What up Limelighters!
Next week J-Nice & I will be out but Eric The Tutor will be holding with Star-Q from More Fyah radio so be sure to tune in! I love it when other CJLO DJs throw down Hip Hop tracks & I know our loyal followers will love it too!
Peace!
Aloe Blacc (Photo: Unknown)
In spite of the rain, the final day at Osheaga was certainly the best day of the festival! First up was the soulful Aloe Blacc. He performed tracks from his album Good Things, including "Green "Lights" and "I Need Dollar." Even though he only had 40 minutes, Aloe really put on a good show and left a strong impression on me. The best part was when he sang "You Make Me Smile," which had everyone in the crowd give their friends a hug.
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Kaytradamus (Photo: Nick Leger)
The second day of Osheaga was "Tweelime Day" since Stephanie from Twee Time was with me at the festival (the lime is from my show The Limelight, get it?). I met her at Scene Verte where the Aggrolites were performing cover songs, including ska and raggae. They were a fun band. We moved on and I hit the Piknic Electronik stage where Kaytradamus was DJing...
Amadou & Mariam (Photo: Pat Beaudry)
Once I arrived at Parc Jean Drapeau, I picked up my media pass and immediately made my way to Scene de la Montagne to see Amadou & Mariam, the blind couple from Mali. Their sound is traditional Mali music with a rock-blues influence. Amadou is a great guitarist, and Mariam has a beautiful voice that immediately captures you when she sings. She also had a cute little groove. The entire band was full of energy,...
The Osheaga Music & Arts Festival begins this Friday, August 3 at Parc Jean Drapeau, and lasts throughout the weekend! I'm very excited to be attending not only because it's my first time, but because there are quite a few acts I'm looking forward to seeing.
My festival picks include Swedish electronic group Little Dragon, fronted by Yukumi Nagano...
This Saturday The Limelight we’ll be paying to tribute to the Native Tongue Family.
This Hip Hop collective consisted of Jungle Brothers, A Tribe Called Quest & De La Soul, Leaders Of The New School, Queen Latifah, Monie Love & Chi Ali. Later on there were peripheral members such as Towa Tei, J Dilla, Prince Paul, Brand Nubian, Punchline & Wordsworth
The Native Tongue had an impact on the style and trend of Hip Hop during the Golden Age.
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Ok so I’m going to say something that may cause some controversy. Some of y’all may even be thinking “Lady Oracle what the hell you talking about?”
Montreal is filled with a lot of talent and this of course includes female talent. There are some bigger name female singers/ hip hop artist/ spoken word artists who are working hard at their craft and getting a lot of shine for it. If you look at these ladies resumes you can’t help but be impressed. The funny thing is when I mention these ladies to certain people, they follow it up with negative comments like “oh she’s too much, she thinks she all dat, she ain’t all dat” Some of them have some...
Check our show from March 24th. We had soul singer Shaharah Sinclair, TS Todd Smith & Black Glovez!
On Sunday February 1st 2003 at 6pm two Hip Hop lovers joined forces on live internet broadcast to play songs that you don't hear on mainstream radio or on popular music channels. The show didn't even have a name (we were actually given some wack name and it was put under the world music genre). We temporarily went with "The Lounge" and finally J-Nice named it "The Limelight". I went from being The Black Oracle to Lady Oracle (thanks to Musiq Soulchild) & we moved from Sunday at 6pm to Saturday at 4pm following some great shows like Ear Exam with Darcy MacDonald, The Dirty Rap Hour with Chris Coates, Beat The World with Sugarface Nene.
Now we air live on AM radio Saturdays at 6pm following More Fyah radio with Junior Vibes, Singing P and Star Q. Soon we'll be on the FM band...
On Sunday February 1st 2003 at 6pm two Hip Hop lovers joined forces on live internet broadcast to play songs that you don't hear on mainstream radio or on popular music channels. The show didn't even have a name (we were actually given some wack name and it was put under the world music genre). We temporarily went with "The Lounge" and finally J-Nice named it "The Limelight". I went from being The Black Oracle to Lady Oracle (thanks to Musiq Soulchild) & we moved from Sunday at 6pm to Saturday at 4pm following some great shows like Ear Exam with Darcy MacDonald, The Dirty Rap Hour with Chris Coates, Beat The World with Sugarface Nene.
Now we air live on AM radio Saturdays at 6pm following More Fyah radio with Junior Vibes, Singing P and Star Q. Soon we'll be on the FM band...
Be sure to tune into The Limelight this Saturday January 7th for the best of 2011. We'll be playing the songs that sonically pleased J-Nice and myself. As a treat we've posted one of our favorite tracks for you all. It's Masta Ace and Doom with the track PBS, rhyming about the darker side of Sesame Street, track is hilarious and if you can't imagine Elmo as a gangster I posted a pic for a visual. Enjoy and see you in The Limelight
This Friday Prince graced us with his enigmatic presence & amazing music at the Bell Centre. I was lucky enough to get tickets to see the show for my birthday and I couldn't have asked for a better present.
The stage was the shape of the infamous male, female, alchemic soapstone symbol that lit up along the edges. The show started with the New Power Generation coming out and jamming for a bit then the backup singers. Finally Prince himself came out dressed in a long sleeve graphic tee, tight pants and white boots with fur all sparkling and gleaming.
For the next three hours Prince performed his hits, funk tracks, and a...
Montreal artist Conn Shawnery by way of BC put out his long anticipated album CS01 and it was definitely worth the wait. As a vinyl collector you hear all the musical influences and great samples in his musical production. It’s not just that he created a beat , Conn Shawnery orchestrated a sound. Add artists like BluRum 13, N...
1.Magnum Ft. RichKidd - Bad Man's World
2.Angerville ft. Bishop Brigante - Highway Of Life
3.Rico Blox ft. Uness - Stop Frontin
4.Conn Shawnery - Shum Shum ft. NFa,Two Tokez, Micro Cos
5.Nation Ruckus - The Anthem feat. muGz
Not far behind where
TONA - Neighbourhood
CeasRock - On My Wait
Son Real - Scream
Support local and underground hip hop, listen to Limelight Radio Saturdays from 6 to 8pm.
Check out some of the latest projects from these artists
Magnum - I'm Good
http://magnum357.bandcamp.com/album/im-g-o-o-d
Angerville - Warface
http://itunes.apple.com/ca/...
1.Magnum Ft. RichKidd - Bad Man's World
2.Angerville ft. Bishop Brigante - Highway Of Life
3.Rico Blox ft. Uness - Stop Frontin
4.Conn Shawnery - Shum Shum ft. NFa,Two Tokez, Micro Cos
5.Nation Ruckus - The Anthem feat. muGz
Not far behind where
TONA - Neighbourhood
CeasRock - On My Wait
Son Real - Scream
Support local and underground hip hop, listen to Limelight Radio Saturdays from 6 to 8pm.
Check out some of the latest projects from these artists
Magnum - I'm Good
http://magnum357.bandcamp.com/album/im-g-o-o-d
Angerville - Warface
http://itunes.apple.com/ca/...
I just saw the documentary today so as soon as I walked through the door I decided to share my thoughts with you while it's fresh in my mind.
Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest directed by Michael Rappaport documents the journey of A Tribe Called Quest from their sweet beginning, their success and the bitter end with commentary from artist/producers/DJs such as DJ Red Alert, Pharell Williams, Quest Love to name a few.
The four members Q-Tip, Phife Dawg, Ali Shaheed, & Jarobi White discuss their journey with the group, how they got started, influences etc......
Sharon Jones and The Dap Kings is kicking off a new tour and her first stop is Montreal at Metropolis. This meant the crowd had the pleasure of getting her fresh and excited.
The show began on time. The openers for Sharon Jones were Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears. I never heard of these guys before, but I was in for a treat. Their sound has a...
What's up everyone!
If you've been listening to the Limelight, you know J-Nice has been holding it down on the solo tip because I'm in Hawaii visiting my girl Sweet Feet. I've been having an amazing time and have a new perspective on life and how to live it.
With that said I'm looking forward to having my next guest when I get on air April 9th. We'll be interviewing Homeboy Sandman. We'll talk about his music projects but I'm looking forward to discussing his perspective on life. I saw a video interview of him on okayplayer.com and he talked about was not stressing life and work. He said if work is making you unhappy then you need to do something else. Being in Hawaii I can relate to that. The purpose of life is to enjoy every moment. If you hate your job then...
So # 1 was turntables so naturally # 2 on my list of favorite things would be
Vinyl!!!! I love it! How it feels how it smells when it's new and even when it's old. I love getting vinyl copy of albums even though it's rare now. My goal is to build a large vinyl collection one day, even go back to the old school days and DJ at an events using strictly vinyl.
When I was a kid I would spend hours going through my dad's vinyl collection. When I would take one out to play on the turntable my dad you make sure I took it out with extra care, holding it at the edges so I wouldn't get...
Hey CJLOers!
I thought one the first things I'd do so y'all can get to know me better is share some of the things that I like.
The first thing is the Technics SL1200MK2. They're the original DJ turntable that are built to last. These are the ones that I own and the day I got them was one of the happiest days of my life. I hugged them and still do every so often (I'm serious).
I'm even more happy to have a pair because it was announced a few months ago that they will no longer be making these ones. It's the end of an era & I'm glad I was a part of it....
While I was at CMJ in NYC last October a friend of mine handed me the October issue of XXL magazine with Kanye West on the cover with the title Kanye West Love Hate. The first thing I said when I saw that was Hate. For those who listen to my show know I love Kanye West but like everyone I was really unimpressed by the incident at the VMA's. I still loved Kanye in spite of the tantrums he threw because his music and production always prevailed. For me though the incident was the last straw. I mean Taylor Swift won her first award and Ye completely took away her moment. I was very impressed by Beyonce, who graciously...
I wanted to take a moment to wish everyone a Happy New Year! I wish you all lots of love, joy & success in 2011. Thank you for listening to The Limelight and our amazing CJLO shows. We have a lot of volunteers and execs who work hard to bring you the quality radio you hear every day.
One of my personal goals in 2011 is to have the listeners get to know me on a personal level. You will be seeing more blogs on my page this year so be sure to check regularly what I have to say about whatever!
See you soon and again all the best to you and your loved ones
Peace
Lady Oracle
J-Nice and I will be hosting Salvation From Sin while Michael Terzian is away. Be sure to tune in tonight when we get our house mix on!
On Christmas day when you are enjoying your turkey dinner be sure to tune into The Limelight. Michael Terzian will be taking over while we are away with his special blend of Hip Hop.
Salvation From Sin Friday midnight till 3am
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Check out the Limelight this Saturday, we’ll be interviewing Duckdown label mates Pharoahe Monch and Skyzoo.
Skyzoo just released “Live From The Tape Deck” with Illmind and Pharoahe Monch is getting ready to release W.A.R. (We Are Renegades)
To know more about it tune in to listen to the interviews with these Duckdown heavy hitters.
Limelight Saturdays from...
What up Limelighters & CJLOers!
This Tuesday I will be providing the music for your enjoyment at Kalmunity Organic Live Improv at Le Consulat on Bleury Street by the Musique Plus building.
For those of you who haven't been to Kalmunity it is a musical treat for your ears. It is a complete night of improv with the musicians and artists comprised of Hip Hop MCs, singers, chanters & spoken word artists.
Come out for Montreal's best weekly show and get your full of Hip Hop, Funk, Soul, House & World before, between & after their set provided by yours truly this Tuesday August 24th
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Check out The Limelight this Saturday. We'll be broadcasting live from Curry House along with CJLO's Saturday line up..
There'll be BBQ so come by or tune in from 12pm.
Limelight goes live at 6pm
More info here:
http://www.cjlo.com/site-news/cjlo-live-caribbean-curry-house
Peace
Lady Oracle
This is a site I often go to in order to see what new music is out.
I have to admit though I haven't been in a minute and I'm happy to see there's a new Roots and Bilal track. These artists got heavy play when I started The Limelight in 2003.
Check it out
http://www.okayplayer.com/news/Audio-The-Roots-The-Fire-feat.-John-Legend.html
http://www.okayplayer.com/news/Audio-Bilal-Free-prod.-Nottz-.html
Hey Limelighters!
If you miss our show on Saturdays you can check out our podcasts at limelight.podomatic.com
This week we had a 4 hour Old School Hip Hop battle with DJ Solespin from Suite Delight, Wiley Riley Musicologist & Oil Can Harry from Mulekick International.
We have a couple of older shows including an interview with Rapper Big Pooh.
Check the site out and sign up to receive messages when podcasts go up.
http://limelight.podomatic.com/
Peace
Lady Oracle
Check out the Limelight this Saturday, we are combining our show with DJ Solespin’s Suite Delight to put on an Old School Hip Hop battle. We’ll be going track for track to see who drops the best Old School Hip Hop songs.
The competitors:
J-Nice & Lady Oracle – The Limelight
DJ Solespin – Suite Delight
JR Riley - Musicologist
Oil Can Harry - Mulekick
It's been a long time in the works so I'm really excited and I feel sorry for the competition because it's going to be a blood sport muahahahaha!
Make sure to tune into The Limelight and Suite Delight this Saturday from 6pm to 10pm on CJLO 1690AM www.cjlo.com
Hey Limelighters!
I got this email form Morburn Music and had to share it with you all. Check out Morburn at
Montreal's most prestigious awards ceremony is just around the corner!
On Sunday, February 28, 2010, the heavyweights of Quebec's artistic
community will be out in full force to celebrate the fourth annual
Sounds Of Blackness (SOBA) Awards. For those of you who don't know,
the SOBA Awards represent only the biggest cultural affair and
glamorous gala to hit Montreal, attracting some of the brightest stars
in Canadian entertainment.
And, for the first time ever, this year's event will be televised on
MusicPlus/MusiMax, not only increasing...
Today in The Limelight we're going to be playing our favorite tracks for 2009. Find out which tracks myself and J-Nice are feeling the most.
In addition to the best of 2009 we got the best of the decade coming up on our show January 2nd 2010. We'll be looking back on the last ten years in hip hop and playing the tracks that we loved over the last ten years. Have no doubt this will be a daunting task as there have been lots of great hip hop over the last ten years. See who makes the cut!!!
Peace
Lady Oracle
