First, I want to get you properly lubricious. Watch this video of “The New Science” from Timbuktu‘s extravagant solo debut, Stranger Danger.
Did that wet you up a little? If yes, how would you like to preview the whole album for free at Bandcamp? Click the cover below to go and do that, or just download the whole thing for super cheap!
Tim has been working on this album for some time, scrapping and reworking songs that were already better than anything most suckers have ever come up with. What we are left with is hard like packed-down dirt, a taut and densely-tamped record of fifteen baby-shaking monuments to rap excellence from a man who wrestles against his own innate sense of decency every day…
…and wins.
You’ve heard Tim all over Toolshed records, and other Backburner releases. You’ve caught him stealing the show with a guest spot, or feeling your bro when it gets hot. You’ve mused to yourself, “Who is that masked man?” and “Why does he mask his face but not his penis?” and “Oh because of the moustache,” but not “I hope he stops rapping some time soon.”
Now and forever, Stranger Danger can perform as your entry point to understanding – Tim breaks down “The New Science” with Jorun Bombay, he breaks down the importance of eating like you own the place on “Grown Man’s Dinner,” he breaks down why he doesn’t rap for free on “Lead By Example,” and he even breaks down and apologizes on “Sorry About Last Night.” Most importantly, his paralyzing wit and unnerving gaze will break down your defenses until you are hopelessly out of depth and just want to go home… but can’t.
Ever again.
The guest roster is magnanimous. I know that sounds like I just used a big word wrong, but I didn’t – fuck you. What I mean is that Tim has generously assembled a tasteful sampler of talented bromeos to lace your mouth with man-sauce oh jesus what did I just say. Backburner is of course most decisively in the building, and D-Sisive is most… backburnably… yeah he’s on a couple tracks. El Da Sensei, formerly of The Artifacts, turns in a powerful set of back-and-forths with the mandandler himself.
Look, I’m not going to write a list out for you – that’s the label’s job. Go and look at the Urbnet website for the album if you want to know who you’re excited about! That is also where you can order physical copies, or the limited edition Timbuktu man-sized body pillow (patent pending).
Alright, I’ve done my damnedest. It’s in God’s hands now.
So, Hypergraphia release date is fast approaching. The 4th of December is the day and Backburner will celebrate with a show at Rancho Relaxo in Toronto. Live sets by The Toolshed with Fresh Kils and DJ Irate, Wordburglar and Uncle Fester will be making the trip from Halifax to throw down on the 1′s and 2′s
Hypergrahia is possibly the best Toolshed related release to date and that’s saying something cause the Shed is both prolific and dope.
From Hypergrahia here’s the whole Shed back together again flexing their muscle on a track called Strong Bros!!
Chokeules (of the Toolshed) is just about to release his new solo effort “Hypergraphia” and he has blessed us with his single “Stand Out”
If you’re a Toolshed fan, get ready cause this album from beginning to end is a heat rock, beats, rhymes, cuts et all. Check the poster above for the release show info in Toronto, click the player below for the stream of “Stand Out”
After a successful release show at the Drake this week in Toronto. Here’s the video everyones been talking about, “POP N CHIPS”.
Lithium Studios presents the “Pop N Chips” video, fresh from The Les-Kils EP, featuring More Or Les, Fresh Kils, Ghettosocks, Timbuktu & Uncle Fester!! Directed by Darrell Faria, produced by Mike MacMmillan, and edited by Jonathan Eagan (FACTOR)
The Les-Kils EP can be purchased in hard or digital format from CDbaby by following this link: BUY IT NOW!
The album is also available from iTunes, and all other major MP3 retailers.
The Burners been real busy lately, most of the crew just got back off tour. After a ton of successfull shows everyone is settled back into their respective cities finishing their verses for the upcoming BackBurner crew album. More on the crew album at a later date, for now, time to share some live audio from the tour.
Check out some live audio treats courtesy of Beatmason and the Vault studios….
BACKBURNER LIVE AT THE SEAHORSE IN HALIFAX (25 mins)
(2 ToolShed songs, 2 WordBurglar songs, Possecut and a whole lotta KARG)
With emcee More Or Les along side of producer/beat maker Fresh Kils, combined create a “rip-roaring, head-banging blastfest” with their newest release – The Les-Kils EP. With cuts from Uncle Fester and scratches by Killa Jewel, the album also features Timbuktu and Ghettosocks on the single “Pop’N'Chips.”
The release show is Friday, July 24 at Rancho Relaxo in Toronto! If you can’t make it to that, you can buy the album from CDbaby.com!
Bonus! Check out some stills from the video shoot for “Pop’N'Chips”
We’re all so proud of More or Les! He and Fresh Kils are dropping their new EP, the aptly titled Les-Kils EP (where did they come up with that?) at the end of the month. The EP features scratches by DJs Uncle Fester and Killa Jewel, plus guest raps on the first single, “Pop N Chips,” by Timbuktu and Ghettosocks! The EP will be officially released on July 24th in Toronto at Rancho Relaxo, as part of the kick-off show of this summer’s Eastern Canadian World Tour – BACKBURNER AWESOME SHOWS, GREAT TOUR!
Watch this space for further details on the record and the tour, as well as a behind-the-scenes account of the “Pop N Chips” video shoot in Toronto!
So in honour of Les and his many achievements, this week’s Showtime In ’09 heater is another of his unreleased remixes, a little number called “Comedy Two.” It features Miss Butter and was remixed by Dorc!
The Verbals came to Backburner from St. John’s, Newfoundland, one by one. First, MC Frank Deluxe crossed the water to study, then Johnny Hardcore followed to make his fortune as a rap star, then Man Alive descended to pillage the mainland, and Lo-Fi… well, he moved out west and married his yoga instructor, so perhaps he had the last laugh on us all.
The Verbals were a force to be reckoned with in Halifax hip-hop. Johnny Hardcore was performing frequently on bills with Backburner posse-mates Jesse Dangerously, Jay Bizzy and occasionally fellow Verbal MC Frank Deluxe in support of his lifetime-in-the-making, self-titled debut album. John used to blow the speakers out at the Khyber Club using only his gravelly voice (you could watch them glow inside when he cupped the mic). He also is the only one in the crew who ever put out an album at all. Continue reading »
Saturday (June 13) was the video release party for Ghettsock’s “Ballz In Yo Stomach” at the Paragon. It’s been the best treat of the day so far, in my opinion. It features Timbuktu and Pip Skid, and was directed by Jason Levangie. The release party was packed full of fans, and ended in laughter. Check out the video, and you’ll know why!
You could be forgiven for thinking we forgot about our promise to lace you up with hot raps every week of 2009… considering that the year is nearly half over and we’ve only given you three tracks instead of the twenty-something such a vouchsafe would suggest.
It’s a fair cop. No-one would criticize you for saying so.
But here behind the scenes at the Backburner Laboratories, we’re still clawing our way through archives to find mystical hidden gems to present you with, and here’s one I know you’re going to be ecstatic about.
In 2004-ish, Fresh Kils produced a track featuring back-and-forth raps between Timbuktu and Thesis Sahib, and although I think it might have been bootlegged a little for gas money during one of our patented Eastern Canadian World Tours, it has pretty much never seen the light of day.
In extensive interviews with the track’s vocal participants, I’ve gleaned that neither of them ever really liked the song very much and thought it didn’t come out right. I think they both are maniacs, because in my opinion if this song were any better it would be uncomfortable for lesser talents such as myself* to endure it.
One last thing – I’m sorry it’s in M4A format. Thesis is a Mac user, that’s my only excuse. I guess the upside is that you can play it behind slide shows on your Wii?
Okay you’re welcome! Keep it locked for more raps and podcasts!
We’re all so proud of More or Les! He and Fresh Kils are dropping their new EP, the aptly titled Les-Kils EP (where did they come up with that?) at the end of the month. The EP features scratches by DJs Uncle Fester and Killa Jewel, plus guest raps on the first single, “Pop N Chips,” by Timbuktu and Ghettosocks! The EP will be officially released on July 24th in Toronto at Rancho Relaxo, as part of the kick-off show of this summer’s Eastern Canadian World Tour – BACKBURNER AWESOME SHOWS, GREAT TOUR!
