DOCUMENTARY “Drop the Needle” features Get Loose Crew images
March 2022 – Toronto, ON A brief tribute to the Get Loose Crew included in the upcoming Canadian documentary “Drop the Needle”, the group are featured in a 1987 photograph taken in the basement studio in Jacksons house. Produced by Canterbury Productions, the film features local iconic record store Play de Record that played an […]
NARDWUAR discusses GLC with Kardinal Offishall
ARCHIVED – Original Date: November 18, 2005 – Vancouver. Legendary Canadian interviewer and musician Nardwuar (John Ruskin) has been an enthusiastic voice confirming and validating the status of the Get Loose Crew and their accomplishment within the Hip-Hop music industry for years. For the last 30 years, Canadian institution and punk rock journalist he has […]
NARDWUAR validates GLC hip-hop music history – Maestro Interview
ARCHIVED – Original Date: June 27, 2008 – Vancouver. Nardwuar “the human serviette” talkin’ Hip Hop history with the Godfather of Canadian Hip Hop Maestro Fresh Wes where he confirms the history of the Get Loose Crew. Interview (June 27, 2008) Legendary Canadian interviewer and musician Nardwuar (John Ruskin) has been an enthusiastic voice confirming […]
Museum of Canadian Music adds MC Shadow
April 19, 2021 – Alberta, CANADA. On the heels of the Get Loose Crew being added to the Museum of Canadian Music earlier this month, MC Shadow follows in the footpath of his brothers in music… The spring of 2021 saw the official recognition of the Get Loose Crew’s Canadian musical accomplishment. Inducted into the […]
Museum of Canadian Music inducts Get Loose Crew
April 16, 2021 – Alberta, CANADA. The spring of 2021 saw the official recognition of the Get Loose Crew’s Canadian musical accomplishment. Inducted into the Canadian Museum of Music in Alberta, it signaled the long-awaited official affirmation of the groups contribution in Hip-Hop and ultimately enshrining them as artists in Canadian music. “It’s the largest […]
“LOST” Chapter 2 – on location
April 2017 -Toronto. With the first chapter “Resurrection” wowing audiences, Manee Osman Films endeavors into the second installment “LOST“. Resurrection, establishes the setting in the backdrop of a metropolitan city and follows four associates who came together to effect a colossal bank heist ending with a climactic revelation of a traitor among them that switched […]
“Manee Osman Films to shoot music & film trilogy”
2016 – Toronto, ON Intending to reaffirm his place in music history in 2016, Shadow approached Manee Osman, a Toronto-based film and music video director who had attained notoriety for a promotional video he filmed for Ciroc vodka, owned by Sean ‘Diddy’ Coombs. Osman and Neely developed a unique and original video concept for each […]
BlogTO honorable mention to Get Loose Crew in most collectable Toronto albums
ARCHIVED – Original Date: September 21, 2014. blogTo online magazine published Guest Contributor Colin Gillespie’s article where he compiled and offers readers a list of “The top 10 most collectable Toronto albums of all time.” The writer listed various groups and genres with visual and audio links to some of the most recognizable Toronto music […]
“CBC Hip Hop Summit” Celebrates 25 Years of Canadian Hip Hop
ARCHIVED – Original Date: April 2011. Based upon the foundation and success of the T-Dot Pioneers Exhibit, (see the Post here… ) Canadian Broadcasting Company (CBC) held a Hip-Hop Summit April 1-3, 2011 with a live recorded show commemorating the genres history, hosted in the Glenn Gould Studio within the CBC building in Toronto. The […]
“TDot Pioneers” Hip Hop” Exhibit
ARCHIVED – Original Date: March 2010 T-DOT PIONEERS EXHIBIT – An interactive community timeline designed to engage members of the hip hop community in documenting their own histories and to identify the Pioneers in Toronto and Canadian Hip-Hop. In March 2010, the Toronto Free Gallery hosted an exhibit called T-Dot Pioneers: An Exploration of Toronto […]