Scales Empire

Scales Empire was a Canadian hip hop band from Montreal, Quebec, active in the mid-1990s. Although they released only one known recording, "Bright Lights, Big City" on Beat Factory's 1996 compilation album Rap Essentials Volume One, the song was a Juno Award nominee for Best Rap Recording at the Juno Awards of 1997.

The group consisted of rapper Kandu and producer T-Wyze.

In addition to its Juno Award nomination, "Bright Lights, Big City" also received a MuchMusic Video Award nomination for Best Rap Video at the 1997 MMVAs.

References

↑ Del Cowie, "Rap Essentials at 20: the album that put '90s Canadian hip-hop on the map". CBC Music, December 5, 2016.
↑ Jennie Punter, "Beat Factory mines local hip-hop motherlode". Toronto Star, November 30, 1996.
↑ Shawn Ohler, "Bum rap: Canadian rappers want some respect". Edmonton Journal, March 8, 1997.
↑ Andrew Flynn, "MuchMusic taps Bush, Blur". Calgary Herald, August 23, 1997.

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[1] Del Cowie, "Rap Essentials at 20: the album that put '90s Canadian hip-hop on the map". CBC Music, December 5, 2016.

[2] Jennie Punter, "Beat Factory mines local hip-hop motherlode". Toronto Star, November 30, 1996.

[3] Shawn Ohler, "Bum rap: Canadian rappers want some respect". Edmonton Journal, March 8, 1997.

[4] Andrew Flynn, "MuchMusic taps Bush, Blur". Calgary Herald, August 23, 1997.