Articles by Aaron Matthews

Young Buck

Live Loyal Die Rich

PUBLISHED Jan 28, 2012

Onetime G-Unit soldier Young Buck has struggled with industry rule #4,080 since severing ties with 50 Cent's label. Live Loyal Die Rich see...

T.I.

Fuck Da City Up

PUBLISHED Jan 17, 2012

Watching his buzz slowly fade following flop albums and consecutive prison sentences, T.I. attempts to return to his mixtape roots with Fuc...

Schoolboy Q

Habits & Contradictions

PUBLISHED Jan 17, 2012

Coming off scene stealing verses on two of the most praised albums of '11 ― LiveLoveA$AP and Section 80 ― Schoolboy Q returns w...

Rick Ross

Rich Forever

PUBLISHED Jan 17, 2012

As a teaser to Rick Ross's long-delayed fifth album, Rich Forever provides fans with more of the same: 20 tracks of the Teflon Don luxuriat...

Toronto Producer Frank Dukes Talks Collaboration with Badbadnotgood

PUBLISHED Jan 11, 2012

With the 2011 now in the bag, Toronto producer Frank Dukes is still sticking and moving like his boxing namesake. Last year, he crafted buz...

The Roots

Undun

PUBLISHED Dec 21, 2011

On their 13th album, Philly crew the Roots continue their musical evolution with a Sufjan Stevens-inspired concept album. Undun tells the s...

Common

The Dreamer, The Believer

PUBLISHED Dec 21, 2011

After the glow stick electro flop of Universal Mind Control in '08, Common has decided to return to his roots. The Dreamer, The Believer is...

Childish Gambino

Camp

PUBLISHED Nov 29, 2011

Community actor Donald Glover has started to take his rap career as Childish Gambino seriously; Camp is Gambino's debut full-length, follow...