Hip-Hop
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All Women’s Voices Day 2020
Word is Bond Rap Radio has a special episode of the show tomorrow for All Women’s Voices Day on 94.9 fm Radio Western. Hosted by my wife, it features interview clips and great music from some amazing female emcees and DJs. Tune in at 1:30 pm ET on Sunday December 6th to hear interview clips…
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Word is Bond Pays Tribute to Alex Trebek
In this edition of Word is Bond Rap Radio we pay tribute to Alex Trebek and DJ Spinbad. As you usual, we start off the show with music and feature a great set that DJ Spinbad did where he weaved 50 classic hip-hop tracks together. Kicking off the second half hour of the show, we…
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Mastermind Street Jam – Back for More
Tape 39 of my collection of Mastermind Street Jam radio shows features three different episodes mashed onto one cassette. Once again, I apologize for the abridged nature of this one. If I knew I was preserving Canadian hip-hop mixshow history, I would have recorded the programs in full. I just wanted a dope tape to…
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Classified – I Love It (Chase March Flip)
Canadian hip-hop icon, Classified, is running a contest right now. The challenge is to take any beat from his new EP “Time” and create a verse over it, but it can only be thirty seconds long. I flipped “I Love It” that had Just Chase on it. Now it’s got Chase March. Lyrics I move…
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Hip Hop on Jeopardy (RIP Alex Trebek)
Know Your History is a radio documentary series that dives deep into hip-hop music and culture. In this episode of the show, we pay tribute to Alex Trebek, the longtime host of Jeopardy. You will be able to play along with clues, learn about the history the show has with hip-hop, and hear a song…
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Tiye Phoenix, In-Depth & Exclusive
Tiye Phoenix is an emcee and producer who has been featured on tracks by some the most notable hip-hop. She is part of the group Polyrhythm Addicts alongside DJ Spinna, Shabaam Sahdeeq and Mr. Complex. You have heard her on tracks with The Artifacts, Talib Kweli, Eternia, and Jean Grae to name a few. This year…
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Double Dose of Mastermind Street Jam
I tried to squeeze both the Monday night and Tuesday night edition of the Mastermind Street Jam on one 90 minute cassette. As you can tell from the J-card, I hoped for no repeats. I couldn’t quite fit both shows on, but this gave me more music to listen to in my Walkman back in…
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Mastermind Street JAMuary
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 Blahzay, Broadway, Das Efx, Gang Starr, GZA, Inspectah Deck, LL…
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Show Me Some Love!
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, DJs, and producers in the game documentaries focusing on hip-hop music and…
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WIB Rap Radio – Radio Western’s 39th Birthday!
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 local emcee Kamo. And then Chase March closes off with…