MUSIC: Surreal Sound "Hip Hop Love Vol.4"

Where have I been? Hip Hop Love Mixtape Vol. 4 is out now from the great people at REALGOOD. Perfect mix to smack down your work-week blues. Download here or listen down there.



Track Listing

1. Intro
2. A Roller Skate Jam Named Saturday - De La Soul
3. Strobe Lite Honey - Black Sheep
4. Love Hangover - Kidz in the Hall feat. Estelle
5. 4 More - De La Soul feat Zhane
6. What up with me (If it isnt love) - Kidz in the Hall
7. Lump Lump - Sadat X
8. So Good - De La Soul feat. Camp Lo
9. Buddy - De La Soul feat. A Tribe Called Quest, Jungle Brothers & Queen Latifah
10. Poke Her Face - Kid Cudi feat. Kanye West & Common
11. Good Love Interlude - Sheek Louch
12. Ms. International - Method Man & Red Man
13. Baby - Fabolos (SS Blend)
14. Comfortabe - Lil Wayne feat Baby Face
15. Dedicated - Elzhi
16. Show me the Good - Blu & Exile feat. Aloe Balcc
17. All for you - Little Brother
18. Save Ya - Elzhi
19. Butter - A Tribe Called Quest
20. We Fight Love remix - Q-Tip feat. Kanye West
21. First Things First - Blu & Exile feat. Miguel Jontel
22. Mama Say - Spectac & 9th Wonder
23. Mama Say Remix - Spectac (Midi Marc version)
24. Interlude - Chris Rock
25. Sweet Claudine - Camp Lo
26. Get To Know You - Gift of Gab
27. Ooh I Love you Rakeem - Prince Rakeem aka The Rza
28. Georgeous - Pacific Division
29. Paris Tokyo - Lupe Fiasco
30. Transitional Joint - Elzhi
31. Hey Love - De La Soul
32. Getting Up - Q-Tip
33. Love Thirst Remix - Jean Grae feat. Busta Rhymes (SS Blend)
34. Stay Up (Viagra) - 88Keys feat. Kanye West
35. Women Problems - Pacific Division
36. Close Call - 88 Keys feat. Phonte
37. Heartless - Kanye West
38. Littlest Things - Kidz in the Hall feat Lilly Allen
39. Break Up (the OJ Song) - Murs
40. My Nigga - Elzhi
41. Marry Me - Murs
42. Freestyle - Blake Carrington
43. Dream Girl - Blake Carrington
44. Its For Real - Murs
45. Best I Ever Had - Drake
46. Every Girl - Lil Wayne feat. Drake
47. Outro

EVENTS: 2009 DJ Stylus Awards

The 3rd annual 2009 DJ Stylus Awards weekend is upon us and what better way to usher in the nominees and celebrities then to PAR-TAY! Oh and of course education (my mother always told me that was important).

TOFLO.com and the Stylus Group are giving away tickets for the main event happening on June 1, 2009 at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre. For your chance to win, email us a name of one of the many nominated DJs. (HINT: Visit stylusgroup.ca).

For the first time ever, TOFLO.com will be live streaming all the events happening over the weekend at toflo.com/stylus. Even if you can't make it, you can still view all the festivities by subscribing to the Stylus channel for just $4.95.

Here is the complete list of events starting on Friday May 29, 2009.

Stylus Launch Party @ DREAM FRIDAYS
DATE: Friday May 29th
LOCATION: Guvernment - 132 Queens Quay East, Toronto
Featuring DJs: Ill Kidz, Wristpect
Admission: $15.00

Roundtable and DJ Starting From Scratch Present - 2 The Hardway
DATE: Friday May 29th
LOCATION: Cathouse –132 Queens Quay South Entrance, Toronto
DJ duo's on 4 turntables!
Featuring DJs: Riccachet & Thera-p / Pump & Hedspin / Starting From Scratch & Skratch Bastid
Admission: $15.00

Socaholics Anonymous
DATE: Friday May 29th
LOCATION: Orange Room - 132 Queens Quay, Toronto
Featuring 2009 Stylus Nominees Jester and Soca Monarchs - Hosted by: Dr. Jay
Admission: $10.00

"It Starts With the DJ! 2.0" Seminar in Association with MANIFESTO
Sponsored by World Vision & OMDC
DATE: Saturday May 30th
LOCATION: The Second City Building, 51 Mercer Street Toronto
Doors: 12 noon – Admission: $10.00
Featuring: One on One Interview with DJ Drama

Gossip Saturdays & Stylus SpinFest presents DJ DRAMA
DATE: Saturday May 30th
LOCATION: Home Nightclub - 117 Peter St, Toronto
Featuring DJs: Ill Kidz, Legacy, Platinum Touch
Admission: $5.00 Guest list Before 11pm - $20.00 After

The BIG Ticket - MORE Meets Mojo
DATE: Saturday May 30th
LOCATION: Revival, 783 College Street W, Toronto
Featuring DJs: Agile, P-Plus, Fase, Boogieme’n, Jiggz, Sean Sax
Admission: $15.00 (Advanced Tickets)

The Stylus Exclusive VIP DJ BBQ Presented by Hip Hop Canada
DATE: Sunday May 31st - (By invite only)

The 3rd Annual Stylus DJ Trivia Gameshow - Sponsored by FUZE®
DATE: Sunday May 31st
LOCATION: Montana Restaurant & Bar, 145 John Street, Toronto
DOORS: 6 pm

Official Stylus DJ Awards After Party - Presented by Pioneer DJ Pro
Date: Monday, June 1st
LOCATION: This Is London - 364 Richmond St. W, Toronto
Featuring DJs: P-Plus, DJ Chief & from Montreal Keith Dean & DJ Payce
Doors: 10pm - Admission: $10.00 (General Public)
Free Admission with award show Ticket Stub
(Do to capacity restrictions entry is not guaranteed)

MELANIE FIONA “The Bridge” unveiled at Harlem Restaurant

Last night many of Toronto’s industry taste-makers gathered at Harlem Restaurant to take in a special listening session for T-dot’s own Melanie Fiona. Unveiling a number of select tracks from her upcoming debut album ‘The Bridge’, Melanie threw down an impromptu live and interactive performance providing insight to the collective mood, variety and contributions throughout the record. Starting out the night singing her smash hit ‘Give It To Me Right’ her performance and song selection didn’t disappoint from that point. Track after track offered more gems and justified the anticipation and glowing support that many have showered on this soon to be pop star - including the renowned glowing endorsement received from Kanye West himself. Perfectly fusing Rock, Soul and Contemporary R&B – Melanie showcased a flawless album with an international feel highlighted by a reggae-flavoured tune ‘AyYo’ which allowed Melanie to flaunt her ability to move a crowd. Hands were in the air after the pop-hit warmed up the audience and the heads didn’t stop nodding till well after the last ballad trailed off.

With a stellar collection of industry heavy-weight producers and song writers, there is no doubt that from start to finish, the debut LP “The Bridge” will engage a whole new audience of music lovers with its release in the Spring/Summer of ’09.

Keep your eyes fixed on this rising star, as there is no question her Cinderella Story to stardom is just beginning. You go girl… rep T-Dot hard – we got you!

via @djmanifest

Want More?

Check out Melanie's official MySpace page, where she talks about her upcoming release "The Bridge" and growing up in TO.

CONCERT RUN DOWN: Drake

via @AFMpeetah

Well well well, what a wonderful day in my neighbourhood. My apologies for the delayed review of one of the biggest concerts in TO history - I wanted to make sure I had all my thoughts together before I really got into it. So here goes 3, 2, 1...

LAMES

Besides the 100 and 1 bodies squeezing me up like a tight-ass tube sock, I really have nothing to note in this category, so you can skip along to the Fames.

FAMES

1. The energy in the venue was absolutely amazing. What four grown, semi-famous and several album-releases-deep artists couldn't pull off... one young, fresh-faced, no-album & no-video having kid from the burbs did 10 fold. Read my review of the Rick Ross crap show.
   
2. With over 2,500 eager and awaiting fans... Drake started his set, it was like one giant karaoke night lead by the world's greatest.
3. Clearly, TO loves them some Drake [period]
   
4. Lastly, I was able to get a good amount of video footage of the show... I have included it below for you viewing pleasure. And if you missed the concert, you can "Thank Me Later".
   

MOVIE PREVIEW: "Precious"

Because if I had Oprah and Tyler Perry money I would make more movies... this one though actually looks like it's worth watching and when I say watching, I mean in the THEATERS. Yeah you know, the place with the 50 foot projector screen, sticky floors, and stank-ass upholstered seats. Starring Monique, Mariah Carey and Paula Patton, "Precious" is based on the novel "Push" written by Sapphire. Watch the trailer now!



via @Roshine

MUSIC: Melanie Fiona "Island Boy"

Something new off Ms. Melanie Fiona's upcoming album "The Bridge". Nice lover's rock vibe, really feeling this track.

Steve Carty's "POSITIVES"

World renowned photographer Steve Carty has been making pictures of the not-so-famous to the top A-list celebrities known to man since 1992.

His images have been featured in magazines such as American Photo, Jane, Maclean's and The Source to name a few and some of his most notable clients include Nike, CBC, Universal Music and Paper Denim & Cloth.

This month Steve, along with Che Kothari and Jamel Shabazz will be showcasing their work at the SMASH Gallery located at 2880 Dundas St. W. Read more information on this showing.

In commemoration of this moment in Steve's career, he is releasing his first ever published book "POSITIVES". It is a limited edition full colour book featuring Carty's best portraits, fashion and urban culture images spanning nearly 20 years. For a preview of the book, you can download a digital copy. Published by Burke's Books, limited 500 copies, each book is numbered and signed by Steve himself. Presales have already begun and will be deleivered by May 29, 2009. The cost is $120 CAD.

For more information you can email getpositives@stevecarty.com or you can visit stevecarty.com.

MUSIC: Kaysun Live! @ HARLEM

Kaysun was doing her live thing at Harlem this past Sunday and man, she definitely knows how to throw it down L-I-V-E. Something very few artists know how to do. Here are a few clips of her performance and if you're feeling her leave a comment.

CONTEST: Spring Ting feat. Rick Ross, Yung Joc, Bobby V. & Ron Browz

TOFLO.com and YOTE are giving away a pair of tickets to Spring Ting happening at the Hershey Centre this Thursday May 7, 2009.

For you chance to win email us at info@toflo.com one single release from each artist on the bill.

*Contest closes on Wednesday May 6, 2009 @ 5:00 PM, winner will be announced here and on Twitter.com/toflo.

MUSIC: New! Drake feat. Tanya Morgan "Right to Left"

This track features Tanya Morgan an unearthed gem from Drake's Comeback Season Mixtape recording sessions. Being mutual admirers of one another, Drake joined forces with Tanya Morgan for this track.

The beat gains strength from its aggressive drums, punchy synth chords and contrasting piano melody, and provides an ideal backdrop for this old-school crew banger. The track opens with a verse by Donwill, moves on to a verse by Von Pea, then a third verse by Ilyas and finally wraps up with a verse by Drake, each emcee spitting about why he is one of the best in the game.

Listen here.

Mother's Day Comedy Clash with Jay Martin and Jean Paul

Mother's Day is just around the corner, and what better way to celebrate it with the annual Mother's Day Jamaica vs. Trinidad Comedy Clash happening on May 10, 2009. Not to worry this event is guaranteed to have your grandmother and your mother laughing till their bellies ache. Very appropriate and all in CLEAN humor!

For more information check out Comedy Clash's official website.

JUST IN! Concert Announcement: Beyonce Live in Toronto July 20, 2009

Guess who's coming to Torontooooo? Just when I thought she was giving TO the brush-off by deciding to do a Vancouver date only... Beyonce is schedule to have her "I am Sasha Fierce" Tour stop in the T DOT Saturday July 20, 2009 at the Molson Amphitheatre.

That's right folks, tell 'em where you heard it first! Tickets will be on sale at wwww.ticketmaster.com shortly. Stay tuned...

FRESH PICK: Roundtable Ent. present 2000 Til' @ CATHOUSE

Yes, that's right Roundtable Ent. is back at it again with their staple event "2000 Til'".

If you haven't been, then know this... the line up is usually out-of-hand by 12AM, the music is straight hits and I am not talking about the ones you hear on a radio station that will remain nameless as long as I write on this blog and lastly it's brought to you by yours truly *wink, wink*.

Check it out! Why? Because we said so! Be safe and be happy!

Jahvon on the new FLOW 93.5FM

via builtfromthegroundup.com

Jahvon will be Live on air this Friday April 17th @ 7pm on Flow93.5fm in the Trauma Unit with J-Wyze and Jus Red. Call in with questions or even just to talk to Jahvon! For our people outside of Toronto hit up www.flow935.com to tune in.

NEW! JamPack MP3 mixed by DJ Manifest: In The Mood... for Pick-up Lines

With that spring fling season in the air, many of us are fielding the craftiest of pick-up line artists while some wannabe picker uppers are probably in the need of some serious help with their game.

Well this weeks JamPack helps in both situations - lines to look out for and lines to try... either way the HUNT IS ON!! LOL Good Luck!

A new installment to the JamPack Series each week we at TOFLO will be searching out the hottest songs to give you the sound track to set your MOOD too. This week are you... in the mood for a pick-up line or two... or three! OH LAWD!

Listen down there or download here.

Rochester - Unity Benefit

via builtfromthegroundup.com

We’re fundraising for the Zewditu Meshesha Children & Family Welfare Development Association in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The orphanage houses about 60 orphans and during the day over 500 kids & youths attend for schooling & work training. This is something we’re doing to give back, Rochester has actually visited the orphanage and met the kids personally. Since he came back and told me about the experience we’ve been trying to get this poppin to help them out, and its finally coming to fruition.

We have all gotten together to make a difference in the lives of these kids and to assist the workers of the orphanage who selflessly give their all day in & day out. We all party every now and then, but on the 24th of April we’re doing so to help those who deserve it.

R.™

Music: Jester & Kid Kut Mix "Encore Vol. 5: Breaking Hits"

Straight out the Serato mixer is Jester & Kid Kut's newest mix "Encore Vol. 5: Breaking Hits", not even the artwork is done on this joint.

Peep the track listing:

DJ CLASS & KANYE WEST - I'M THE ISH (RMX)
O'NEAL MCKNIGHT FT. RON BROWZ & BUSTA RHYMES - CHAMPAGNE RED LIGHTS
DJ KHALED & E-CLASS FT. FLO RIDA, ACE HOOD - JUST KNOW THAT
THE DREAM FT. KANYE WEST - WALKING ON THE MOON
LMFAO FT. PITBULL - I'M IN MIAMI (RMX)
DRAKE FT. BUN B & LIL WAYNE - UPTOWN
SWIZZ BEATS FT. LIL WAYNE - UP IN THE CLUB
RON BROWZ FT. BUSTA RHYMES - I PROMISE
R. KELLY & 50 CENT - DO WHAT IT DO
CIARA & JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE - LOVE SEX MAGIC
DAY 26 - VIXEN
TRISH - BUMP
JAHVON - CLASS IN SESSION
RYAN LESLIE - ONE IN A MILLION
RAY J FT. TRUTH - SEXY LADIES
WALE FT. LADY GAGA - CHILLIN
BUSTA RHYMES & T-PAIN - HUSTLER'S AMBITION
RED CAFE - HOTTEST IN THE HOOD
JAHVON - HYPEBEAST
SERANI - NO MORE GAMES (XCALIBER RMX)
R. KELLY FT. RON BROWZ - CLUB TO THE BEDROOM
RICK ROSS & JOHN LEGEND - MAGNIFICENT
KANYE WEST FT. T-PAIN - FLIGHT SCHOOL
FAT JOE FT. AKON - ONE
JAMIE FOXX FT. T-PAIN & KARDINAL OFFISHALL - BLAME IT (RMX)
VYBZ KARTEL - FATTA DAN A POUND
DRAKE - BEST I EVER HAD
THE DREAM FT. LUDACRIS, FABOLOUS, RICK ROSS, JUELZ SANTANA - ROCKIN THAT THANG (RMX)
DRAKE FT. TREY SONGZ & LIL WAYNE - SUCCESSFUL
JIM JONES & RYAN LESLIE - PRECIOUS

Listen now of download here.

NEW! Concert Announcement: Rick Ross, Yung Joc, Bobby Valentino and Ron Browz

You heard it hear first people, Rick Ross, Yung Joc, Bobby Valentino and Ron Browz coming to Toronto (well, Mississauga) May 7, 2009 at the Hershey Centre. Tickets go on sale tomorrow at ticketmaster.ca. In case you've been hiding in one of Toronto's many potholes, you know this line-up is sure to stir up some excitement. We First!

NEW! JamPack Special Edition MP3 mixed by DJ Manifest "BDK"

Just in case you have been understandably hiding in your bedsheets all winter, make sure you come out and witness history in the making tomorrow March 26, 2009 for the king of hip hop BIG DADDY KANE live in concert (@ PHOENIX). Check out TOFLO.com for more information.

As luck would have it, DJ Manifest has put together his TOFLO.com exclusive best of BDK for your listening pleasure. Make sure you have it on blast on your way downtown. And don't ever say we never gave you anything. Download there or listen down here.

NEW! Music: Jahvon "JAHVON 1.0" - Produced by CHUCK&JOE

As if going to highschool wasn't hard enough... check out 17-year old Jahvon's new track "Jahvon 1.0"

Download now!