Articles by Chris Dart

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  Lil Wayne

  Playing With Fire

  PUBLISHED May 13, 2013

  Regardless of what you think of Lil Wayne as an artist, or a human for that matter, it's hard not to be fascinated by him. By the time Wayn...

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  Kid Cudi

  Indicud

  PUBLISHED Apr 15, 2013

  Saying a Kid Cudi album is weird is like saying water is wet; it's just kind of a given. His new record, Indicud, is almost certainly the o...

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  Tyler, the Creator

  Wolf

  PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2013

  If you're looking for more over-the-top, inflammatory for the sake of shock rap from Tyler, the Creator, you'll be fairly pleased with his...

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  Swollen Members

  Beautiful Death Machine

  PUBLISHED Mar 20, 2013

  There's much to like on Beautiful Death Machine, Swollen Members' eighth studio album: the production is dark, ominous and heavy, while Mad...

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  Translator

  Cloud Rap

  PUBLISHED Mar 13, 2013

  What is it? Lo-fi, ambient hip-hop featuring unconventional samples, ethereal sounds and a tendency towards slow, blunted delivery. It's ei...

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  Ill Bill

  The Grimy Awards

  PUBLISHED Feb 26, 2013

  To say that Ill Bill's latest, The Grimy Awards, is a bit of a mixed bag would be an understatement; it gives new meaning to the phrase, "f...

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  Raekwon

  Lost Jewlry

  PUBLISHED Jan 30, 2013

  Clocking in at a little over half-an-hour, this new free EP — how that's different from a mixtape, we're not totally sure — is...

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  Classified

  Classified

  PUBLISHED Jan 22, 2013

  If there's one thing that stands out on Classified's new self-titled album (his 15th in an almost two-decade-long career), it's the product...