Critical Accolades

"Destined for Greatness in 2006"
- Eye Weekly's "15th Annual Cross-Canada Music Critics Poll" - January 19, 2006


"Cadence seems poised and definitely deserves to step into the higher acolytes of the envelope-pushing hip-hop underground, alongside Edan, Aesop Rock and Murs...heavily laden with original hooks, electro keys and confident, conversational rhyme flow; "Black Hand" and "Sharks" are two of the best tracks I've heard all year."
- Eye Weekly


"this is an impossibly accomplished hip hop album, a dense, paranoid party of seedy beats, lascivious synths, ferociously articulate rhymes and shocking cohesion"
- Coke Machine Glow


"some truly stupefying hip-hop. Incorporating minimal beatscapes, video game noises and crafty bursts of synth, his lyrical flow is pure, effortless and playful like a young Canuck Roots Manuva"
- Exclaim!


"one of the year's most unusual and satisfying hip-hop records...thoroughly original without sacrificing quality"
- Chart Magazine


"It's a bit of a rarity these days for a 19-year-old to release a debut with one rapper and one producer, himself, but the age thing isn't being mentioned to give him a pass for his lapses; it's to emphasize how amazing the heights Breaking Kayfabe hits are....wonderfully maximal production and songwriting. Cadence Weapon couples that sound with lyrical sense that takes palpable pleasure at not letting a line go by without saying something that's either funny or clever, often revelling in puns and aural sight gags for nothing more but the pure love of the uses of language in hip hop. Too exciting for the underground (maybe), too weird for the overground (hopefully not), he deserves to be heard by both; I'm willing to bet it's all because he's Canadian"
- Stylus Magazine


Vue Weekly (Edmonton) - June 16-22, 2005 Edition
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The Edmonton Journal - May 21, 2005
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Pitchfork Media - May 20, 2005
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Fluxblog - April 20, 2005
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See Magazine (Edmonton) - March 31, 2005
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Pitchfork Media - March 24, 2005
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Exclaim! - Feb 28, 2005
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Stylus Magazine - Feb 24, 2005
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The Edmonton Sun - Feb 20, 2005
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Vue Weekly (Edmonton) - Feb 10-16, 2005 Edition
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Fluxblog - January 24, 2005
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