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Maestro Fresh Wes drops new singles featuring Planet Asia & Dusty Wallace

Maestro Fresh Wes drops Waste Yute and Minor Chords

Canadian rap legend Maestro Fresh Wes has released a pair of new singles in advance of his next studio project, Champagne Campaign, due out in March.

“Minor Chords,” (featuring Californian MC, Planet Asia) and “Waste Yute” (featuring Toronto’s own Dusty Wallace) were both produced by Toronto’s LordQuest and the singles are available now on Spotify and other streaming platforms.

You can find both songs below along with the accompanying press release.

Maestro Fresh Wes drops new singles featuring Planet Asia and Dusty Wallace


Maestro Fresh Wes Toasts 30 Year Career with NEW Album, Champagne Campaign

Multi-JUNO Award-winning artist & Mr. D actor releases two new singles: “Minor Chords” and “Waste Yute”

Pearls may be the traditional go-to when celebrating a 30th anniversary, but Canada’s veritable hip-hop hero Maestro Fresh Wes is toasting the world with a new album—Champagne Campaign—instead.

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It’s hard to believe three decades have passed since Maestro’s debut album—1989’s Symphony in Effect—dropped…

Its success blazed a fiery fresh trail, becoming the first hip-hop release to receive a JUNO Award for Best Rap Recording of the Year, and first Canadian hip-hop album to reach Platinum status.

Even more, his legendary track “Let Your Backbone Slide” made Williams the first Canadian hip-hop artist to have a single reach Gold status; he was also the first Canadian hip-hop artist to have a stronghold on Billboard’s Top 20 Rap Singles chart.

With 14 JUNO nominations (plus a second win, this time for Best Video in ’91), real estate on the Scarborough Walk of Fame, anthems on repeat for both ’14 and ’16 Olympics—to say the least—Williams is easily considered one of Canada’s premier and most notable multi-media personalities. His previous 2017 LP Coach Fresh was also nominated last year for another JUNO Award, and he just wrapped up eight seasons playing the role of Vice Principal Paul Dwyer on the CBC hit sitcom, Mr. D.

Maestro Fresh Wes drops new singles featuring Planet Asia and Dusty Wallace

Maestro Fresh Wes (Photo: Supplied)

Now, the Toronto-based iconic, multi-award winning recording artist, actor, and author is back in the studio, once again moving sound forward and set to release his ninth album this March.

Following the album’s first-served single, “Somewhere Down The Line” (featuring Adam Bomb) — are new singles “Minor Chords” and “Waste Yute” — available today!

Fresh off a cross-country tour with Classified and Choclair, and ahead of Champagne Campaign’s release, he says of the new tracks:

“‘Minor Chords” is about me tapping into the realm of a Maestro who’s a world class pianist on an award tour with his team of major players.

“The title was inspired by my good friend who passed away, King Reign. He said those words in a song we did years ago called ‘Look For Me in the Whirlwind.’ That’s why I sampled his voice at the end of the track…”

The song also features West Coast lyrical king, Planet Asia, and was produced — along with “Waste Yute” — by Toronto’s LordQuest.

“Been cool with Planet Asia for years,” Williams details. “I met him at the UMAC Awards in Toronto close to 15 years ago, and I’m glad I got the chance to work with him.

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“I was introduced to Dusty Wallace by my bredren Chris Jackson,” he continues, speaking on the up-and-coming Toronto artist Dusty Wallace featured on “Waste Yute.”

“When LordQuest gave me this beat, I knew Dusty and I would kill it. I was inspired by The Weeknd to stretch my vocal range.”

“It’s simply about us dissing a punk for being whutless… I wanted to have fun on the song by singing to the young punk as I question his mother’s poor choices of family planning. A mild undertone of social commentary on the song, but mostly comedic relief over a dope trap beat.”

Maestro Fresh Wes drops new singles featuring Planet Asia and Dusty Wallace

You can follow @MaestroFreshWes on Instagram.

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