Cadence Weapon signs with Epitaph

Contributed by an Anonymous Source. Posted by aubin on Wednesday, February 21, 2007 at 7:00 PM (EST)

Epitaph has announced plans to distribute the new record from Edmonton, Alberta-based hip hop artist Cadence Weapon. Cadence Weapon released his full length debut, Breaking Kayfabe via Upper Class Recordings in Canada, and has since been nominated for he Polaris Music Prize, Canadian Indie Awards and won of a CBC Radio 3 Bucky Award.

The record promises "clever writing and impressive rhymes, paired with the electro-tones of UK grime and West Coast hip-hop. " Epitaph and Upper Class have joined forces to release "Breaking Kayfabe" in the United States on March 13th, 2007 to coincide with Cadence Weapon's appearance at the South By South West Music Festival in Austin, Texas March 14th – 18th. A sophomore full length is expected in the fall.

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Someone (February 21, 2007)

overrated and lame

Someone (February 21, 2007)

hep

daved4 (February 21, 2007)

sigh

Dante3000 (rich) (February 21, 2007)

Wow, someone just mentioned Cadence Weapon to me in an earlier thread.
Brett really does read the boards AND he acts fast.
Quick, sign Arnocorps!
-Dante

notfeelingcreative (February 21, 2007)

If that's the case, how do you explain: escape the fate, I Am Ghost, Vanna, and From First To Last?

Coldwaffles (February 21, 2007)

ap.net probably. or decoy.

Someone (February 21, 2007)

um... as much as you guys hate those bands, turns out they do sell records, so yeah, that's why.

i don't know about vanna, but i am pretty sure i am ghost, escape the fate, and from first to last do pretty well (soundscanwise) for an indie label.

notfeelingcreative (February 21, 2007)

I know fftl have a pretty big following. I don't know shit about the other bands.

damnitsderek (February 21, 2007)

If Escape the Fate is playing Warped this year, they'll probably get really big over the next 16 months or so.

mrposeur (February 21, 2007)

and money is what punk rock is all about!

Someone (February 21, 2007)

ask yourself this question when you are 30 and need money...

then you will see how punk you really are.

mrposeur (February 22, 2007)

punk as fuck.

I need money now, but I'm not playing shitty music for it.

Someone (February 22, 2007)

When you cater to the identity politics of trendy teenagers,youll see how much money you make after four years,after they have all "GROWN" away from you,as opposed to sloely building a fan base through road work and being able to scratch out a decent living doing something you love and seing the world without joining the military,sure beats flippin pizzas,my last "rea job" and probably actually pays as much or more.So fuck you.

drewcifer (February 22, 2007)

flippin pizzas? is that anything like rocket surgery?

Someone (February 22, 2007)

actually money is what running a business is all about... i can't hold it against mr brett, he's a pretty good business man

Someone (February 21, 2007)

teh revolt!!!1!

Phantom_Maggot (February 21, 2007)

I am sooooooooooooo happy someone else knows Arnocorps....best gimmick for a band EVER.

notfeelingcreative (February 21, 2007)

I've actually enjoyed the hip-hop releases epitaph have put out. The Coup, Sage, Atmosphere, solilla. and Busdriver albums are great. That being said, this doesn't sound like anything special.

Someone (February 21, 2007)

The Coup is great.

Someone (February 21, 2007)

Half of this guy's last album was really good, but the other half was kinda meh. He shows some promise. I wouldn't write him off just yet.

Also you left out Blackalicious. I liked The Craft more than anything else Epitaph has put. The Coup's album is a close second.

notfeelingcreative (February 22, 2007)

Really? I didn't like "The Craft" half as much as earlier Blackalicious. "Blazin' Arrow" and "Nia" were amazing but "The Craft" just sounded like BEP to me.

Someone (February 22, 2007)

If by BEP you mean Black Eyed Peas then you crazy. Sure it was more of a pop album than thier last two, but it still has that slick Blackalicious production. Give it another try.

Someone (February 22, 2007)

DANGERDOOM!!!!

homie (February 21, 2007)

Best artist out of Edmonton since SNFU.

Someone (February 21, 2007)

that's not saying anything

Someone (February 21, 2007)

The first two SNFU albums were pretty groundbreaking at the time. Not to mention back in their prime they tore. it. up. That being said, they did put out a string of crap.

Someone (February 21, 2007)

i agree with you, SNFU were amazing. But Alberta has never really produced very many "amazing bands".

Someone (February 21, 2007)

Chixdiggit rock my fucking cock!

Someone (February 21, 2007)

ok then...

Someone (February 22, 2007)

Misery Signals
Wednesday Night Heroes
The Smalls
Drive By Punch
Compromise
The Everymen
The Failure
The Operators

just to name a few killer Alberta bands...

Someone (February 22, 2007)

Drive By Punch are crap.

Someone (February 21, 2007)

oilers suck

Someone (February 21, 2007)

They certainly are doing a good job at sucking lately. *sigh*

blake88 (February 21, 2007)

what about black stone cherry...hahahahhahahahahah they suck so much fuckin roadrunner signs realy gay bands

Someone (February 21, 2007)

I really liked The Operators a lot.

Someone (February 21, 2007)

i'm sorry to hear that

Someone (February 21, 2007)

Oh come on.

Someone (February 21, 2007)

I'd disagree with that.

There's been a ton of good shit to come out of this town since those guys moved to Vancouver to make it big.

I never really saw what was so great about this guy. Good for him on "Making It" and stuff, but I can't really tell the difference between this and any other rapper out there today.

Someone (February 22, 2007)

Yeah, there's been the odd good band, but there hasn't been anything really great.

Someone (February 21, 2007)

Cadence Weapon is more punk than you- kayfabe that.

Someone (February 21, 2007)

hardly

TheMike (February 21, 2007)

I'm not very punk, so you're probably right.

canaandrumz (February 21, 2007)

I like the beat, btw what the hell is grime?

GlassPipeMurder (February 21, 2007)

now sign a good punk band. i haven't gotten anything good out of non-Hellcat Epitaph since that month The Draft and Heavens came out.

Someone (February 21, 2007)

Wow, Epitaph isn't hiding it's change into the new Def Jam.

Someone (February 21, 2007)

and much like Def Jam, they apparently only want to release crap.

Well, except for Nas.

Someone (February 21, 2007)

word.

Someone (February 22, 2007)

Ch-ching

ChokingVictim (February 21, 2007)

The music sounds like it could be a Streets song.

This doesn't sound too bad, I'd definatley check out something else by him.

manincognito (February 21, 2007)

im canadian, and i try to support as many canadian acts as possible. but damn, this was terrible. if you want good canadian, west coast hip-hop, check out Buck 65. that man kicks ass everytime and is enjoyed by fans of all sorts.

Someone (February 21, 2007)

Buck 65 is actually from the east coast. but i agree with you, cadence weapon is awful.

manincognito (February 21, 2007)

woah, really? i could have swore i read he was from vancouver. meh, i've been wrong before. but hey, good to know someoen appreciates good music!

blake88 (February 21, 2007)

nope halifax

TheMike (February 21, 2007)

Epitaph needs a new subsidiary for these hip hop artists. I mean, Hellcat is for the more classic punk rock style, Anti- is the indie / folk / experimental label, Epitaph releases more mainstream music... why not? (I'm not saying this as a bad thing. It's just branding)

I'm not a hip hop fan, but I do respect Cadence Weapon and Sage Francis, etc.

Someone (February 21, 2007)

agreed. in fact they should call it 'Kayfabe Records".

Someone (February 21, 2007)

Most have been on Anti, haven't they?

drewcifer (February 22, 2007)

yeah something like i dunno, Rhymesayers.

Someone (February 23, 2007)

I think all of their hip-hop releases have been put out on Anti-, except A Healthy Distrust by Sage Francis. Which he, according to the liner notes, requested to "piss some people off".

Someone (February 21, 2007)

Give me The Goats over this clown any day

Someone (February 21, 2007)

Canadian rap acts of note to date:

-Snow
-Tom Green

This does not bode well for Epitaph.

notfeelingcreative (February 21, 2007)

"A licky boom boom down">"my bum is on the cheese"

Someone (February 21, 2007)

i guess maestro has taught you nothing? what about the rascalz? red1? anyone?

blake88 (February 21, 2007)

kardinal, choclair, bishop, swollen members, buck 65, belly, rascalz, maestro fresh west, classified, sweat shop union, k-os, knaan.... i could go on...

Someone (February 22, 2007)

ya, i love classified. jesse dangerously too.

Medley (February 22, 2007)

Belly? What a joke... dude gets washed up RnB singer Ginuwine on a track and sets a record for making the most expensive Canadian rap video ever and it still looks and sounds like a joke. Not all Canadian rap is bad, but generally all Canadian gangsta rap is. Labels just don't have the budget to convincingly pull off the bling/girls/cars/ look, and the production is always a terrible knockoff of whatever's sounding hot in the states. Most of the other acts you listed are good or at least pretty decent, though I'm sick of Classified being in every other hip hop video on Much, him and his east coast rapper friends are all pretty lame (and I don't mean Buck 65, who I doubt would want to have any association with the guy).

Someone (February 22, 2007)

People hate on snow but he realy is a damn good dancehall MC,his cadence is on point.Maybe its his high pitch,goofy name or that he broke right after Vanilla,but shit he really was a pothead thuggish youth who grew up in a Jamaican neighborhood. Im just sayin. Lickey Boom Boom Down!!

Someone (February 22, 2007)

What's loud sucking sound?

Ohh...

Someone (February 21, 2007)

Sounds like a Pharrell beat.

Someone (February 21, 2007)

Breaking kayfabe? I wonder if this guy is a Meezark?

Someone (February 22, 2007)

Prolly, not many people know what kayfabe is even straight up marks, maybe he used to wear a mask HAhAHa

Medley (February 21, 2007)

Awesome news. Cadence Weapon deserves the wider distribution. Nice video too.

Someone (February 21, 2007)

Wow. I went to high school with Rollie. It's cool to see him blowing up like this.

Someone (February 21, 2007)

I never thought I'd ever see "clever writing" and hip hop in the same sentence.

It's hard to believe years ago this was originally a punk label started in the San Fernando Valley to release the very first Bad Religion record.

Love,
Smitchy

Someone (February 21, 2007)

Is this you? http://youtube.com/watch?v=LtIStHj7o3k

notfeelingcreative (February 22, 2007)

Holy shit, that's terrible. Was that a real PSA/commerical at one time?

Someone (February 22, 2007)

Check out Nas' lyrics,KRS-ONE,Non-Phyxion, old Brand Nubian,the Visionaries..Anybody remember the Dream Warriors? There is some real clever shit.At least as clever as guys who are thirty pandering to teen angst.Or singin about parents more than cops.

Someone (February 22, 2007)

Cadence Weapon and Busdriver on that Islands song=way rad. give it a listen.

Someone (February 22, 2007)

yo, no shit, Cadence Weapon is the shit. an amazing dude and extremely talented. saw him w/ Subtitle and Islands in Montreal and he ripped it. good for him, this is nuts!

Someone (February 22, 2007)

Yeah, Cadence is good shit. He makes his own (super innovative) beats, his flow is tight as hell and his writing is unique.

jt (February 22, 2007)

I think my friend saw him on tour with Islands