Fortunato "The Coalition (The Remixes)" [ALBUM]

 In 2024, Fortunato and The Dirty Sample released their collaboration album, The Coalition, which was remixed by a hand-picked selection of producers as a bonus for the b-side of the cassette release. After two years exclusive to that format, the remix album is now available to the public as a digital release. The first single, “Will To Survive”, features the return of Gordski, the production half of The Goods, who replaces original guest Ol’ Gorilla Bones for a posse cut with Chadio, Noah23, Wordburglar and Ultra Magnus. The album also features remixes from Pasquale, Rove, Noblonski, Sean One, and others, as well as the original demo version of closing track “Get It” produced by Fredro Starr of Onyx. The Coalition - The Remixes is a worthy reimagining of the dusty original album produced by The Dirty Sample.  

Written and performed by Fortunato and guests

Remixed by various producers

Cold Camp "Winter Dreamz" [ALBUM]

Winter Dreamz is Cold Camp at full frost. A cinematic boom bap record carved out of cold nights, cracked concrete, and heavy snow. The Dirty Sample’s production drops dusty drums, chopped grime, and crunchy loops that feel ripped from a forgotten tape deck and rewired for the present. Bully Bravo and Chaka Boy move through the album like winter veterans: sharp, unflinching, and fully in control. No filler, no softness. Just hard-earned perspective, street poetry, and raw conviction over beats that keep your head bouncing. Winter Dreamz is classic boom bap energy with a modern weight to it. No trends chased. No corners cut. Winter Dreamz is cold, deliberate, and built to last. 

Written and performed by Chaka Boy and Bully Bravo

Produced by The Dirty Sample

Cold Camp x The Dirty Sample "Snow Kings" [SINGLE]

 

“Snow Kings” rises with the intensity of a storm you can see coming from kilometres away; it’s inevitable, heavy, and darkly beautiful. The Dirty Sample’s production rolls in like a sudden snow squall, the soaring strings, key stabs and boom bap drums creating a backdrop upon which every word feels stamped into frozen ground like boot prints. The verses by Bully Bravo and Chaka Boy proclaim scenes of resilience and royalty born from cold streets, not gold suites, giving the track a regal edge without losing its grit. There’s a calm weight to it all, the kind that comes from weathering winters most people never dare imagine. Cold Camp’s “Snow Kings” stands as an anthem for those who learned to rule the freeze instead of run from it.

Written and performed by Bully Bravo and Chaka Boy

Produced by The Dirty Sample

Cold Camp x The Dirty Sample "Avalanche" [SINGLE]

 

 

The first single from Calgary crew Cold Camp's upcoming sophomore album, Winter Dreamz, moves with weight and clarity in a steady build that crashes down with purpose. The Dirty Sample’s chime-filled beat for “Avalanche” feels hypnotic, almost serene, until the rhythm hits and everything shifts. His remix switches out his original production for a gritty, off-kilter NYC gutter beat. On the mic, Chaka Boy and Bully Bravo are confident, composed, and unshakable. This Cold Camp anthem highlights momentum, pressure, and power in motion. 

Written and performed by Chaka Boy and Bully Bravo

Produced and Remixed by The Dirty Sample

The Dirty Sample declares Love Always Wins If You Let It

 

The Dirty Sample has been through it all only to realize it was an illusion. And love sits at the core. If you can remember what it is like to tap into that feeling, that cosmic warmth, it will win. It always does. You just have to let it. 

The Dirty Sample

The Dirty Sample is "Feeling the Sun"

 

It’s the first day of Spring. The end of the day. The warmth has tired your very bones and all you want is a place to feel the sun soaked into your skin. Glorious! Like this song. The perfect soundtrack to your sun bathing activities. The Dirty Sample achieves this aspiration with off-kilter drums, some keys, and a drenching of the vocal sample that gives this song its title. Ah, the beauty of “Feeling the Sun”.

Produced by The Dirty Sample

The Dirty Sample reveals "The Vision"

 

One look and the chaos of the world comes together into unity. All of this madness leads the eyes to love, and love is seen everywhere. Even the darkest places still have love. You just have to be looking. Because love always wins if you let it. You just need the vision. And The Dirty Sample helps inspire this vision with a chill boom bap beat built out of slamming drums and horn stabs.

Produced by The Dirty Sample

Celebrate Valentine's Day with The Dirty Sample's "Just One"

 

 

The first single from The Dirty Sample’s instrumental album, Love Always Wins If You Let It, “Just One” is a feel-good boom bap beat dedicated to those who work hard to spend their lives with the ones they love, through the distress and the delights. 

Produced by The Dirty Sample

Kaboom Atomic x The Dirty Sample - I Ain't So Proud Anymore

About the single according to Kaboom:

"I used to look back and think about old days and relish in how things were. Then I realized we were just as s*** then as we are now. The truth is, everyone sucked then, and everyone sucks now. Society hasn't declined, it has straight up stayed in its perpetual state of uselessness. Thing is, there was a lot more punching back then if you were a nerd. Now the nerds are burning the Amazon! That's right, Amazon is on fire. And as far as I'm concerned, it's the wrong Amazon."

Written and performed by Kaboom Atomic

Produced by The Dirty Sample

Kaboom Atomic x The Dirty Sample - Are You High?

 

Look, these kids are delulu if they say they're in the GOAT conversation when they still got grape juice mouth. Kaboom is their father, The Dirty Sample is their grandpappy. The last thing we want is our last days to be tainted by these white labs who keep barking when the doorbell rings. They are an embarrassment to our gated community. 

Written and performed by Kaboom Atomic

Produced by The Dirty Sample

The Dirty Sample delivers Beats To Murder Rappers 2

Calgary producer The Dirty Sample goes darker for volume 2 in his horrorcore beat tape series. Beats To Murder Rappers 2 is a horrendous, spine-tingling thrill ride through 20 tracks built upon a foundation of boom bap drums augmented by  only the finest notes and strings plucked from Halloween soundtracks alongside vocal samples from horror b-movies. While the digital album drops on Halloween, the cassette tape dropped early as an official Cassette Week 2024 release. MCs beware as you enter the horrifying world of Beats To Murder Rappers 2.

Produced by The Dirty Sample

The Dirty Sample - Don't F@#k With Witches

 

The third single from Beats To Murder Rappers 2, the upcoming beat tape from The Dirty Sample, is a dedication to the witches who work with the energies of the universe. On “Don’t F@#k With Witches”, an unnatural wind blows over a mid-tempo boom bap drum beat as the remaining elements of the instrumental switch between a series of slow synth notes and a bunch of little creepy samples. It’s the perfect soundtrack for cooking up that evil curse. Now you know, you don’t f@#k with witches!

Produced by The Dirty Sample

Fortunato x The Dirty Sample "Get It" with new video

 

“Get It”, the third single from Fortunato x The Dirty Sample’s The Coalition, is a hustler’s anthem that preaches the tenets of devotion and perseverance. Fortunato expresses that time is finite and we all have one life to live so get it before it’s over. The Dirty Sample’s beat is a gritty, soulful production that complements Fortunato’s positive message. The video sees Fortunato rapping at a variety of locations across the GTA that emphasize the message: an abandoned building, a park, a building that gives the MC wings, and others. You only have one life to live, so get it!

Written and performed by Fortunato
Produced by The Dirty Sample

Fortunato x The Dirty Sample - Get It

(Directed by Joe Cash)

Swim the depths with The Dirty Sample and "Die in the Deep"

For the second single from his upcoming instrumental album, Beats To Murder Rappers 2, The Dirty Sample gets deep. But he’s no longer underground, he’s underwater. You don’t want to get too close to the water’s edge or you’ll be dragged down into the depths of this dark, murky beat to be toyed with like orcas with their prey. Dragged to the bottom to “Die in the Deep”. And you thought it was finally safe to go near the water!

The Dirty Sample - "The Darkness"

 

  

“The Darkness” is the first single from The Dirty Sample’s sequel to his dark and deadly beat tape, Beats To Murder Rappers To, released last year. The series blends banging boom bap and b-movie aesthetics for a perfect soundtrack to the Halloween season. “The Darkness” serves as an homage to carnival mad houses - its mirrored walls, trap doors, ghouls, and murderers. With a backdrop of heavy drums, bass synths, and eerie/airy effects, it’s easy to imagine your most hated rapper trapped in this house, going mad, and falling to their death through a candle-lit trap door onto a bed of broken glass. This is only the first beat treat of three leading to the release of Beats To Murder Rappers 2 on Halloween.

Produced by The Dirty Sample

Rock Bottom (The Dirty Sample Remix) by Royal-T

 

In honour of Royal-T Day, we celebrate the legacy of the Deepcave MC, who passed away 8 years ago, with a free download of this unreleased remix by The Dirty Sample of T's seminal song "Rock Bottom", on which he raps about the very real struggles he was experiencing with addiction and depression.

This remix version will be AVAILABLE FOR TODAY ONLY, so download it now. Don't delay!

Fortunato x The Dirty Sample present The Coalition

 

The Coalition is a collaborative project between Toronto-born MC Fortunato and Calgary-based producer The Dirty Sample. Sharing a deep mutual admiration for the music of the other, the two finally joined forces a few years ago to work on this project. “I’m incredibly picky when it comes to beats” says Fortunato. “I listened to The Dirty Sample for years and every beat was so interesting and unique! I knew that I had to work with him.”

The album took shape over the last few years as beats and verses were exchanged between the two via email. The result is a dark, psychedelic trip into the grimy roots of underground hip hop. Both Fortunato and The Dirty Sample have lengthy music careers and their experience and passion for the culture shines through. Songs like “The Grime” and “Get It”, the first and third singles, are indicative of a bygone era where dark foreboding beats meet inspirational and introspective lyrics. The Coalition is a must for any listener who longs for the purity of hip hop as it was originally intended.

Written and performed by Fortunato, except “Will To Survive” by Fortunato and Ol’ Gorilla Bones

Produced by The Dirty Sample

Mickey O'Brien - Orebody - The Remix Album

 

Nickel City blue collar MC Mickey O’Brien released his third solo album on September 29, 2023. Orebody delved deeper into his soul and psyche as he explored his own inner workings with each song representing a specific emotion. Juno-nominated master of the MPC Fresh Kils was once again along for the ride as the sole producer along with the addition of live instrumentation. But Mickey also loves a good remix, so he enlisted his many friends to contribute remixes for every song on the album, originally only available in full on the b-side of the Orebody cassette release, while a few were released alongside the originals for their singles. Contributions from Factor Chandelier, Uncle Fester, DJ Moves, The Dirty Sample and The 555 bring a different vibe to these songs with which you should already be familiar, often pushing into unexpected territory. Orebody - The Remix Album provides another opportunity for the uninitiated to discover the honest, introspective music of Mickey O’Brien while offering current fans a refreshing return to the rhymes of the original.

Written and performed by Mickey O’Brien and featured guests

Remixed by Factor Chandelier, Uncle Fester, DJ Moves, The Dirty Sample, The 555, and Fresh Kils

Cuts by DJ Versatile

Mastered by Dorc

Fortunato x The Dirty Sample want you to "Get It"

 

“Get It”, the third single from Fortunato x The Dirty Sample’s The Coalition, is a hustler’s anthem that preaches the tenets of devotion and perseverance. Fortunato expresses that time is finite and we all have one life to live so get it before it’s over. “I’ve always felt like I had a short window to make it, the clock is ticking so get yours” says Fortunato. While The Dirty Sample’s original beat is a gritty, soulful production that complements Fortunato’s positive message, Rove provides a heavy-hitting break beat-inspired remix that changes the complexion of the song entirely. But the message remains the same: “I’m getting mine, get yours, we all can get it.”

Written and performed by Fortunato

Produced by The Dirty Sample

Remixed by Rove