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"Common's 'Resurrection' is a very important influence on me, probably my biggest influence on my style as an MC. He taught me more or less everything I know about how to approach the craft, you know, with joy and passion and a spark."Watch this moment
"I bought this Midnight Marauders on cassette actually when I was a little kid. I was intrigued by the sound of a ward tour and later learned about this thing called sampling that creates that sound and life-changing like it has been for so many people in and out of hip-hop."Watch this moment
"John K. Samson, people might know him from his time in the group The Weakerthans or his work in the group Propagandhi, also as a solo artist. Incredible poet, socially conscious, but also very sensitive and honest. He represents his region, his part of central Canada well, tells his own story but also the story of his people, so I'm deeply inspired by him and everything he represents."Watch this moment
"Isaac Hayes' Hot Buttered Soul, to me, is a blueprint in that way. 'Walk On By' is on there, which to me is just like the peak of popular music; it's cinematic, it's all so gritty and funky."Watch this moment
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