Things are starting to heat up as the release of Classified’s new album ‘Self Explanatory’ approaches. Class is touring Europe this month with Royce & D12, and will be touring across Canada with the Half Life Crew starting in April. As always, we’re going coast to coast so everyone will have an opportunity to catch a show.

April 23 - Vancouver, BC @ Boss Nightclub (19+)
April 24 - Whistler, BC @ Garfinkels (19+)
April 25 - Kamloops, BC @ Cactus Jack Saloon (19+)
April 27 - Victoria, BC @ Element (All Ages Matinee)
April 27 - Victoria, BC @ Element (19+)
April 29 - Medicine Hat, AB @ KC Jax Ultra Lounge (18+)
April 30 - Calgary, AB @ The Whiskey (18+)
May 1 - Lethbridge, AB @ Blarney Stone (18+)
May 2 - Edmonton, AB @ Starlite Room (18+)
May 5 - Banff, AB @ Wild Bills (18+)
May 6 - Saskatoon, SK @ Odeon (All Ages/19+)
May 7 - Regina, SK @ Distrikt (19+)
May 8 - Winnipeg, MB @ Pyramid Cabaret (18+)
May 9 - Thunder Bay, ON @ C2 (19+)
May 11 - Cobalt, ON @ Cobalt Classic Theatre (All Ages / 19+)
May 13 - Waterloo, ON @ Starlight Club (19+)
May 14 - London, ON @ London Music Hall (19+)
May 15 - Toronto, ON @ Phoenix Concert Theatre (All Ages / 19+)
May 16 - Whitby, ON @ Johnny B’s (19+)
May 19 - Peterborough, ON @ Montreal House (19+)
May 20 - Milton, ON @ Hardball (19+)
May 21 - Hamilton, ON @ Club Absinthe (19+)
May 22 - Ottawa, ON @ Ritual Night Club (19+)
May 23 - Montreal, QC @ Les Saints (18+)
May 29 - St John, NB @ Ozone (19+)
May 30 - Fredericton, NB @ Capital Exhibition (All Ages)
June 5 - Halifax, NS @ The Palace (19+)

What’s up everyone?

Classified’s new album Self Explanatory is available in stores and online now! The response so far has been amazing and we’re pumped to hit the road and bring it to you guys live on the tour. Let us know what you think of the album here and on the Facebook page, and keep spreading the word!

We’ve teamed up with Indaba Music to bring you aspiring emcees out there a chance to spit your own rhymes over Classified’s ‘Trouble’. The winner will receive $500, have their mix produced by Class himself and released digitally by Half Life and Sony Music Canada. Pretty dope eh?

Head on over to the contest page at IndabaMusic.com to enter!

The Prime Minister of Canadian Hip-Hop himself sent over his thoughts on the new album the other day… Here’s what he had to say:

dude,
just wanted to say that i finally got a chance to peep ur cd from top to bottom…..song by song , rhyme by rhyme and just wanted to say that musically, lyrically as well as conceptually it’s your best work yet.
normally i just play your stuff from top to bottom and then critique it but this took few more listens especially w da CYOA’s which were really clever…..the rhymes in them alone were sick….from mike boyd bike riding, j-bru and bizzy, white mike and that ghetto child story was crazy too fam

word play was retarded…”parasites and paris sites”
“management and what manage meant”……dope

although ”any body listening’ ain’t a ‘find out’…it still works and is your most commercial single today…hopefully it gets some good airplay.

kim boyd’s verse with the licrice looks delicious….stupid !!!!!!

and all the collabs were dope…i loved decisive’s verse on ‘loonie’ good concept over all

up all nite is dope….love the bridge

and i already told u i liked inspiration, oh canada,self explanatory and still got it…
the song order was dope too…..

and the cuts were retarded props to dj iv

and ofcourse…..’quit while your a head ‘was dope too….i kinda slept on that….i think my verse had a lot of style in it and u murdered it with the mathematics….

choclair set it off my letting the pin out the bomb and moka dismantled it with his 36 albums…..” ubi’quit’ous ” is the word of the year !!!!!!
a classic hip hop album !!!!

respect

wes ‘ maestro’ williams
prime minister of canadian hip hop