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Stopped by CHRY 105.5 at York University and kicked it with Backroad Radio family - @BigJacks @BozackMorris Mel and @RoyaleGG. Plugged the new EP coming out and talked about upcoming album. Big Jacks put it down playing some classic joints! Here is list of the songs: 

- One More Time ft. Pharoahe Monch 
- Fades Away ft. Saukrates & Drake 
- The Meeting Place (Happy Endings) 
- Represent ft. Shaun Boothe, Richie Sosa 
- Money ft. Saukrates, Kardinal Offishall 
- Soaring to the Heavens ft. Saukrates, Rich Kidd, Tona

King Reign on Backroad Radio (CHRY FM) – Nov 18th, 2013

King Reign - Killer

King Reign - Promo

Chemical Romance is the story of a pimp and his property. It explores the toxic relationship that eventually causes the pimp to lose his prize possession. King Reign shows how much of an influence Slick Rick has been on his style on this one. He tells the raw story and as he's done in the past leaves the listener with a different perspective. The beat produced by @DJAgile, the song is reminiscent of a Motown joint over some 2014 drums. Reign sings the hook that proclaims "with him she never had a chance at love" as what sounds like a barbershop quartet backs him up. This is the third release off of his upcoming album "Sincere" scheduled to drop July 14th 2014!!!

Chemical Romance (prod. by Agile)

Buy-Links:
Digital Download:
• iTunes: bit.ly/1oV8oeS
• Amazon: amzn.com/B00LH9X2N0

About 'Sincere:
Toronto hip hop artist King Reign releases his debut album, Sincere. The multi-disciplinary rapper, producer, filmmaker, and storyteller has long had a gift for painting moving pictures through his carefully crafted narrative rhymes, which are as soulful in lyrical content as they are in sound. Like street narrators Slick Rick and Nas before him, Reign’s raps bristle with a sharp sense of detail and attack from a fresh, smart perspective.

Oh No (prod. by Rich Kidd)

Sincere (prod. by Pro Logic)

Buy-Links:
Digital Download:
• iTunes: bit.ly/1oV8oeS
• Amazon: amzn.com/B00LH9X2N0

From the Exclaim Magazine interview:
A song like "Happylaidback" is talking about a number of issues that were specifically related to the music industry or any stress you could be undergoing but the attitude is to maintain.
Yeah, [quotes from "Happylaidback"]: "I've done the worst to get back to the best shit." I get it from my upbringing as well. Running out in the street with a knife and to get some guns is probably not a good idea, and recognizing that we don't live in a perfect world and there is work to be done… but at the same time there are a lot of reasons why we should be happy and it's actually easier to deal with these things if you can keep your spirit up and don't let things get you down. 

I'm always laughing and you'd think I'd never gone through anything, but I'm always going through something. But you find a way to laugh at it, you find a way to change your mood and you'd be surprised that situation you thought was totally unfixable finds a way to fix itself if you just stay up, y'know, if you dig your head into the ground and go to sleep for 30 days. Cos that's what I want to do sometimes and a lot of my people are dealing with depression. 

It's funny a lot of us are becoming more open about being depressed which I think is a good thing and "Happylaidback," I'm like "busy like Tuesday, easy like Sunday morning." But it's not like I'm laid back doing nothing. It's like laid back but also be alive, y'know. Stay loose, but stay live. Just let go of all the things you can't control 'cos you know you can't control. I'm the cat that just says it the way it is, I'm known for that. Let's not get dramatic about things that we think are gonna end our lives, it's all over and at the end of the day it really doesn't matter. And I'm not saying I have that formula that I'm proud of, I'm saying that's the format I'm aspiring to. 

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