Articles by Aaron Matthews

Moka Only

PUBLISHED Nov 28, 2011

To call Moka Only a hard worker would be a serious understatement. Starting with his 1995 debut Upcoast Relix, the former Swollen Member ha...

Yelawolf

Radioactive

PUBLISHED Nov 22, 2011

Yelawolf is hard to classify. A tatted skater from small town Alabama who raps like Twista and croons like Kid Rock, his major label debut,...

Black Milk & Danny Brown

Black & Brown

PUBLISHED Nov 9, 2011

Danny Brown is having a hell of a year. Just months after signing with A-Trak's Fools Gold imprint and dropping the acclaimed XXX mixtape,...

Wale

Ambition

PUBLISHED Nov 9, 2011

It's strange to think of Ambition as Wale's long-awaited commercial triumph. After his 2009 debut, Attention Deficit, flopped, the DC rappe...

Redman / Mad Child / In the Raw

Rockpile, Etobicoke ON October 30

PUBLISHED Nov 2, 2011

Etobicoke's Rockpile filled up slowly on a quiet Sunday night. On a bill packed with dull local rappers spouting tired underground ethos, T...

M.E.D.

Classic

PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2011

It's rare that a rapper takes six years between albums without label or personal problems. Listening to Classic's excellent dispensary dedi...

Away Team

Scars & Stripes

PUBLISHED Oct 24, 2011

With third album Scars & Stripes, the Away Team deliver their strongest effort yet. The Justus League-affiliated duo of MC Sean Boog and pr...

Exile Confirms New Album with Blu Is Finished, Reveals No I.D./Talib Kweli/Bow Wow Collaboration

PUBLISHED Oct 17, 2011

L.A. producer Exile made his name on collaborative albums with underground rappers Fashawn and Blu, and experimental instrumental records l...