Articles by Jabbari Weekes
Ab-Soul
These Days
PUBLISHED Jun 23, 2014
About halfway through highly touted TDE rapper Ab-Soul's major label debut, These Days… you have to wonder, "What's the point?" Sandw...
Sam Smith
In the Lonely Hour
PUBLISHED Jun 17, 2014
At the risk of sounding completely absurd, U.K. crooner Sam Smith is the musical equivalent of Neapolitan ice cream. Each slab of his debut...
50 Cent
Animal Ambition
PUBLISHED Jun 2, 2014
Once upon a time not long ago, when people worshipped gangsta rap and lived life slow, a rapper named 50 Cent was the man to beat, selling...
Baka Beyond
After The Tempest
PUBLISHED May 16, 2014
In an interview, Baka Beyond singer Su Hart remarked that music requires an element of telepathy to properly flourish. Despite a five year...
Vince Staples
Shyne Coldchain Vol. 2
PUBLISHED Mar 13, 2014
Nate. It's from this name that all things take shape for the L.A.-based rapper and Odd Future affiliate Vince Staples. It's a name that Sta...
Rick Ross
Boss Level
PUBLISHED Mar 4, 2014
It feels like it was eons ago, since then up-and-coming rapper Rick Ross dropped his first hit single, "Hustlin." For almost a decade, Ross...
Rick Ross
Mastermind
PUBLISHED Mar 3, 2014
Over Rick Ross' new album, Mastermind, Jay spits, "Is it truth or fiction?" In truth, it's a question that has followed Ross' drug traffick...
Tree
THE @MCTREEEG EP
PUBLISHED Jan 21, 2014
Following last year's critically acclaimed and much touted release, Sunday Service II, Tree returns with his signature raspy vocals and int...