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Shad Raps, People Listen
By Kwaku Adu-Poku
If you've never heard of Shad before, kill yourself! The Canadian hip-hop dynamo, who just dropped a new album and kicked off his summer tour in Winnipeg last week, will be schooling all of us Vancouverites at the Biltmore Cabaret TONIGHT! If you can't make it, don't fret. You can still catch him at Sugar Night Club in Victoria tomorrow. Trust me when I say he's worth the trek.
The new album, Tsol, contains 13 solid tracks made up once again of the fresh beats and masterful lyricism we've come to expect from the rapper. The album is amazing. Shad is one of those rapper's who genuinely seems to care about the message being conveyed through his lyrics, and can hit you with like 50 different shout outs and pop culture references before a track is done. He has a sincere reverence for those who have come before him, both musically and in his personal life, and genuine words of wisdom and optimism for those just now on the up and up. Each track feels like a conversation; like you're waxing poetic with a friend and confidant as he tells you what's on his mind. He's the kind of dude you genuinely want to have a conversation with, and he puts on a good show to boot. I saw him a year or two ago at the Biltmore, and a woman who mistook me for the rapper had absolutely no qualms about coming up and saying hi. But that's another story.
Shad's new vid, Rose Garden
Stay tuned to Schema's People to Watch section for a full feature on the man behind the music hopefully sometime in the next few weeks, but for now check out his new video for his latest single Rose Garden above. Also, do yourself a favour and come to the show tonight. You won't regret it. You might even learn something! And if you happen to see me there, and somehow mistake me for Shad like that woman did, feel free to come up and say hey. I don't bite, and I'm sure he doesn't either.
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I saw him on CBC yesterday night! I was so excited that I saw him here first!! You guys are so on top of it!
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