Inuk Hiphop artist M.O. shares some wisdom with us - from his perspective on music to his experiences working with Kinnie Starr. He also shares with RPM.fm what equipment he works with, who his musical influences were growing up and some cultural knowledge from the land of the Inuk. [soundcloud url="http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/21850977" params="auto_play=false&show_artwork=false&color=900" width="100%" height="166" iframe="true" /]
Inuk hip hop artist M.O.’s new album String Games – a collaboration with Geothermal MC - continues to explore the contemporary urban Inuit life that filled his first CD. He raps about issues that are close to him - identity, northern politics and, in this track featuring Kinnie Starr, suicide. He’s not one to mince words and while he may shoot straight for the heart, his lyrics are crafted with a frankness that avoids cliché and melodrama. The result is intelligent, provocative and moving work. STREAM: M.O. and Geothermal MC - "Muskox"
Revolutions Per Minute is a global new music platform, record label, and boutique agency for Indigenous music culture. RPM’s mission is to build a visionary community of Indigenous artists and to introduce Indigenous music to new audiences across Turtle Island and around the world. Our main site, RPM.fm, has featured the work of more than 500 Indigenous artists and shared their music across our social networks of more than 275,000 followers.
RPM Records is the first of its kind: a label for contemporary, cross-genre Indigenous music, run by Indigenous people. Selected by The FADER as one of “5 New Canadian Record Labels The Entire World Should Know”, RPM Records artists include Ziibiwan, Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, Exquisite Ghost, and Mob Bounce.
