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Soundscapes will be closing permanently on September 30th, 2021.

Open every day between Spetember 22nd-30th

We'd like to thank all of our loyal customers over the years, you have made it all worthwhile! The last 20 years have seen a golden age in access to the world's recorded music history both in physical media and online. We were happy to be a part of sharing our knowledge of some of that great music with you. We hope you enjoyed most of what we sold & recommended to you over the years and hope you will continue to seek out the music that matters.

In the meantime we'll be selling our remaining inventory, including thousands of play copies, many of which are rare and/or out-of-print, never to be seen again. Over the next few weeks the discounts will increase and the price of play copies will decrease. Here are the details:

New CDs, LPs, DVDs, Blu-ray, Books 60% off 15% off

Rare & out-of-print new CDs 60% off 50% off

Rare/Premium/Out-of-print play copies $4.99 $14.99

Other play copies $2.99 $8.99

Magazine back issues $1 $2/each or 10 for $5 $15

Adjusted Hours & Ticket Refunds

We will be resuming our closing sale beginning Friday, June 11. Our hours will be as follows:

Wednesday-Saturday 12pm-7pm
Sunday 11am-6pm

Open every day between September 22nd-30th

We will no longer be providing ticket refunds for tickets purchased from the shop, however, you will be able to obtain refunds directly from the promoters of the shows. Please refer to the top of your ticket to determine the promoter. Here is the contact info for the promoters:

Collective Concerts/Horseshoe Tavern Presents/Lee's Palace Presents: shows@collectiveconcerts.com
Embrace Presents: info@embracepresents.com
MRG Concerts: ticketing@themrggroup.com
Live Nation: infotoronto@livenation.com
Venus Fest: venusfesttoronto@gmail.com

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Thank you for your understanding.

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Tuesday
Feb172009

VA - Fly Girls! B-Boys Beware: Revenge Of The Super Female Rappers!

DateTuesday, February 17, 2009 at 04:53PM

In an ambitious two-disc collection, Soul Jazz takes on the once-fertile subgenre of female rap. Celebrating three decades of sister rap, this comp actually digs way back to a couple of excellent early-'70s samplings of proto-rap from Sarah Webster Fabio and Nikki Giovanni. The real focus, however, is on the early '80s, via Roxanne Shante (to the chagrin of The Real Roxanne), MC Lyte, Queen Latifah and others who rocked the mic backed by live DJs, drum machines and the occasional live funky bass player. Going no further than Missy Elliott's "The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)" from 1997, Fly Girls! drives home the point that hip hop is not nearly as fun as it used to be, and that it may have something to do with the ever-diminishing number of prominent women in rap in this last decade.  

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