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Mastermind Street Jam – Tape 34
Here’s a super phat edition of the Mastermind Street Jam that was live on Energy 108 (107.9 fm) back on December 19, 1995. It features new tracks (at the time) by Bahamadian, EPMD, Das Efx, Gza, LL cool J, Mad Lion, Method Man, and more. Check the J-card for the full tracklist of this great…
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Is the Librarian the Borrower or the Borrowed?
The Borrower by Rebecca Makkai Lucy Hull is a children’s librarian in a small town who finds herself in an impossible situation when one of her favourite patrons runs away from home. Ian Drake in only ten years old but he is wise beyond his years. He loves reading and getting his hands on books…
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The Best TV Shows Of All-Time (According to Me)
Well, that didn’t last long. I just updated this list two months ago, but I forgot about a show that I declared to be my new favourite show back in 2015. I can’t believe I didn’t include it in this list. I have now rectified that. This list is a few years old now – here’s…
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Rita – Perfect Television
I discovered this foreign language television show on Netflix five years ago entitled Rita and absolutely fell in love with it. At the time, there were only three seasons available to watch on Netflix and I thought that was the complete series. Fortunately, Netflix informs you of new seasons of shows you have watched so…
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Mastermind Street Jam – Tape 33 (Dec ’95)
What’s better than a great hip-hop radio mixshow? Having an entire collection of classic episodes at your fingertips. That’s why I have been digitizing my collection of Mastermind Street Jam shows and sharing a new episode with you every week. This is the 33rd installment of the series. I hope you are enjoying this trip…
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Thankful
It’s Thanksgiving here in Canada. I hope you are enjoying the beautiful long weekend. I also hope that you can take some time to reflect on the things you are thankful for this year. I know that 2020 has tested us in ways we probably never could have imagined. Things have been difficult, but we…
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Getting to the Heart of it (The Poetry of Rap)
In the Heart of the Beat: The Poetry of Rap by Alexs D. Pate I used to think that rap music was just poetry set to music. I’m not sure I feel that way anymore. Rap music can be more powerful than poetry. There is something created in the marriage of beats and rhymes that…
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Alphabet Soup by Hip Hop HeadUcatorz
Last year, a group of teachers got together to celebrate World Teachers Day with a special track entitled “Each One Teach One.” We had such a blast working together and making that song, that we decided to become a crew and continue releasing music. Our next song was about the new way of learning we…
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Mastermind Street Jam – Tape 32 (Dec 12, ’95)
I love hip-hop radio mixshows and used to tape this one every single week. The Mastermind Street Jam was one of the best on the air and it still bangs 25 years later. Enjoy the throwback show that aired live on 107.9 fm in Canada back on December 12, 1995. Featuring music by Original air…
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Mastermind Street Jam – Tape 31 (Dec ’95)
Here is Tape 31 of my collection of Mastermind Street Jam radio shows. This was one of the best hip-hop radio shows ever. DJ Mastermind held it down for real hip-hop music back in the 1990s on commercial radio in Canada. This episode features a special announcement. You can probably guess what that is from…