irs – welcome to planet irs (2002)

part of toronto’s ‘monolith’ crew, irs (pronounced like “urse,” not “eye-are-ess”), are the trio of kory deez, black kat, and dj t.r.a.c.k.s. universal music and cmw (canadian music week) had (have?) a contest for cmw every year, where universal chooses the best live performer, and releases a cd for them. that year, i caught irs live for the first time, and was blown away by their energy on stage. with the rest of our a&r department (allan reid, dave porter, shawn marino, susan brearton, ted seto, david “click” cox), we ended up choosing irs and releasing this album. a solid record, start to finish.

irs – welcome to planet irs
(2002, whatchuwant enterprises / universal music)

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1. life off feat. nish rawks, dan-e-o & wio-k
2. welcome to planet irs
3. strictly for the heads
4. we don’t play
5. manipulation
6. whatchuwantnow
7. munyam jam (bunnin break)
8. reprise
9. t-dot anthem
10. t.r.a.c.k.s.’ lament
11. girls (a man’s best weakness)
12. controlled anger feat. grimace love
13. m.w.o. feat. spidah man, shamon harage & charisman