Articles by Chris Dart
Jack Splash
King of the Beats: Vol. 1
PUBLISHED May 17, 2010
On King of the Beats, super-producer Jack Splash shows off his beat-making prowess while also flirting with making a Kanye-style transition...
Various
Underground Hip-Hop: Volume 05
PUBLISHED Apr 24, 2010
In Underground Hip-Hop: Volume 05, the folks at Urbnet do a good job of showcasing the artists that have made them Canada's top independent...
Dubb Sicks
Lifestyles of the Sick and Fameless
PUBLISHED Apr 24, 2010
The casual listener might be tempted to write Dubb Sicks off as another foul-mouthed, pseudo-horrorcore artist, and that assessment wouldn'...
Gee Wunder
For the People: The Street Album III
PUBLISHED Mar 23, 2010
On For the People, Toronto, ON veteran Gee Wunder delivers an 18-track album featuring almost no guest artists, only two or three skits ...
LOM
Love of Music
PUBLISHED Mar 22, 2010
LOM's Love of Music is probably not the worst album in the history of popular music. In fact, in some ways, the album is quite impressive....
Manu Malik
Hooks and Bars
PUBLISHED Mar 22, 2010
Hooks and Bars (the debut release from Ottawa, ON MC Manu Malik) may not be a slam-dunk work of genius, but there is something rather likea...
Dan-E-O
Dilla Pickles
PUBLISHED Mar 15, 2010
Dan-E-O is one of the great-unsung heroes of Canadian hip-hop. He may not have achieved fame or fortune, but he has spent the last decade-a...
Hilltop Hoods
State of the Art
PUBLISHED Mar 15, 2010
State of the Art, the fifth album by Australian rap veterans Hilltop Hoods, is a hip-hop album aimed squarely at hardcore heads. There are...
