Canterbury Crescent Filmworks, the film production company behind the Drop The Needle documentary, has been keeping the classic Canadian rap video flame lit by posting clips on its Twitter account daily.
Its most recent clip is the video for “Crabuuckit,” the lead single from K-os’ 2004 album Joyful Rebellion.
“The first single off the landmark 2004 ‘Joyful Rebellion’ album from K-os was titled ‘Crabbuckit’,” the tweet wrote. “It was the 1st hip hop song to win the Juno award for Single of the Year. It’s also, perhaps, the most covered Canadian Hip Hop song ever! Who remembers this one?”
Yesterday, it covered “Dear Hip Hop,” the debut single from Dan-e-o, who was fresh off a win in a rap contest on Much Music’s Electric Circus.
On April 28, the account celebrated the funky “Money Part 1” from Jelleestone which released in 2001.
The history lessons continue every weekday and they cover nearly every important moment in Canadian hip-hop history.
Canterbury Crescent Filmworks plays a major part in exploring Canadian hip-hop history and it put together the aforementioned Drop the Needle documentary which dove into the story of the famed Toronto vinyl record store Play De Record.
