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

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hip hop artist and producer . He is originally from

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, where he cultivated a deep passion for hip hop. Later, moving to

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to progress his career. In his late teens, he started out as a graffiti artist before switching to music. In 1995, along with Madchild and Prevail, the trio formed the hip hop group

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, Moka conceiving the name. Though, he left soon after to pursue solo efforts (eventually joining again shortly in the early 2000s). As a part of the group, he won three

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, five MuchMusic Video Awards, and was nominated for 11

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. He was also very briefly featured in the band LEN, even making a cameo appearance in the music video for the groups hit song "

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". In addition to these groups, he also paired with fellow B.C native Ishkan to create Nowfolk. Their first album together, ''Style Gangsters'', released in 1999, followed by ''The Moon'' in 2002. Later in 2016, two more Nowfolk albums released, (''Magnesium Opium'' and ''The Winter'' From 2001) after both being shelved for a number of years. In 2007, Moka released ''Airport'', a spring themed album. Later in the same year he released ''Martian Xmas'', a winter themed project. He continued the ''Airport'' series, releasing annually, for six years. His ''Martian Xmas'' series has totaled 18 releases and still releases every December. Denton has also released music under different aliases, most notably Ron Contour. Other notable collaborations include MF Doom,

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and

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. Moka's hard work and productivity, diverse skillset as an emcee/producer helped him establish a reputation in the rap scene. He has released over 100 projects through multiple different labels, including Feelin' Music, Legendary Entertainment, Battleaxe Records, Domination Recordings, Camobear Records, Wandering Worx and

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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'' (2000) * ''She Ran Away to Mexico to Join a Circus'' (2001) * ''Mokefluenza'' (2001) * ''The Quick Hits'' (2001) * ''Road Life'' (2001) * ''Lime Green'' (2001) * ''Flood'' (2002) * ''Lowdown Suite'' (2003) * ''Martian Xmas 2004'' (2004) * ''The Desired Effect'' (2005) * ''Desired Effect'' (2005) * ''Dirty Jazz'' (2005) * ''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) * ''Psychodelic'' (2008) * ''Carrots and Eggs'' (2008) * ''Martian Xmas 2008'' (2009) * ''Lowdown Suite 2 ... The Box'' (2009) * ''Airport 3'' (2009) * ''Summer Notations'' (2009) (with Nebz Supreme) * ''Martian Xmas 2009'' (2009) * ''Airport 4'' (2010) * ''Dynamite Sandwich'' (2010) (with E.D.G.E.) * ''Martian Xmas 2010'' (2010) * ''Airport 5'' (2011) * ''Barbecued Horse Contest'' (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) *''In and of Itself'' (2023) *''In and of Itself (Instrumentals)'' (2023) *''Spooky Beats N' Other Treats'' (2023) *''Martian Xmas 2023'' (2023) *''AMALAMA'' (2024) (with Alcynoos & Parental) *''Arbutus Canyon'' (2024) *''Martian Xmas 2024'' (2024) *''More Vibes & B-Sides (2025)'' *''Arbutus Canyon (Instrumentals) (2025)'' As Ron Contour * ''Moka Only Is ... Ron Contour'' (2001) * ''Hotdog'' (2008) * ''The Summer of Ron'' (2009) * ''The Beach'' (2009) * ''

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'' (2010) (with

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) * ''Rontario'' (2010) * Lomgmile Buggedness (2011) As Dokta Swatch *''Precious Gems Vol. 1'' (2021) *''Precious Gems Vol. 2'' (2021) *''Precious Gems Vol. 3'' (2021) *''Precious Gems Vol. 4'' (2021) EPs * ''The Crystal Senate'' (1997) (with

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) * ''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) * J Sands Presents... Dankovic (feat. Moka Only) (2015) (with J Sands) * ''Vibes EP'' (2017) (with Reckonize Real) *''Myopic Bubble'' (2018) *''Myopic Bubble (Instrumentals)'' (2018) *''Preach EP'' (with Telephone Switches) (2022) *''The Mothership (2024)'' * ''Inference and Hearsay'' (2024) (with K-Rec & Checkmate) Singles * "Live from Rio" (2000) * "Been There" (2000) * "I'll Be Cool" (2002) * "Once Again (2005) * "Flaunt (2009) * "Like That" (2012) * "NO" (2015) * "Funky Like" (2019) * "Handclap Shadack" (2020) * "Do It Again" (2020) * "Wood Panelled" (2021) * "Shivers 2" (2021) * "Fallin…" (2021) * "Get Gone" (2022) * "Takin’ Off" (2022) * "Good Indeed" (2022) * "Who Are We" (2024)

Collaborative work

NOTE - Chart appearances are based on peak position The Rappers (with Jeff Spec) * ''Rappin Atchu'' (1999) Nowfolk (with Ishkan) * ''Style Gangsters'' (1999) * ''The Moon'' (2002) * ''Magnesium Opium (unreleased 2003)'' (2016) * ''The Winter (unreleased 2001)'' (2016) Dominant Mammals (with Kirby Dominant) *''Dominant Mammals'' (2000) *''Super Future Stars'' (2002) Perfect Strangers (with MadChild) * ''Forefront EP'' (2001) Code Name: Scorpion (with

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& Prevail) * ''Code Name: Scorpion'' (2001)

* ''

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'' (2003) (#14 CAN) The Nope (with

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) * ''Melba'' (2009) * ''Rain All Day EP'' (2009) * ''Sinus EP'' (2014) Zzbra (with Evil Ebenezer) * ''Zzbra: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack'' (2011) Mr Mista (with Mr. Brady) * ''The Bug Out EP'' (2012) * ''2008-2021 Vaults Vol. 1'' (2024) Spacesuits (with Mr. Brady, LMNO & Jules Chaz) * ''Spacesuits'' (2014) The J.M.B's (with Jon Rogers & Mr. Brady) * ''JMB's Vol. 1'' (2019) Tank Gawd (produced by Kutmasta Kurt) * ''Microphone Deflection EP'' (2020) The Deli (with Baptiste Hayden) * ''The Deli'' (2024) Guest appearances * Birdapres & RKV - "Now" (1997) *Isosceles - "All I Got" from ''Face the Music'' (1998) * LEN - "Cryptik Souls Crew" (#28 UK) & "Crazy Cause I Believe (Early Morning Sunshine)" from '' You Can't Stop the Bum Rush'' (

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: Gold, MC: Gold, #1 CAN, #46

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, #32

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)(1999) *Battle Axe Records - "Variety" from ''Defenders of the Underworld'' (1999) * Fat Jack - "Warriors" (ft.

& DJ Drez) from ''Cater to the DJ 2'' (1999) *Ishkan - "Good Weather Bring", "Transition" & "Big Rap Stars" (ft. Jeff Spec & Kirby Dominant) from ''Cousin Coolout'' (2000) *Ishkan - "Right There" from ''The Rapper Writs'' (2001) *

& Tribe Unique - "She's Always Right" from ''P.A.I.N.T'' (2001) *Pelding - "Lonewolf" from ''Pelding'' (2001) *DJ Moves - "Moked Out" from ''Hiss 2 (Hysteria)'' (2001) *

- "Propayne" (ft. Previal) from ''Making Lava Tracks'' (2002) *

- "Screwed On Tight" & "Rolling Along" from ''Making Tracks'' (2002) *

- "Steppin Thru", "Breath", "Red Dragon" and "Crunch" from '' Monsters in the Closet'' ( MC: Gold, #7 CAN, #12 CAN Rap, #25 CAN R&B) (2002) *

- "Fuel Injected" & "Bring It Home" (#3 CAN) from '' Bad Dreams'' ( MC: Platinum, #87 CAN, #7 CAN Rap, #16 CAN R&B) (2003) *

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- "Better Day" from ''Natural Progression'' (2003) *

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(The A-Team) - "Every Breath" from ''Lab Down Under'' (2003) *

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- "There She Go" from ''Don’t Let Em Stop You'' (2003) *

- "Oz" from ''No Guts No Glory (Part One)'' (2004) * Abyssinian Creole - "Save As I Ever Was" from ''Sexy Beast'' (2005) *

- "Grind" & "Put Me On" from ''

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'' (#22 CAN, #21 ''Billboard'' Indie, #19 ''Billboard'' Heatseekers) (2006) *

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- "Time After Time" from ''The Sickness: Part One'' (2006) *Lenny Diko - "Nothing to Prove" from ''Recession Proof'' (2006) * Joey Stylez - "Sik Side" from ''The Blackstar: The Lost Filez'' (2006) *Shingo Suzuki - "Flyable" from ''The Abstract Truth'' (2008) * Crunk23 - "Yeah" from '' Dirty Bling'' (2008) *

- "Shoot Low" from '' Water Street'' (2008) * Dragon Fli Empire - "Paradise" from '' Redefine'' (2009) *Elaquent - "2AM Reflections" (ft. Es) from ''After Midnight'' (2009) *Jennifer Abadesso - "Did You Think" from ''Expose'' (2010) *King Dylan - "I Still Fly" from ''Disheartened'' (2010) *Pigeon Hole - "Looptape" (ft. Itchy Ron) from ''Age Like Astronauts'' (2010) *

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- "Runway" & "I'm Out" from ''2010'' (2010) * Factor Chandelier - "Went Away" from '' Lawson Graham'' (2010) * Awol One & Factor - "The Wasp" from '' The Landmark'' (2011) *Young Kazh - "Money Up / Krazy World" (2011) *The Extremities - "New Season" (ft. Ohmega Watts) from The Mint Condition (2011) *Doodlebug - "Do What U Do" (ft. Don Will) from ''Digible Planets Presents Futuristic Sci-Fi (feat. D.O.R.) ith Digible Planets' (2011) *Potatohead People - "It Gets Good" from ''Kosmichemusik - EP'' (2012) *

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- "Paper Pathways" from ''Free Floating Rationales'' (2012) * Myka 9 & Factor - "Ode to Cosmosis" from '' Sovereign Soul'' (2012) *Union Analogtronics - "Good Morning" from ''Analogtronics'' (2012) *Muneshine - "Show Me the Money" from ''In Transit'' (2013) * billy woods - "Fool's Gold" from ''Dour Candy'' (2013) * Dan-e-o - "Cherry On Top" from ''Immortal'' (2013) *Jazz Spastiks - "Frequency" from ''The Product'' (2014) *Lord Diamonds - "Change of the Guard" (2014) *Matt Brevner - "Crashed" from ''URBNET - Underground Hip-Hop, Vol 9'' (2014) * Def3 - "Live It Up" (ft. Panther) from ''WILDLIF3'' (2014) *

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- "She Burnt My Art", "All Good" (ft. Ivan Ave) & "All I Need" from ''Illa J (feat. Potatohead People)'' (2015) *Potatohead People - "Explosives" (ft.

) from ''Big Luxury'' (2015) *CGB - "Senseless" from ''Homegrown EP'' (2016) *Midflite - "Maybloom" from ''Liquid Lullabies'' (2016) *BluntOne - "Coastin’" from ''Orbiting Rawbits'' (2016) * Def3 - "Small World" (ft.

& The Gaff) from ''Small World (Produced by Late Night Radio)'' (2017) * Dan-e-o - "League Of Legends" from ''Dear Hip Hop: 20 Years Later'' (2017) *Dayo - "Stay" (ft. Ishkan) from ''Dayo (2017)'' *Gas-Lab - "Always" (ft. Juan Klappenbach) from ''Fusion'' (2017) * Gabriel Teodros - "Liquid Sunshine 2.0" from ''History Rhymes If It Doesn't Repeat (A Southend Healing Ritual)'' (2018) *Retrogott & KutMasta Kurt - "Slow Down Fast" from ''Vintage Fresh - EP'' (2018) *Potatohead People - "All Alone" (ft.

) from ''Nick & Astro’s Guide to the Galaxy'' (2018) *Potatohead People - "Ungodly" (ft. Kapok) from ''Mellow Fantasy'' (2020) *Monrabeatz - "Phases" (2021) *Switch - "Skeletons" (2018) *Sacx One - Love What We Do from ''Never Give Up'' (2019) *Switch - "Passenger" (2020) * Factor Chandelier - "So Cold" from ''Time Invested II'' (2022) *Word Burglar - "Wanna Be On My Posse Cut?" from ''Burgonomic'' (2022) *Potatohead People - "For The Soul" from ''Eat Your Heart Out'' (2024) *Mighty Theodore - "Return of the Zulu Beat" from ''The Old Rap Language'' (2024) Productions * Gabriel Teodros - "No Label" from '' Lovework'' (2007) * Dragon Fli Empire - "Day Job" from '' Intermission EP'' (2008) *

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- "Gods Father" and "Words Not Spoken" 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

2001 -

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Best Rap Recording (Swollen Members) 2002 -

Best Rap Recording (Swollen Members) 2003 -

Rap Recording of the Year (Swollen Members) 2002 - MuchVIBE Best Rap Video ("Fuel Injected" feat. Moka Only and directed by Wendy Morgan) 2002 -

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Best Director ("Fuel Injected" feat. Moka Only and directed by Wendy Morgan) 2002 -

VideoFACT Award ("Fuel Injected" feat. Moka Only and directed by Wendy Morgan) 2002 -

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 -

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Breakthrough Artist ("Fuel Injected" feat. Moka Only) 2002 - West Coast Music Awards Best Urban Release (Bad Dreams) 2002 -

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Readers Choice Best Urban Act 2003 - COCA Campus Entertainment Awards Entertainer of the Year 2003 -

Outstanding Rap/Hip Hop Recording ("Monsters In The Closet") 2003 -

Outstanding Video ("Breathe" feat. Nelly Furtado) 2009 - Won "Most Fabulous Canadian Man" Award, given by Livia Murray Incorporated.

Style

Moka is a versatile emcee and producer with many different unique techniques. Throughout the years, he has refined and evolved his sound with a number of distinct styles. While other artists have certainly mixed elements of rapping and singing. Mok sets himself apart by not sacrificing his rap prowess for catchy hooks. He effortlessly intertwines quick-witted verses with smooth choruses on much of his work. Moka O has worked with a number of talented producers such as

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and Deceo Ellipsis, but lots of his music is self produced. Though not exclusively used, he prefers analog equipment over digital, and has a large personal collection of keyboards and other musical instruments. His production includes elements of jazz & soul. Aside from his own projects, he has produced for other artists as well like Gabriel Teodros,

, & Lord Diamonds. Moka's alter ego Ron Contour takes a more eccentric and quirky approach on songs. Many tracks under the Ron Con name feature more outlandish themes, comical lines and references to food (including debut album "Hot Dog"). He loves trains and often mentions them in tracks, even sampling their sounds for instrumentals. The most notable example is the song "My Trains". Transportation has also played a role in the titles of his albums like "Station Agent", "Bridges", "Road Life" and the "Airport" series. The "Moka" in his name comes from his love of coffee. He is also a fan of skateboarding.

References

External links

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