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5 Slept On Female Rappers You Should Know

You’ve already bounced to the vibes of Lil’ Kim, Foxy Brown, Lauryn Hill or even legends like MC Lyte and Roxanne Shante. But the grandiose universe of hip-hop gave birth to some fly ladies you might not even not ab...
by Shani Thes
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Yes McCan (Dead Obies)

YES McCAN presents “My Favorite Brazilian Albums”

To know Brazilian music is quite an achievement, and I wouldn’t dare consider myself an authority in this field. I’d rather say that I love music, and add in the same breath that Brazil has produced a quantity of some ridi...
by Yes Mccan
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Mr. Guan (vienna, The Loud Minority)

MR. GUAN presents “My Favorite Tracks from TLM Records”

I’ve been wanting to link up with The Loud Minority for a long time now. They are a crew / dj collective out of Vienna, Austria and have been doing their thing for 8 years now and I’ve always been told to respect my...
by Lexis (MIMS Founder)
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DR. MaD presents “My Favorite Slum Village Tracks”

Dr. MaD (of the Alaiz crew) is one of my favorite up and coming Montreal producers, a young guy with a lot of talent on the pads who should should definitely check out: his bandcamp link. We are organizing the SLUM VILLAGE show...
by Lexis (MIMS Founder)
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SCHLACHTHOFBRONX presents “Our Favorite Dutty Tracks”

Once again instead of asking one of the artists we’re playing with the same old Q & A you’ve heard a million times, we thought we’d ask if they’d be part of that little something we like to call MIMS...
by Lexis (MIMS Founder)
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DOC’TRIN presents “Top 10 For Lonely Lovers”

There are a bunch of Valentine‘s stuffs floating around today but we thought we’d commission our homeboy Doc’trin to give the scoop on his Valentines playlist. Actually we’ll take all of these any day o...
by Doc'trin
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DJ NAES (PAYZ PLAY)

DJ NAES presents “My Favorite Dilla Beats”

Naes aka Toast Dawg is my homie from day 1. Litterally. We were in grade 2 to high school together. Naes grew up to be one of pillars of the hip-hop scene in Quebec. He was the production force behind projects like Atatch Tatuq...
by Lexis (MIMS Founder)
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MIMS Top Tracks of 2011

MIMS Top Tracks of 2011

Just in time to close off 2011 here is the list of our favorite tracks of the year. You’ll recognise a lot of these from previous MIMS Shows. They are also a direct reflection of tracks I liked to DJ this year. It’s...
by Lexis (MIMS Founder)
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Mak 10 - Nasty FM - Mak Ten - DJ

MAK 10 presents “My Most Influencial Tracks”

No introduction needed. DJ MAK 10 is a pioneer in the UK GRIME scene. MAK’s career started with the infamous N.A.S.T.Y. CREW, which developed most of grimes biggest acts to date with the likes of Dizzee Rascal, Kano, Ghetto, ...
by Lexis (MIMS Founder)
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XI “7 Jungle Tracks that changed my life”

XI presents “7 Jungle Tracks that changed my life”

Had the pleasure to play with XI last weekend as part of the Pop Montreal festival and although I was a fan of his production for a little while now I found out we had a lot in common when it comes to our dj-ing tastes. He play...
by Lexis (MIMS Founder)
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Phil Sparkz “7 tracks from 1969 that shaped my future”

PHIL SPARKZ presents “7 tracks from 1969 that shaped my future”

Our good friend and very talented young dude named Phil Sparkz hit me up about this project almost a year ago and I guess it’s taken him this long because he wants to honor his original vision. The concept is to pay homma...
by Phil Sparkz
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LEFTO presents “My Essential Summer of 2011 Records”

LEFTO awesome DJ, radio host, music digger and all around great dude was in town on vacation these past few weeks. He took some time to visit Montreal and Quebec City (check out his great road movie here). He also came down to...
by Lexis (MIMS Founder)
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