Vinyl Tap remains strong in 2012! 

Beta here from the Homebased camp. I would like to formally invite the villains and villainettes to come rock with us on Friday, February 03 at Ritual Nightclub (137 Besserer Ave, Ottawa). We're real pumped to be a part of this bill and you should be too! This joint features Cali's own FASHAWN (fashawn.ca) as well as Canadian rap gods NOTES TO SELF (notestoself.net) and FUNDAMENT (myspace.com/fundament416). 

If you've been following the Homebased fan page on facebook or tuned into our interview last week on CYPHER KINGS (chuo 89.1fm Friday nights 9-11pm), you already know we're unveiling the NEW addition to our roster, NOCK NOCK (@nocknockbeats). We've got something special lined up for this and we're hella pumped to bring it live. DON'T SLEEP. Links below... easy.

https://www.facebook.com/events/249181611818656/

Homebased links:

twitter: @homebasedcrew

facebook fan page: "homebased"

homebased.bandcamp.com

fresh for 2012 yall!

Great video for title track off the Backburner family's new record Heatwave, go cop that ish.

Hot off the presses is Notes To Self Newest video for All of the Above.  I'll allow the gentlemen to explain it's creation in their own words:

 Feeling like Frontiersman, we grew our beards and arrived in Mactier at 7:30pm. Cold as f*ck. 4 hour drive North (of Toronto). Pitch black outside. Cabin smelled like pine and rosé. Dropped our bags, chose our beds, Bronze took the air mattress. Half hour till the NBA Dunk-Off. Donk was geeked. Flat screen, satellite, middle-of-nowhere. Heats on. Lee is lit. Drunk off Timbits. Blake Griffin jumps over a car. Here to shoot a music video. 
 Eric suggested we charge the equipment. Didn't knock on wood. Inexcusable in a cabin. Power went out. Cold as f*ck. Pitch black inside. Cabin smelled like weed and sulfur. Dropped our plans, went to bed, Bronze froze on the air mattress. 5 hours till daylight. Rosh is lit. Left-over Timbits for breakfast. Last night Blake Griffin jumped over a car. Here to shoot a music video, with Ben to direct. A take on rap's pioneers, we planned to wear fur. The events that followed were captured on camera; All of the Above took place. This is a true story. *No animals were harmed in the making of this video.

- Notes to Self

Toronto Producer Fresh Kils

Toronto producer Fresh Kils performs his Sound Battle Royale Championship winning routine, right from the Kilzone kitchen. Sound Battle Royale pits the cities best and brightest hip-hop producers against each other in a world class beat makers tournament.

Alt. Hip-Hop group CYNE (pronounced sine)  out of Gainesville, Florida with a song for the times, specifically today, Boxing Day, which is odd for an American group to get behind since the event is generally a common wealth holiday.