Articles by Erin Lowers

Anderson .Paak Brings L.A. to Life on 'Malibu'

PUBLISHED Jan 25, 2016

Rapper, singer and producer Anderson .Paak first made a significant mark on Dr. Dre's 2015 album Compton; on .Paak's new full-length Malibu...

Anderson .Paak

Malibu

PUBLISHED Jan 22, 2016

Malibu, California might be defined by shorelines and sunshine, but where's there's light, there's always a shadow. For 29-year-old Oxnard...

Allan Kingdom

Northern Lights

PUBLISHED Jan 15, 2016

After delivering his Future Memoirs EP in 2014, which caught the attention of Kanye West and led to his feature on the mega-hit "All Day" i...

Toronto's Hip-hop & Urban Class of 2016

2015 in Lists

PUBLISHED Jan 12, 2016

Historically, Toronto's hip-hop and R&B music has been created with a melting pot of international influences, and often struggled to mark...

Pusha T

King Push - Darkest Before Dawn: The Prelude

PUBLISHED Dec 22, 2015

While many media outlets, including Exclaim!, already settled up their annual Album of the Year lists, veteran emcee Pusha T's latest effor...

Logic

The Incredible True Story

PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2015

Twenty-five-year-old Maryland rapper Logic's rap career has been defined by two seemingly contradictory through-lines: on the one hand, rel...

John River Brings 'The Storm' from Mississauga

PUBLISHED Nov 2, 2015

It's said that three years is all it takes to transition from a young boy to a man. The same could be said of the transition from a promisi...

John River

The Storm

PUBLISHED Sep 22, 2015

"The calm before the storm" isn't just a phrase in 21-year-old Mississauga native John River's life — it's also the namesake for his...