Down to the Beat

We kick this episode of Down to the Beat off with a new segment called "Gone but Not Forgotten" where we pay respect to artists that have passed away recently. In the segment's maiden voyage we talk about Little Richard where we give a brief history of his life and his impact on music. We then move into "Let's Talk" where we talk about. 6ix9ine and his newest beef with Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber. We then discuss musical geniuses and what that even really means. We finally cap off the episode with an extensive "We Rate It" of Kanye West's albums! 

We kick off this weeks Down to the Beat with a hot take on posthumous 'G.O.A.T's' then we get into Let's Talk, where first we discuss Offsets claim that the torch has been passed on from New York to Atlanta. Then we talk about Tekashi 6ix9ine and his release, new song and controversy that comes with him. Lastly, we Get Into the Unknown and tell you about some lowkey artists and albums to get on you rradar

This week on Down to the Beat we talk about Kanye surpassing a net worth of $1 billion and how he is Hip-Hops Micheal Jordan. We touch on Eminem's house getting broken into by a fan, then we discuss what the best element of a song is, the flow? production? hook? relatability? lyrics? delivery? Then finally we review Travis Scott and Kid Cudi's single 'THE SCOTTS', foreshadowing a joint album coming

Down to the Beat welcomes on Ottawa artist, City Fidelia. Fidelia is a mogul in the Hip-Hop industry and has shown it through his discography and his approach on growing the music culture in his home city of Ottawa.   

He now has his own studios called 'House of Ensemble' in downtown Ottawa, where we are recording the interview, and  his goal is to bring in up-comers in the Ottawa scene and use Ensemble as a movement to unite individuals through forms of art.  

He has toured worldwide, worked with artists like Malik Yusef of Kanye's 'G.O.O.D Music, Eva Shaw, and Timbaland just to name a few. He shares what those experiences have done for him in terms of his creative approach and hints at whats to come.

We start this episode off with our segment “over/underrated” where we talk about how much RIAA Certifications really modern day and then about artists who have started creating in the fashion world. We then talk about surprise performances in our segment “Let’s Talk”. The episode is finally capped off with two reviews of Westside Gunn’s newest release “Pray for Paris” and then City Fidelia’s 2019 album “PainKiller”. Stay tuned for next weeks episode where we interview City Fidelia himself and dive deeper into his discography and just exactly who City Fidelia is.

This episode starts off with a take on if artists who make music solely for the streams and money will last. In the segment “Let’s Talk” we talk about what artists we would want to be trapped in quarantine with and why. We cap off that segment with some discussion about Playboi Carti, his new song, music video and style. The episode ends with our segment “Into the Unknown” in which we leave you with some songs and artists you should have in your rotation.

We start this episode off with a "What's Up?" and talk about what we think Drake, Kendrick and J Cole's albums are going to sound like based off of speculation. We then move into our segment "Let's Talk" where we discuss producer battles on Instagram Live and our favourite acting roles rappers have had. We then cap off the episode with "Behind the Beat" where we leave you with some music that you should not be living without!

John comes out of the gate with a bold prediction revolving around Young Thug followed by a conversation kicking off our 'Let's Talk' about Future. We talk who we think will benefit the most from 2020 and which artists will pop, we then cap this weeks episode off with our Into the Unknown segment.

Let's talk about artist opportunities and what they can be doing during this period of quarantine that's restricting a lot of creative industries. Aside from that we got a HUGE review for you guys with Lil Uzi's 'Eternal Atake', King Von's 'Levon James' and Jay Electronica's 'A Written Testimony'