Heds and Dreds: Ol’ Time Killin’ with Kardinal Offishall

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July 27, 2011


“Ol’ Time Killin”/”Maxine” (2001)

The names Jully Black, Wio-K and Korry Deez won’t mean much to non-Canadians (or even to many Canadians, perhaps) but they were part of the all-star Caribbean Canuck cast on the 2001 version of  “Ol’ Time Killin.'” Sampling Barrington Levy, Chaka Demus and Pliers and even Smif N Wessun in its hook,  Kardinal rapped “from T-Dot to the Bronx and Brixton and back.” The video, helmed by half-Trini director Little X,  also included a teaser for “Maxine,” a throwback single on the Stalag riddim. Busta Rhymes, in many ways Kardinal’s closest stylistic cousin, appeared on a remix.