Articles by Erin Lowers

Scarface

Deeply Rooted

PUBLISHED Sep 4, 2015

It's been over seven years since Southern rap monarch Scarface has released an album, and although he's often appeared as a featured artist...

Vince Staples Explores the Shared Experience of 'Summertime '06'

PUBLISHED Jul 2, 2015

At just 21 years old, Def Jam signee Vince Staples has a past riddled with tribulations, but also filled with triumphs. Following a string...

Vince Staples

Summertime '06

PUBLISHED Jun 26, 2015

It could be said that a rose grew out of the California concrete in the summer of 2006, and rose again in June 2015 through the album, 'Sum...

Wale Enjoys 'Album About Nothing' Success but Still Feels Slept On

PUBLISHED Apr 22, 2015

In 2013, Wale announced that, in collaboration with Jerry Seinfeld, he'd be crafting a follow-up album based on a 2008 mixtape titled, The...

Wale

The Album About Nothing

PUBLISHED Mar 31, 2015

Almost seven years ago, a Washington, D.C. emcee named Wale dropped a Seinfeld-inspired project called The Mixtape About Nothing. The emcee...

Earl Sweatshirt

I Don't Like Shit, I Don't Go Outside

PUBLISHED Mar 26, 2015

Upon his release from a brief stint at an overseas school for at-risk youth in 2012, Earl Sweatshirt returned to his Odd Future collective...

Rapsody on 'The Beauty and the Beast' and "Culture Over Everything"

PUBLISHED Jan 29, 2015

Over the past few years, Rapsody has carefully crafted an identity that conveys three incredible attributes: a great MC, a strong woman and...

Joey Bada$$

B4.Da.$$

PUBLISHED Jan 19, 2015

With an ear for beats, intricate rhyming and nostalgic vibes, over the past few years Cinematic Music Group's Joey Bada$$ has repaved a rap...