Articles by A. Harmony

Jay Electronica / Sean Leon / MadeGroceries

Danforth Music Hall, Toronto ON, February 3

PUBLISHED Feb 4, 2018

The year was 2010. Jay Electronica had just signed to Roc Nation, there were promises of a debut studio album on the way, and the hip-hop w...

Beatchild & the Slakadeliqs

Heavy Rockin' Steady

PUBLISHED Feb 2, 2018

It's common these days for artists to blur genre lines, but few can float between styles with such otherworldly proficiency as Beatchild. G...

SiR

November

PUBLISHED Jan 23, 2018

It took years for Top Dawg Entertainment to find their footing in R&B, but between SiR's Her Too and SZA's breakout effort CTRL, the label...

Xavier Omär

Pink Lightning

PUBLISHED Dec 29, 2017

Xavier Omär doesn't stray from his formula on Pink Lightning. Fans of his uncomplicated vocals, catchy melodies and spacey, futuristic prod...

N.E.R.D.

No_One Ever Really Dies

PUBLISHED Dec 14, 2017

We're approaching 2018, but N.E.R.D. are centuries ahead of the rest of us. No_One Ever Really Dies is the group's most futuristic and expe...

Dave East

Karma

PUBLISHED Nov 24, 2017

Just a few months after his summer release, Paranoia: A True Story, Dave East returns with a surprise Black Friday mixtape, Karma. The 16-t...

Jaden Smith

SYRE

PUBLISHED Nov 21, 2017

Genre-fluid and dense, Jaden Smith's Roc Nation debut is a lot to process. SYRE changes shape in such a way that it plays like two distinct...

Clairmont The Second Produces, Records and Releases 'Lil Mont From the Ave' to Promote West End Toronto

PUBLISHED Oct 10, 2017

Toronto showman Clairmont The Second is, by definition, a control freak. But although that term isn't exactly friendly, the artist's latest...