What is your motivation everyday?

Canadian emcee/producer Tarik Robinson (Teekay of Dragon Fli Empire) explores this through the ups and downs of his music career over a beautiful, jazzy beat that is both classic and contemporary. He impresses with a silky, double time delivery including impressive wordplay:

"Respected, rejected, we've wrecked it on records. Revered and sneered, cheered and jeered, props from peers, or switching the gears, push on."

This is the first single from Tarik's new album, "Rotations".

Streaming Links: lnkfi.re/tkeveryday

Tarik Robinson - Everyday

Tarik Robinson is the government name of veteran Calgary emcee and producer Teekay of the Dragon Fli Empire. Due to an excess of artists sharing his 'rap name', Robinson has taken it back to his birth certificate. And it makes sense, as "Rotations" gives the listener an honest glimpse into the creative and colorful imagination of this respected artist as he explores themes like purpose, joy, growth, struggle and possibility within the cycles of life.

Rotations

Funky Drumming

Beats House Records and Radio Krimi Records are proud to present the return on wax of the mighty Dragon Fli Empire !
Funky A Side "Hold down the Fort" produced by Djar One and cuts by DJ Cosm. 
Jazzy B Side "Right on Time" feat. Von Pea produced by DJ Cosm & Metawon and cuts by Djar One. 
Both sides arranged, mixed and mastered by Djar One at Beats House Studio, LH.
Artwork by Anton.
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45 vinyls limited to 300 copies !! Available the 16th of April, 2018.

Dragon Fli Empire - Hold Down The Fort b/w Right On Time (feat. Von Pea) [45 Snippet]

Created for the "Bring the Heat" beatmaker showcase. A track sampling "Nostalgia" by Chilean band "Los Angeles Negros", with a Dilla-style swing to it. Chopped on the Maschine Mikro.

Bring the Heat: LAN Nostalgia

In the debut episode of The 5:30 Shift podcast, Tucker and Chan discuss the power of 'NO'... from childhood to the workplace to annoying door-knockers. If you think about missing this episode, just say 'NO'.

Episode One: How to say "NO"

Do You Want To Kick Diss - 2018

Between 2014 and 2016, I spent a combined eight months in Chile on five different trips for my day job. During this time, I witnessed just how big the underground, boom-bap sound was down there. Can you imagine thousands of people in this day in age getting down to Lords of the Underground... and hundreds of those people in the very front moshing violently to "Chief Rocka"? 

I met several artists who showed me different music videos of Latin American hip hop. It was just reaching it's full potential, and each video had view counts in the hundreds of thousands. I was blown away. 

I first heard the term "Unión Latinoamericana" as the name of a metro station in Santiago, Chile. From what I understand, the name represents a theoretical Latin American Union similar to the European Union. In my opinion, this union already exists in the hip hop community, and this beat tape is my tribute to that scene. I've combined music from all sorts of different genres in Latin America with that hardcore boom bap sound, with the bass and the drum breaks turned up all the way to ten!

Unión Latinoamericana [Beat Tape]

Santiago Remix (ft. Ander)

Buenos Aires

Made this remix in 2017 for a remix contest. Unreleased until now! Big ups to Transit22: https://soundcloud.com/transithiphop

Transit22: Flash Bang ft. Geeze (Teekay Remix)

Teekay on the beat and the rhymes. Remix of the original from Dragon Fli Empire & Def Chap's DFE vs. DEF EP (http://dfevsdef.bandcamp.com). This version will be on Teekay's upcoming compilation Psyychology, which will have him on the beats for an all-Calgary lineup of artists.

One of a Kind (Remix)

1/2 of Dragon Fli Empire reppin' Calgary, Canada - smooth beats & rhymes. Also check http://soundcloud.com/dragonfliempire & http://soundcloud.com/makebelieverecords

Funky Drumming

Tarik Robinson - aka Teekay

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