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Kardinal Offishall - The Anthem
Artist: Kardinal Offishall
Producer: Kardinal Offishall
Album: Mr. International
Label: Black Stone Colleagues/GFMGG
It’s a tired story, but in the case of Kardinal Offishall it’s a true one. The Toronto native was an underground emcee with a vicious flow, but ever since going major with Konvict Music those sharp edges have been blunted, resulting in one huge hit (Dangerous) and a few kind-of hits (Body Bounce). Kardi’s solution? Give the entire T-Dot population The Anthem. A true anthem needs to be big and loud, so appropriately the self-produced beat is a stadium music blend of pounding drums and piped in crowd noise, while on the lyrical side of the equation Kardi goes well above the lowest common denominator on his verses, bringing back some of that aforementioned viciousness on the mic: “Good people got blasted, so we pour a little liquor our and think about ‘em while we plastered.” Girl I Wanna Know this isn’t. So how about it Booth nation? Has Offishall finally found the perfect balance between his commercial and underground sensibilities? If enough people answer yes to that question, expect a release date for his upcoming album, Mr. International, to be announced soon.
This song first appeared on the
Rap Chart
on November 8, 2010
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Now THIS is the Kardinal Offishall that I was spinning on my college radio show almost a decade ago. Raw, uncut, connected to the streets (not the clubs) and, most importantly, uninhibited by the pressures of radio-play importance. I am not from Toronto, but I'd be proud to be after listening to this one.
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| Posted on Nov 01, 2010 |
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| Posted on Nov 02, 2010 |
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My favorite Kardinal track since "Set It Off". Banger.
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| Posted on Nov 02, 2010 |
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great beats and amazing lyrics, flowing through the beats makes a big difference in the quality
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| Posted on Nov 02, 2010 |
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| Posted on Nov 02, 2010 |
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Beat - Sick
Production- Catchy Lyrics - Strong Hook - Catchy Banger. |
| Posted on Nov 02, 2010 |
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him and joe budden are so underrated...this song is so crazyyyyyyy
i dont wanna give it a classic, but hey, why not |
| Posted on Nov 02, 2010 |
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Strong track with some serious street appeal... Wow, how sick is that beat?
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| Posted on Nov 02, 2010 |
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This is Kardinal on beast mode finally, I thought he lost it, glad he put this out.
Next,change his pic, damn lips take up the whole frame lmfao |
| Posted on Nov 02, 2010 |
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Hi, where you from...Canada? Liking this one. I feel like I am in a stadium. T dot OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.
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| Posted on Nov 02, 2010 |
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Co-sign everything above. It's great to hear Kardi get more aggressive on the mic, and that beat's huge. I'm not from Toronto, but I have to assume this instantly becomes the city's new hip-hop anthem, right? Can any actually from T-Dot confirm or deny?
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| Posted on Nov 02, 2010 |
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Hats off.. not usually a Kardinal fan and I'm even from the Toronto area but this bangs. hard. Defiantly the anthem for Toronto. REP IT EVERYWHERE I GO!
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| Posted on Nov 02, 2010 |
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First post and forgot to rate. Doh.
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| Posted on Nov 02, 2010 |
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I FUX with this. I like how it came in.
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| Posted on Nov 02, 2010 |
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love this
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| Posted on Nov 02, 2010 |
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| Posted on Nov 02, 2010 |
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Jesus Kardinal, I'm speechless. Crazy flow and crazy beat, what more can you ask for?
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| Posted on Nov 04, 2010 |
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I didn’t really like this, I just couldn’t get into the swing of it.
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| Posted on Nov 05, 2010 |
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Kardinal Offishal killed it here.
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| Posted on Nov 05, 2010 |
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| Posted on Nov 06, 2010 |
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@Nathan S
when we wanna get our reppin game up its all about "the city is mine" and bakardi slang. this is dope but like c'mon, he needs to drop a video for us. |
| Posted on Nov 06, 2010 |
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I got to reward his originality on this one. I never expected from him to drop a dope track like this.
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| Posted on Nov 06, 2010 |
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This aint bad
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| Posted on Nov 06, 2010 |
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Being from Toronto really makes me appreciate the underground rap scene. Between Kardi, Shad, Class, Arabesque, Justis, etc. T-Dot has one hell of a lively rap scene. Props to Kardi rebound from Body Bounce to drop his second underground single off Mr. International. Check out We Gon Go as well, better if not as great of a song.
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| Posted on Nov 06, 2010 |
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Kardinal captured the true definition of an ANTHEM!
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| Posted on Nov 06, 2010 |
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| Posted on Nov 09, 2010 |
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yep. the lyrics sure sounds vicious. this sounds like some underground hard ish here.
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| Posted on Nov 11, 2010 |
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Nice track am feeling it
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| Posted on Nov 12, 2010 |
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I defo see this is an anthem. But these hard-hitting sounds are cold..they just make the cut to me for a 4 star hype.
If tracks offf his new album take this slice higher then I'll say Yeah to Nathan S's Q. |
| Posted on Nov 13, 2010 |
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| Posted on Nov 14, 2010 |
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Kardinal always on crank..I'm feeling this and I love the hook
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| Posted on Nov 14, 2010 |
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| Posted on Nov 16, 2010 |
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oh hell yeah!!!! nuf said, take a listen...
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| Posted on Nov 17, 2010 |
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| Posted on Dec 31, 2010 |
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I'm writing as I'm listening, Love Kardi, Love this track. Been a big fan of his...
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