MotionLive

THE POWER IN MOTION“It’s all about expression, and bringing that passion into everything I do. I love music, I love words. So you can hear me, you can read me, you can see me…feel me?” She is one of Canada’s most prolific urban artists – a millennial emcee -- manipulating words to their exponential power. Motion’s revolutions around words have generated for audiences a melodic flow that runs deep in its proverbial roots.Possessing charismatic agility in rap, songwriting and poetry, this award-winning artist has over the years developed into a keen composer and intense performer at the mic. Motion’s career accolades include a MuchMusic video nomination for Best Rap Video to the UMAC Award for Best Hip Hop Radio Show. In 2002 this same MC’s commentary on urban life and love in Toronto garnered her top billing as winner of the CBC National Poetry Face-Off competition.“Moving the soul like she rocks the mic, Motion is a true testament to the power of words." - TheToronto StarIN HER BEGINNING Born and raised in Toronto’s west-end, Motion grew up inspired by the Caribbean harmonies of an Antiguan and Barbadian ancestry. By age 12, grounded by the echoing dancehall rhythms, she quickly picked up on the elements that formed the vibes and beats making up the T-dot. Motion soon started expressing herself through a blurring movement of words and sound. Displaying broad strokes from her poetry palette, Motion honed her rap skills by trading lines with brothers on her block. As a teenager, she expanded into radio where she held her post as a member of the renowned Master Plan Show on CIUT 88.5 FM – the longest running Hip Hop radio program in Canada.“What do you get when you mix the heart of a b-girl and the soul of a poet…” - Shift MagazineTHE RAP SHEET She’s been featured in a range of compilations, including collaborations with the Butta Babees’ The Entrée EP and accompanying music video (Universal), Phem Phat’s Honey Drops (Universal), Rap Essentials (Beat Factory), The Best of Bounce (Jig Saw), the international B-Gyrl.com collection, Urban Noize and recently on the soundtrack for the film, When Moses Woke (Itoti Productions) which premiered on Bravo! Television. In 2004, Motion graced the stage at the Canadian Urban Music Awards with a stellar performance, aired nationally on CBC Television. Her career highlights include opening for artists Mos Def, Wyclef Jean, Nikki Giovanni, Jill Scott, The Last Poets, The Roots, and Talib Kweli. She’s shone in appearances with Canadian-bred stars The Rascalz, Tara Chase, and Kardinal Offishal.“Her voice is suave steel that will make you feel the funk of life, the blues of existence, the rap of rhyme and the neo-soul of resistance.” - George Elliott ClarkeHER POETIC FLEX Motion takes her place as the first Hip Hop artist in Canada to publish a collection of writings, Motion In Poetry (Women’s Press) along with a companion album, The Audio Xperience. In the U.S., the Canadian MC represented the northern creative mass when she rocked the Nuyorican Poet’s Café, Jimmy’s Uptown Poetry Spot in Harlem, Brooklyn's Nkiru Bookstore, and Russell Simmon’s Def Poetry Jam on HBO.Few rap artists have successfully elevated Hip Hop and spoken word to a level that translates into simultaneous radio and television air time, CD and book sales, and live stage performances. Today fans of the lyricist continue to reap the rewards of her emancipated expression. Motionlive 1 and 2 on Myspace.com offer up her evolving sound, described as a display of matured appreciation for vintage blues and soul, topped with touchable perspectives on urban life.“Give her a word and she'll master it, turning it inside out and spitting it back freestyle, sung as lyric, or embedded in a stanza. The sister can flow.” - WORD MagazineHER LATEST LYRICISM Listeners today will experience cerebral courting in Motion’s music. Her latest productions reveal a calculated enticement aimed to get the senses buzzing. There’s a heavy dissection of temptation of the booty call bouncing back up in “Mr. Right.” “Life Sentence” and “City Living” produce mnemonic melodies which double as observations of urban life. Her sensational meditation flows freely in a documentary collaboration with the confessional “Hair Peace” and while taking the listener on a throwback journey with “Requiem of Hip Hop,” placing Motion in a category steeped with innovation.She is the regal artist who carries a potent mix of skills. Noted by Urbanology in 2007 as “a prolific performer,” Motion’s ability to capture the cadence and melody of words propels her to consistently produce content. She has become a Canadian source of organic Hip Hop energy and penetrating poetic persuasion. It’s the inherent power in Motion that generates such an illuminating MC.
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