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WHY DREAM WARRIORS ALBUM COVERS DIDN’T FEATURE CARS OR SCANTILY-CLAD  DANCING WOMEN, WHY MANY ARTISTS AND FANS DON’T REVEAL THEIR TRUE SELVES  AND PASSIONS LISTEN/DOWNLOAD Back in the late 80s and early 90s, even though there were  artists across the country, the Canadian hip hop recording and video  industry was centered on Toronto, and the three giants were Maestro Fresh Wes, Michie Mee, and this episode’s guests, The Dream Warriors. The Dream Warriors included Toronto’s King Lou and Capital Q, and for the second album Subliminal Simulations  added DJ Luv and also the rapper Spek from Montreal. Their top hits  included “Wash Your Face in My Sink” and “Ludi,” and along the way  members collaborated with Michie Mee, MC Lyte, Maestro, Lillian Allen, Messanjah, Butterfly from Digable Planets, and Gang Starr. They also  recorded “Man Smart, Woman Smarter” for the soundtrack to the movie Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Even though Buffy  ...

WHEN AND WHY HE’D PRAISE A SETTLER FOR WEARING A HEAD DRESS, USING CREE SLANG ON WAX, REPRESENTING WOMEN WITH RESPECT IN VIDEOS, HIP HOP INNOVATION TO CHALLENGE YOUTH AND ELDERS ALIKE LISTEN/DOWNLOAD Hip hop at its finest is a poetical, political voice for those whose voices have been silenced; it speaks to the anger, the dignity, and the triumphant joy of the oppressed. If hip hop is the music of the dispossessed, then no one in North America should have a greater claim on it than the First Nations. Combine that revolutionary rage and cultural crucible with artistic passion and power, and you have what was Canada’s finest hip hop band—WAR PARTY. Formed in 1995 under the leadership of Maskwacis Cree artist, lead vocalist, and executive producer Rex Smallboy, and co-vocalists Cynthia Smallboy, and Thane Saddleback, War Party won the Canadian Aboriginal Music Award for Best Rap Album in 2001, and were the first Indigenous crew featured on Canada’s Much Music channel. The video...