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Classified — Self Explanatory

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By Ian Gormely (CHARTattack) May 26, 2009 1:06 pm
After years of toiling away in Nova Scotia's often overlooked hip-hop scene, Luke Boyd (a.k.a. Classified) finally scored a national hit with "Find Out" from 2006's Hitch Hikin' Music. This follow-up, has already spawned another hit with "Anybody Listening" and proves the commercial and critical success of "Find Out...
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Classified Show Defends Canadian Hip-Hop Honour

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By Pete Richards (CHARTattack) February 4, 2008 2:30 pm
I can think of no Canadian MC capable of packing the Opera House to capacity in the midst of a 30-centimeter blizzard other than Classified. The Halifax MC did exactly that this past Friday, and all those who braved the storm to sell out the show were part of the proof that Canadian hip-hop is as strong as ever. While other rappers have...
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Classified — Hitch Hikin' Music

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By James Simons (CHARTattack) October 31, 2006 8:23 pm
As Classified cleverly claims, "I represent Canada/Where everybody say 'A' like Juelz Santana does." Indeed, on his Cancon-taminated eighth album, the Nova Scotian MC does everything short of offering the Corner Gas cast guest verses. He joins Instant Star rap-tor Maestro Fresh Wes for a bumping buddy track ("Hard To Be Hip Hop...
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Classified — Boy-Cott-In The Industry

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By Matt Semansky (CHARTattack) March 28, 2005 2:58 pm
When was the last time you heard a hip-hop record that suffered from too much modesty? On his latest release, Halifax-based MC and producer Classified comes off like a rap version of Woody Allen, constantly questioning his personal faults and his chances at commercial success. While this hand-wringing makes him charmingly vulnerable, his whiny...
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MuchMusic Video Awards 2011 Winners List

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) June 20, 2011 8:57 am
Yeah, considering they give half of them out during the red carpet pre-show, the actual awards at the MuchMusic Video Awards aren't all that important to the young superstars of today's broadcast, but here's your complete winners list anyway:UR FAVE VideoFefe Dobson — "Stuttering"  UR FAVE New ArtistJustin Bieber featuring...
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I Read The News Today... For May 19, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) May 19, 2011 3:49 pm
People! The Sheepdogs made the final round of Rolling Stone's choose the cover contest! Clear your fucking cookies like crazy and go vote like crazy over here! Hey! Apparently the world is ending on Saturday (what a damper on your long weekend)! So CHARTattack contributor Steve McLean has made the perfect playlist for you. Montreal singer/...
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Classified's "Old Bastard" Neighbour Tried To Get Him Busted

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By Aaron Brophy (CHARTattack) April 13, 2011 1:32 pm
East Coast rapper Classified finally made this country's musical A-list when his "Oh... Canada" single blew up as an anthem right around the time of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics.Not everybody was on the pro-Classy bandwagon, though, including his former neighbour. Class' song "The Day Doesn't Die" from his latest album, Handshakes And Middle...
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I Read The News Today... For Jan. 31, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) January 31, 2011 4:27 pm
Nova Scotia's Juno Award-nominated rapper Classified will release his Hand Shakes And Middle Fingers album on March 22 through Sony. He's also announced a tour for O-O-O Canada that'll take place in March and April. —classifiedofficial.com The Toronto Star takes a look at the decline of the turntable. DJ Kool Herc, who basically founded hip-hop,...
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Classified Launches Choose Your Own Adventure Video Series

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) August 18, 2010 1:05 pm
If you grew up in the '90s like me, there's a good chance you remember the Choose Your Own Adventure book series, in which the reader travels through some kind of fantasy world in search of money, but can often result in the protagonist's (read: you) death if they make the wrong choice. Basically, upon reading to a certain page, you...
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Meet The Juno Nominees: Classified

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) March 3, 2010 2:54 pm
Canadian athletes won more gold medals at the recent Vancouver Winter Olympics than any other nation, and set a new record for the most golds won at any winter games. At around the same time, Classfied's "Oh... Canada" also went gold. The Nova Scotia rapper picked up a few more accolades on Wednesday (March 3) when he received Juno...
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MMVA 2009 Backstage

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Toronto, ON
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MMVA 2009 Backstage

MMVA 2009 Red Carpet

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Classified: Less Caught In The Industry

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By Pete Richards (CHARTattack) April 15, 2009 2:51 pm
After 12 years of MCing, beat-making and relentless roadwork, Classified has finally landed a record deal. It's been a long time coming for the Halifax native, who just released his first major label album, Self Explanatory. CHARTattack had the chance to sit down with Class and discuss his new material as well as his decision to sign with Sony...
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Classified Finally Ready For Breakout

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By Pete Richards (CHARTattack) March 23, 2009 3:30 pm
Although Halifax MC/producer Classified's long-awaited new full-length album is finally completed, fans won't get to hear Self Explanatory until it officially drops on April 7. The album is a lengthy 22 tracks of his most playful rhyming and tightest self-production, all without compromising the raw Classified grit longtime fans have come to...
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Classified Added By Sony

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By CHARTattack Staff November 13, 2008 11:58 am
When Halifax hip-hop artist Classified talked to ChartAttack's resident hip-hop artist, Pete The Meat, early this year, he told him that he hates the music industry but would sign with a large label "if it was right." Sony Music must have had the right stuff, because they've now signed the MC and producer and will release his new album...
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Classified: Of Alkaholiks And Diplomats

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By Pete Richards (CHARTattack) January 21, 2008 9:15 am
Classified is hard at work making music in his Halifax home/studio. I called him at 10 a.m. and he was already on the grind, working on his upcoming full-length which he anticipates will see the light sometime this summer. Until then, check out his new While You Were Sleeping EP to tide you over. ChartAttack: So what can people expect from your...
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Classified Touring To Wake Up Canadians

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By Pete Richards (CHARTattack) January 14, 2008 5:30 pm
Halifax MC/producer Classified starts a Canadian tour on Tuesday in Vancouver and will make his way east, reaching fans in often overlooked markets. Stand up, Fernie, B.C. "We played a lot of small towns on the last tour, little towns I've never even heard of until I got there," says Classified. "We'd get crowds of like 150 to 250...
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Don't Sleep On Classified's New Album

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By CHARTattack Staff November 7, 2007 3:30 pm
It's tough to break through in the Canadian hip-hop scene. Just ask any of the guys who stand along Toronto's Queen St. West and attempt to simply give away music to anyone willing to grab a disc. But Nova Scotian Classified has found some success in both mainstream and underground circles, though it's taken him a decade to get to where he is...
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Homegrown Urban Tour Moving East Across Canada

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By CHARTattack Staff June 22, 2007 4:00 pm
The biggest Canadian urban music tour of the summer begins this week, with Jordan Croucher, Classified, J-Bru, Chad Hatcher, Mic Boyd and DJ IV set to play more than 30 dates across the country. Croucher's "Feelin' Fine" and "So Addicted" videos have received a lot of attention from MuchMusic, and the Halifax artist's...
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Classified Hustles In His Own Way

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By James Simons (CHARTattack) October 4, 2006 5:00 pm
From the old school to the new class, underground rappers have always acted as the genre's bespectacled brown-nosers, sitting in the front row and whining, "Teacher, 50 Cent brought a gun to school! Teacher, the new producer's copying off of Just Blaze!" Nova Scotian MC Classified might not whine, exactly, but he certainly isn't above...
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