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This week is the Holiday edition, so your gift is an unreleased track over an industry beat. The song called “Meaning” was recorded about a year ago. Hope you enjoy it!

More music being played across the nation, this time on the CBC Radio One’s program Go!. The show which aired on December 20th, 2008 was hosted by J-Roc from the Trailer Park Boys, and the episode was called J-ROC’s Christmas Joints. He added Something Good - Grow into the great blend of tunes featured on the show. Click below to hear the song’s introduction:

This week we’re working with a song from the 2007 released Backpackers Union - Keys To The Studio. The collaboration is track 12 on the CD: Spesh K, Flexxman, Markit - That Style. The choppy style beat was hooked up by producer Weapon X of ArchNME, who have a soon-to-be-released digital EP featuring Ill Bill. Check em out!

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This makes it four years in a row for performing live at the legendary Duplex series in Halifax. The evening at the Marquee this year will include live art by Ghettosocks + Peter Farmer, and paintings will be up for sale via silent auction. DJs for the night are heavy hitters: Ango the Merciless, DJ IV + Plaeboi (4Plae), Jorun Bombay, Kuttin Kracker, and DJ Tex. As for the live hip hop, the stage will be held down by Wordburglar + Something Good!!! Join the facebook group and get ready for some boom bap post christmas wrapping!

This week we have an oldie. In 2005 Markit collaborated with old time pal Brendan Croskerry for his debut project Tapas EP. The track is called Bonjour! All my Montrealers, familiarize yourselves!

Since then Brendan has been doing big things in Spain, and has released a new album with Contactados Factoria Musical. Check out his stuff at www.brendancroskerry.com

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Some of Markit’s tracks have previously been aired on CBC Radio-3, along with an interview, however, Saturday December 5, 2008 marked the first time his material reached the Canadian masses on CBC Radio-1. The program Definitely Not The Opera (DNTO), which was hosted by guest Jonathan Torrens, aired at 1:00pm-3:00pm. During the second hour, In Between Time, from the Legato Block album All A Lounge Town, was introduced and sent across the airwaves. More exposure to come in December, so stay tuned!

Here is the official music video for “A Day In The Life” from the first Legato Block album All A Lounge Town. It was shot on 8mm film and digitally processed by Annex Media. Yes, I said first Legato Block album, rumor has it that a second one might be in the works soon. Or check it out on Youtube (click watch in high quality underneath the video).

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Hiphop duo Luksus + eNBe, hailing from Poland, have recently released their album “Spokojnie To Tylko Awaria” (2008). Markit is the only featured artist on the album, making an appearance on the third track: Chill. This appearance is a milestone for Markit’s musical experimentation, as he starts his verse rapping a few bars in Polish, before making the transition back to English. For a full tracklist + review of their album, check their album hosted on www.hiphop.pl

In the meantime, feel free to listen to Chill, and see how Markit gets down in two languages!