ATSIC S05E31 - Good One

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This week on ATSIC, it's another hour of the best new release rap from across the country. Tons of freshly released tracks sent by artists I’ve interviewed for Fly in Formation on this one. It's an honour to have their support, and to hear them continue to bring heaters week after week and year after year. Tune in for new music from Self with Dee & So Def from the “Guardians of Boombap” album, Es & Shark from their “Reflections” album, Alchemy the Linguist & Donny Sage with a new single, RunXGun’s lead single from “RUNXGUN Season 2 (due Nov 4), Sayzee & Asun Eastwood from “YFRWN 10pt1” (due Oct 15), Stephen Hero & Uncle Fester from “The Squeeze” album (due Oct 11), Deuce Fantastick from his new album “Soul Not For Sale” (due very soon - I’ll ask him for details when we talk Tuesday Oct 1 for Fly in Formation), Pretty.Ugly & Ren Thomas, and more. It’s a good one, with a big percentage of my favourites represented.

There’s also a “Making of #ATSIC” video posted lower down the page from this one. I chopped a few highlight sections from the second half when one of the stay at homies got me ranting about grants, and then separately also about battle rap. Come through on Twitch weekday afternoons to hang out and hear new release rap as I dig through piles to find gems, game, record my own rhymes, make these episodes, or do interviews.

Season 3 of Fly in Formation is back to weekly episodes, with new guests calling in to talk on Twitch every Tuesday as I continue the quest to learn more about each local scenes. You can Subscribe on Twitch, skip the ads and join the community in chat while the interviews happen - ask questions or whatever else, I try and read it.

After the music this time, we’ve got a new episode of Fly in Formation, where I talk with ILLIAM, an emcee and producer from Edmonton. We spoke about his newest album “Today”, his history as an internet hater, his Whole Heart Collective crew, his producer mentor G7itch, the Edmonton scene, and a bunch of other important stuff. You can also find the interview on YouTube in the FiF playlist, along with past episodes.

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