Articles by Jabbari Weekes
Vince Staples
Hell Can Wait
PUBLISHED Oct 7, 2014
It appears the saying "genius takes time" doesn't apply to Long Beach rapper Vince Staples. Despite dropping his mixtape Shyne Coldchain Vo...
Tinashe
Aquarius
PUBLISHED Oct 3, 2014
While song titles like "All Hands on Deck," "Cold Sweat" and "The Storm" sound more like buzzwords for a sea foraging adventure, these wate...
A$AP Mob
Live. Long. Pro$per.
PUBLISHED Aug 25, 2014
For the A$AP Mob, the words, "Always Strive and Prosper" are more than a cleverly construed phrase for the group's now unmistakeable dollar...
FKA twigs Explains Her Rejection of Beauty Industry Standards
PUBLISHED Aug 14, 2014
Over the last few years, FKA twigs has been attracting listeners with her experimental brand of pop R&B, but the UK artist has also made a...
FKA twigs
LP1
PUBLISHED Aug 8, 2014
Much like her penchant for cracking her limbs, FKA twigs' brand of experimental R&B on her debut, LP1, is wholly devoted to staccato snaps...
Ratking Set Sights on French Montana Collaboration
PUBLISHED Jul 16, 2014
Coming off one of the year's arguably best hip-hop albums, So It Goes, New York City trio Ratking have attracted critical praise from the m...
Ab-Soul
On His Path
PUBLISHED Jul 10, 2014
For Ab-Soul the idea of "longterm mentality" has many meanings: it's the name of his first album, but more importantly it's his unspoken ma...
Ab-Soul Discusses 'These Days' Collaborations with Purity Ring and Lupe Fiasco
PUBLISHED Jun 27, 2014
From TDE cohorts like Kendrick Lamar and Schoolboy Q to Rick Ross, L.A. rapper Ab-Soul's new album, These Days, boasts a lengthy list of co...