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Tona Releases New Single and Music Video “OWTS”
Rising Toronto rapper Tona has released his new single “OWTS.” The single title, which stands for “On With The Show,” is the final single from his upcoming project, HOTC (Henny On The Congregation).
“OWTS” is about going on with life’s challenges despite its pushbacks that come at seemingly the wrong times. The song starts off by jokingly calling for Emmy-nominated actress Tracee Ellis Ross but then serves commanding bars about moving on.
The rapper states that the song is used to pay homage to the legendary Kardinal Offishall, who produced the track.
“This song serves as a homage to heralded city legend, producer, and artist Kardinal Offishall,” Tona said of the rapper and producer per a press release. “[Kardinal] originally released “On Wit Da Show” in 1997. The production just gave me close to the same feel as the original and instantly had me wanting to echo the same sentiments, throughout all the ups and downs through the career trials, On with the show!”
“OWTS” follows “Fame,” the third single, which was released in September. Tona is set to release his new album HOTC (Henny On The Congregation) at the end of the year.
Listen to “OWTS” here and keep up with Tona on Instagram and TikTok.
Take a look at the music video for “OWTS” below:
Bay Area beatmaker/visual artist DJ Design returns with new single “I Wanna Be Free” (Below System Records). Washes of synth collide with a dense horn arrangement and snappin’ drums. West-Coast emcee Gennessee guests on the track spitting a lyrical dissertation on the woes of a police state, racial profiling and surveillance.
Listen to “I Wanna Be Free” (Ft. Gennessee): https://bsr.ffm.to/iwannabefree
This is the 3rd leak from the forthcoming Survival Web Vaults LP to drop in vinyl and digital formats later this year. Additional album guests include Fashawn, Phat Kat, Elzhi, Guilty Simpson, LMNO and more.
Listen to “No Less Than The Trees And The Stars” (Ft. Fashawn): https://bsr.ffm.to/nltttats
Listen to “The Blues” (Ft. Phat Kat & Elzhi): https://bsr.ffm.to/theblues
While more of a behind-the-scenes player DJ Design’s (aka Keith Griego) work has had a sizable imprint on the history of modern hip-hop. As a DJ/Beatmaker and visual artist he has contributed production and art since the late 90’s for notables including The Beastie Boys, Madlib, A.G., Foreign Legion, Rasco, Peanut Butter Wolf and Phat Kat.
As a visual artist, his high point of work with the label was his design of the 12” vinyl cover for Lootpack member Madlib’s side project Quasimoto. The cover for “Microphone Mathematics” featured Design/Griego’s visual representation of Lord Quas as a sort of alien aardvark, which was adopted by the artist and has since become one of the most iconic and enduring
characters in the game today.
More Info: https://www.belowsystem.com/
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