Articles by Anupa Mistry

Amanda Blank

I Love You

PUBLISHED Sep 22, 2009

A disciple of early electro rap fixtures Spank Rock, Amanda Blank's debut, I Love You, features production from an impressive array of beat...

Melanie Fiona

The Bridge

PUBLISHED Aug 21, 2009

Perhaps intentionally produced to sound like nouveau-soul contemporaries Amy Winehouse and Estelle, Toronto, ON-born Melanie Fiona still pu...

Fresh Daily

The Gorgeous Killer in Crimes of Passion

PUBLISHED Jul 27, 2009

Brooklyn-based MC Fresh Daily spent seven gruelling years creating a fan base under the name ill Tarzan, until he was forced to drop the mo...

U-N-I

A Love Supreme

PUBLISHED May 24, 2009

Spending close to two years building hype for themselves via blogs and playful street records Fried Chicken and Watermelon and Before There...

Jadakiss

PUBLISHED May 23, 2009

He's three solo records deep and Jadakiss says it's still tough to get a single on the radio. It's a testament to the game that Jason Phill...

Scratch

PUBLISHED May 23, 2009

It's been six years since Scratch - aka Kyle Jones - released a solo album. Best known for his work with the Roots, Scratch got his start b...

Amanda Diva

Spandex Rhymes Soul

PUBLISHED Mar 24, 2009

Expanding on her established talent as a poet/MC, Amanda Diva goes extra hard on her freely distributed mixtape, Spandex Rhymes Soul, singi...