Articles by Chris Dart

Hilltop Hoods

PUBLISHED Apr 25, 2012

While Adelaide-based rap group Hilltop Hoods are veterans of the rap scene in their native Australia, with 15 years in the game and several...

Hilltop Hoods

Drinking from the Sun

PUBLISHED Apr 24, 2012

Filled with '60s and '70s vocal samples, boom-bap drum patterns and razor-sharp, polysyllabic flows, Drinking from the Sun, the latest albu...

Hodgy Beats Sheds Light on the Alleged Homophobia of Odd Future

PUBLISHED Apr 5, 2012

Since their meteoric rise to prominence, Los Angeles-based weirdo rap crew Odd Future have garnered both critical praise for their dark, su...

Odd Future

PUBLISHED Mar 27, 2012

Fans who pick up Odd Future's new release, The OF Tape Vol. 2, looking for more of the scatological violence and general misanthropy that f...

Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All

The OF Tape Vol. 2

PUBLISHED Mar 25, 2012

Fans who pick up Odd Future's new release, The OF Tape Vol. 2, looking for more of the scatological violence and general misanthropy that f...

Notes to Self Lighten Up

PUBLISHED Mar 25, 2012

If you're curious about Notes to Self were aiming for on their new album, Used to Be Dark, Swamp Donkey says the song "Life's So Hard" is e...

Action Bronson & Party Supplies

Blue Chips

PUBLISHED Mar 15, 2012

Blue Chips (the new mixtape by Action Bronson and producer Party Supplies) is Bronson's best work to date. Bronson's precision wordplay and...

WZRD

WZRD

PUBLISHED Feb 28, 2012

You never quite know what's going to happen when a rapper tries to make a rock album. If you're lucky, you'll get Mos Def's side-project, B...