Cadence Weapon wants to spoof Lil Wayne

by on February 20, 2010 in Arts


DORIAN GEIGER
Arts Writer

Cadence Weapon is the moniker of Edmonton-based rapper Rollie Pemberton who, for the last five years, has captured the imagination of Canada’s rap and indie music scenes. He has released two studio albums as well as two mixtapes, the last of which was called Separation Anxiety, written about his ex-girlfriend and distributed online and available for any price fans wanted to pay.

More recently, Pemberton was named Edmonton’s poet laureate for a two-year term starting in July of 2009.

The Sheaf caught up with Cadence Weapon at the Alberta House in Vancouver during the winter Olympics, where he talked about how he went from journalism to rap, his desire to parody rappers like Lil Wayne and the “existential new wave” rap he is working on currently.

Cadence Weapon Interview from Robby Davis on Vimeo.

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photo/video by Robby Davis


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  • john

    cadence weapon is not a rapperor hip hop artist.
    he makes electro crap.
    please get your facts straight.

  • Isaac

    I’m excited that Born Ruffians are helping out on the next album. Also, I would love to hear Cadence Weapon rap about money.

  • http://www.thesheaf.com Dorian Geiger

    Dear John,

    And you make blogging crap.

    You should recognize Mr. Weapon is Edmonton’s poet lauriet and something new on the watered down mainstream rap scene. P.S. this distinguished position is only given to esteemed and distinguished artists. If you dislike some hip-hop and electro mashed & mixed together, don’t listen and don’t bash it b/c you sound super non-impartial, or ignorant, I’m not sure.

    Weapon is not for the mainstream, generic music scene, so turn off your Rhianna on 96.3 FM or whatever you think is hip-hop and try something new.

    I’m intrigued, what’s quality hip-hop in your opinion?

  • http://www.thesheaf.com Dorian Geiger

    And Canadian, as well?

  • john

    kay the aquanaut- saskatoon
    something fresh- saskatoon
    filthy animals- winnipeg
    nolto- saskatoon
    eekwol- p.a./saskatoon
    locution revolution- edmonton
    shad k- ontario

    and the list goes on

    my point is that cadence weapon does not make rap he talks over shitty electro beats.

    who cares about a poet lauriet? that kind of “distinguished” award is all POLITICS.
    the sheaf sleeps on local talent for crap like this all the time. and my tastes are about as far from mainstream as they come.

    thanx
    john

  • The Sheaf

    Point taken, John.
    It’s always our goal to highlight local talent as well as more established artists, but we don’t always succeed in that mission.

    If you are interested in writing about music, or about anything else, please check our volunteer page or contact the editors. We always enjoy constructive criticism and ideas.

    -web admin

  • http://www.thesheaf.com Dorian Geiger

    John,

    Also point taken. Kay the Aquanaut is the best hip-hop artist in Saskatoon and that’s awesome you agree on that point. There is lots of local talent in Saskatoon, but in my defence, I’m not an Arts Writer, but a Sports Editor who happens to really enjoy and respect Cadence Weapon and think what he’s doing for Canada’s music scene is great. So while in Vancouver covering the Olympics and having the lucky coincidence of running into Cadence Weapon before his show, he granted The Sheaf an interview. There are a lot of people in Saskatoon who really dig Weapon’s music. You can’t deny that. He packed Louis with Buck 65 and months later Amigos. And he will do so in coming months when his new-wave album drops.He obviously has a large university/Browadway following so I don’t ever regret doing the story and truly believe it was just about as relevant as anything local. Thanks for your opinion on Canadian hip-hop and I will look into the suggested groups you listened, sounds dope!

  • Leon

    Big up to John!!
    He knows what's going on in the Hip Hop scene!!Kay the Aquanaut and Nolto:Top Notch!!
    Look what Locution Revolution(next big thing,watch out for them) do in their city with their annual Hip Hop in the Park
    Eekwol:goes without saying!!She's amazing!!
    Candence Weapon does nothing for his community or his city unless politics are involved,nothing for the LOVE
    PLEASE check out them artists John listed!!!

  • http://www.thesheaf.com/webmail Dorian Geiger

    You guys should go see the Kay the Aquanaut show @ Louis on April 29th with Regina hip-hop artist Def 3 aka Danny Fernandez. In fact, it's a fantastic idea – for both of you.