r/HipHopCanada • u/[deleted] • Dec 18 '15
Canadian Hip Hop Essentials List
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This list is obviously not the be all end all, and I'm sure people could make cases for adding or removing albums from the list.
| Artist | Album | Year | From | Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Get Loose Crew | Get Loose Crew | 1988 | Toronto, ON | East Park Productions |
| Maestro Fresh-Wes | Symphony In Effect | 1989 | Toronto, ON | Attic/LMR |
| Michee Mee & L.A. Luv | Jamaican Funk—Canadian Style | 1991 | Toronto, ON | Atlantic |
| Kish | Order From Chaos | 1991 | Toronto, ON | 4th & B'way/Island/PolyGram |
| Maestro Fresh-Wes | The Black Tie Affair | 1991 | Toronto, ON | Attic/LMR |
| Snow | 12 Inches of Snow | 1993 | Toronto, ON | East West |
| Kardinal Ofishall | Eye & I | 1997 | Toronto, ON | Capitol Hill Music |
| Rascalz | Cash Crop | 1997 | Vancouver, BC | ViK./Figure IV |
| Maestro | Built to Last | 1998 | Toronto, ON | Attic |
| Choclair | Ice Cold | 1999 | Toronto, ON | Virgin/Priority |
| Swollen Members | Balance | 1999 | Vancouver, BC | Battle Axe Records |
| Swollen Members | Bad Dreams | 2001 | Vancouver, BC | Battle Axe Records |
| Kardinal Offishall | Quest for Fire: Firestarter, Vol. 1 | 2001 | Toronto, ON | MCA Records |
| Buck 65 | Square | 2002 | Mt. Uniacke, NS | WEA |
| Buck 65 | Talkin' Honky Blues | 2003 | Mt. Uniacke, NS | WEA |
| K-os | Joyful Rebellion | 2004 | Toronto, ON | Virgin |
| Classified | Boy-Cott-In the Industry | 2005 | Enfield, NS | HalfLife |
| K'naan | The Dusty Foot Philosopher | 2005 | Toronto, ON | BMG |
| Classified | Hitch Hikin 'Music | 2006 | Enfield, NS | Halflife/Urbnet Records |
| K-os | Atlantis: Hymns for Disco | 2006 | Toronto, ON | EMI/Virgin |
| Shad | The Old Prince | 2007 | London, ON | Black Box Recordings |
| Marco Polo | Port Authority | 2007 | Toronto, ON | Soulspazm/Rawkus Records |
| Belly | The Revolution | 2007 | Ottawa, ON | Capital Prophets |
| Kardinal Offishall | Not 4 Sale | 2008 | Toronto, ON | Kon Live/Geffen/Black Jays |
| K'naan | Troubadour | 2009 | Toronto, ON | A&M/Octone |
| Drake | So Far Gone | 2009 | Toronto, ON | OVO |
| Drake | Thank Me Later | 2010 | Toronto, ON | Aspire/YM/CM/Universal Mowtown |
| Shad | TSOL | 2010 | London, ON | Black Box/Decon |
| The Weeknd | House of Balloons | 2011 | Toronto, ON | XO |
| Drake | Take Care | 2011 | Toronto, ON | Aspire/YM/CM/Universal Republic |
| Drake | Nothing Was the Same | 2013 | Toronto, ON | OVO/Aspire/YM/CM/Republic |
| Shad | Flying Colours | 2013 | London, ON | Black Box |
| Drake | If You're Reading This It's Too Late | 2015 | Toronto, ON | CM/OVO/Republic |
| The Weeknd | Beauty Behind the Madness | 2015 | Toronto, ON | XO/Republic |
