Scales Empire Explained

Scales Empire was a Canadian hip hop band from Montreal, Quebec, active in the mid-1990s.^[1] Although they released only one known recording, "Bright Lights, Big City" on Beat Factory's 1996 compilation album Rap Essentials Volume One,^[2] the song was a Juno Award nominee for Best Rap Recording at the Juno Awards of 1997.^[3]

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.^[4]

Notes and References

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.