**Before you, my valued reader, begin to go through today's post, please understand the following: This is an independent review. I am in no way affiliated with Living Proof Enterprises. If you have any questions or would like to get more information about this week's Artists, please visit Living Proof Enterprises. Thank you.**
Rap music produced by Torontonians has been lacking lately. Now, I am not a connoisseur of rap, but I am one that has an appreciation for good music. That being said, I heard a track called "Hold It Up" the other day. I am a huge fan of anything mashed up with reggae. Samples that are used wisely make the hairs on my arms stand up. Living Proof Production's King D. used Everton Blender's "Lift Up Your Head" for this song and turns a classic into a classic, if you know what I mean. Now, maybe i'm just gushing because I loved Everton's version to begin with. If positivity were to rain down, it would fall on my head to the melody of that song.
But I digress.
Mayne Ishu's record is, in my opinion, a welcome distraction from the everyday, formulaic raps pumped out by Toronto's underground. The lyrics paint a vivid picture of how one man's struggle trumps another man's luck. The way I understand it is like this: If you laugh when something big falls in your lap, you've only gotten half the joke. Hard work and perseverance will give you a head's up above the rest.
A message to all of you who sit in VIP and point your gun fingers when your track comes on in the club: Take a minute to think about the possibility that someone else is in the middle of the dance floor, with the crowd of people who put HIS record in the hands of that same DJ.
Hold your head up high, Mayne Ishu. Your time is here.
**For those of you who want to compare the new with the classic, here you go:
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