winning Artist of the Year, his album ''It's Time'' won in both the Album of the Year and Pop Album of the Year categories. His song " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Exclaim!
''Exclaim!'' is a Canadian music and entertainment publisher based in Toronto, which features coverage of new music across all genres with a special focus on Canadian and emerging artists. The monthly ''Exclaim!'' print magazine publishes seven issues per year, distributing over 103,000 copies to over 2,600 locations across Canada. In addition to music, the magazine also covers film and comedy. History ''Exclaim!'' began as a discussion among campus and community radio programmers at Ryerson's CKLN-FM in 1991. It was started by then-CKLN programmer Ian Danzig, together with other programmers and Toronto musicians. The goal of the publication was to support great Canadian music that was otherwise going unheralded. The group worked through 1991 to produce their first issue in April 1992, with monthly issues being produced since. Ian Danzig has been the publisher of the magazine since its start. The magazine had no official name for its first year of operations, with only th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cesar Comanche
Christopher Robinson, (born November 18, 1976) known by his stage name Cesar Comanche, is an American rapper. Biography Comanche is one of the founding members of North Carolina–based The Justus League.Cohen, Finn (2003)Don't sweat the technique: Missie Ann's little brother strikes gold", ''Independent Weekly'', 17 September 2003 Originally from Jacksonville, North Carolina, he began rhyming in 1994, but did not pursue is as a career until 1996. In that same year, he met producer 9th Wonder, and began performing live and recording songs. In 1999, Comanche and 9th Wonder organized other industry colleagues and artists from the Triangle area to form the Justus League crew in 1999. He has since performed with Tha Liks, The Coup, Hieroglyphics, Z-Man, Dilated Peoples, Living Legends, Wordsworth, Aceyalone, and O.C. Comanche regularly tours across the globe in many countries including the US, the UK, Estonia, Poland, Sweden, Canada, Germany, Denmark, France, Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wordsworth (rapper)
Vinson Jamel Johnson, better known by his stage name Wordsworth, is an American rapper from Brooklyn, New York. Biography Wordsworth grew up in Brooklyn, New York. He started rapping in fifth grade. He graduated from the State University of New York at Old Westbury and the University of Miami. Wordsworth recorded with his partner Punchline on A Tribe Called Quest's '' The Love Movement'' and on Black Star's '' Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star''. He was involved in the MTV comedy sketch series '' The Lyricist Lounge Show''. He also appeared in the Kevin Fitzgerald film '' Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme''. In 2004, he released his debut solo studio album, ''Mirror Music''. In 2012, he released another solo studio album, '' The Photo Album''. Discography Studio albums * ''Mirror Music'' (2004) * '' The Photo Album'' (2012) * ''New Beginning'' (2015) * ''Our World Today'' (2017) * ''Champion Sounds'' (2019) * ''Fragility of Life'' (2021) EPs * '' Punch n' Words'' (2000) * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freestyle (rapper)
Arsonists are an underground hip hop group. Their album, ''As the World Burns'' (1999), reached No. 78 on the US ''Billboard'' Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums; its single, "Pyromaniax", reached No. 43 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot Rap Singles chart. History The group was formed with five members in 1993 in Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York, as Bushwick Bomb Squad. The main members were Q-Unique, D-Stroy, Freestyle, Swel Boogie and Jise One, although the number of members eventually grew to eight with Kinetic NRG, Ching Rock and Kriminal Krash. Q-Unique was a member of New York City's well-known breakdancing crew, the Rock Steady Crew.McCabe, Bret,.Fire Starters. ''Dallas Observer'', June 28, 2001. Retrieved on February 23, 2009. The group released a single, "The Session", in 1996, which was played on New York radio stations and brought offers from record labels. They signed with the independent label Fondle 'Em Records and changed their name to the Arsonists. They released their first album, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
