5 Questions with Rags #3 - Joshua Szirmay-Corrales

Josh is a rad guy. He's one of the youngest music-nerds I've ever met and he knows his shit. His passion for the shit is seemingly limitless and he's even managed to set down the path of Music Promoter, helping with the curation of the Studio CMCT Stage at this year's Rifflandia Festival. Actually, I met Josh at Rifflandia a couple of years ago when I overheard a conversation he was having with the mighty Dane -the fearless head of the Victoria Ska Society- about Reggie Watts. Reggie was set to play later in the day and Dane hadn't a clue what Watts was all about. I couldn't help but chime in and Josh wholeheartedly agreed with all of my gushing. See, good people like Reggie Watts. You can't deny that shit!

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Usually I end with the question from the last person, but I’m going to ask this one first because of the nature of the question. Alain Williams, comedian who used to be around town and now he’s in Vancouver, he asked this question and it’s simply…“Sup?”

 Sup?....WHAT?! Ummm…wow. Oh my god. Nothing much, I guess. Not much. I feel like I should answer more but the fact is just…wow. I was not ready for that.

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Killer Mike and El-P continue their hot streak and give it to you for free.

Cancer 4 Cure  and R.A.P. Music  were in-arguably two of the best records of 2012 in not just Hip-Hop, but music a whole. El-P and Killer Mike are building an empire out of intelligence, street-savvy and grime. Their combined presence in Hip-Hop in the last two years has been a blessing on any real Heads out there. And now, they've stepped it up even harder and released their new project, Run the Jewels. It's a mind-bending, drug-riddled attack on every ridiculous Hip-Hop cliché and stereotype. And holy shit, Prince Paul!

Best of all, they've released the digital for free! Muthafuckin' FREE! (Get it below)

 

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