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I titled this edition of The Mastermind Street Jam – Street Jamuary, get it? It is Tape 37 of my collection of this iconic Canadian hip-hop mixshow that was broadcast on Energy 108 (107.9 fm) This one features music by . . . Bahamadia, Blahzay [Keep Reading]

Word is Bond Rap Radio started in 2012 and has been going strong ever since. With close to 500 episodes now the show features . . . mixsets of underground hip-hop and boom-bap classics in-depth and exclusive interviews with some of the best emcess, [Keep Reading]

Radio Western celebrated its 39th Birthday with special one hour mixsets from some of its DJs that were also recorded on video. The first hour of this show can be seen with the YouTube embed below. The second hour kicks off with an interview with [Keep Reading]

The Hip Hop HeadUcatorz are a group of Ontario teachers who believe in the use of Hip Hop culture to inspire and engage students. The HeadUcatorz are made up of DJs, producers, emcees, and graffiti artists who are active educators across Southern [Keep Reading]

November is nifty. The autumn leaves are lovely and we have great posts from last year that we can look back on. Won’t you join me for another edition of Chasing Content? Read all of the posts from last November  or just these highlights My [Keep Reading]

January 8th, 1996 at midnight, Mastermind took to the air to cut, blend, and mix some of the best hip-hop out at the time. He broke records, premiered tracks, and held it down for the hip-hop mixshow tradition every single week. These tapes have [Keep Reading]

Radio Western celebrated its 39th birthday last night with special one hour video mixsets from several of its hosts and radio shows. This is the second time Word is Bond Rap Radio has done a video stream of its show. We spun some great hip-hop [Keep Reading]

I like to freestyle my mixsets and hadn’t planned for this to happen, but last night on the show I spun 40 brand new tracks. It just happened to be Episode #440 as well. So we have 40 songs from 2020 in episode 440. The symmetry is beautiful [Keep Reading]

How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish This book is a classic and I knew I had to reread it because I was sure there were bits of wisdom in it that I had forgotten or just needed to [Keep Reading]

Every Monday and Tuesday night at midnight, we got some great hip-hop mixed live on the radio by DJ Mastermind. It was pretty much required listening back in the day and I am proud to share these tapes of one of the best radio shows ever; The [Keep Reading]