Articles by Erin Lowers

Exclaim!'s 2014 in Lists:

Six Highs and Lows from DJ Mustard's 2014

PUBLISHED Dec 22, 2014

Starting with Tyga's 2012 hit "Rack City," DJ Mustard's involvement in rap music has — whether or not we'd like to admit it — p...

J. Cole

2014 Forest Hills Drive

PUBLISHED Dec 9, 2014

In a surprise announcement last month, J. Cole revealed he would be releasing his third LP 2014 Forest Hills Drive via Roc Nation, with nar...

Logic Addresses Kendrick Lamar Comparisons and His Biggest Pressures

PUBLISHED Nov 13, 2014

As Logic's debut album Under Pressure continues to satisfy the ears of the rap community and accumulate early predictions that it will secu...

Logic

Under Pressure

PUBLISHED Oct 21, 2014

Since the release of Young Sinatra: Welcome To Forever in 2013, Def Jam signee Logic has received praise from Lupe Fiasco, XXL and the BET...

Big Sean Sheds More Light on 'Hall of Fame' Follow-Up, Gets Kanye West, Ariana Grande, Chris Brown to Guest

PUBLISHED Oct 16, 2014

Amongst a handful of entertainment news headlines about his personal life is an artist who's hungrier than ever to put out new music. Big S...

DJ Mustard

10 Summers

PUBLISHED Aug 26, 2014

DJ Mustard created a sound in rap music that, since the release of Tyga's "Rack City" two-and-a-half years ago, has taken over the producti...

Sir Michael Rocks

Banco

PUBLISHED Aug 12, 2014

As one half of the on-hiatus duo the Cool Kids, emcee Sir Michael Rocks has spent several years in Chicago's rising new rap scene and creat...

T.I.'s Album 'Paperwork: The Motion Picture' Is Finished But He's More into Reality TV

PUBLISHED Jul 18, 2014

Over the next few months, Grand Hustle Records head honcho T.I. is preparing for a journey of new movements not just in music but reality T...