Articles by Jabbari Weekes

Banks

Wishes and Therapy

PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016

Like warm water, L.A. singer Banks' voice simmers under moody chords and sultry notes through her songs as she recalls moments of heartbrea...

Banks

London

PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016

As British author Sebastian Faulks put it so eloquently in his novel Engleby, "One thing about London is that when you step out into the ni...

Vince Staples

Hell Can Wait

PUBLISHED Oct 7, 2014

It appears the saying "genius takes time" doesn't apply to Long Beach rapper Vince Staples. Despite dropping his mixtape Shyne Coldchain Vo...

Tinashe

Aquarius

PUBLISHED Oct 3, 2014

While song titles like "All Hands on Deck," "Cold Sweat" and "The Storm" sound more like buzzwords for a sea foraging adventure, these wate...

A$AP Mob

Live. Long. Pro$per.

PUBLISHED Aug 25, 2014

For the A$AP Mob, the words, "Always Strive and Prosper" are more than a cleverly construed phrase for the group's now unmistakeable dollar...

FKA twigs Explains Her Rejection of Beauty Industry Standards

PUBLISHED Aug 14, 2014

Over the last few years, FKA twigs has been attracting listeners with her experimental brand of pop R&B, but the UK artist has also made a...

FKA twigs

LP1

PUBLISHED Aug 8, 2014

Much like her penchant for cracking her limbs, FKA twigs' brand of experimental R&B on her debut, LP1, is wholly devoted to staccato snaps...

Ratking Set Sights on French Montana Collaboration

PUBLISHED Jul 16, 2014

Coming off one of the year's arguably best hip-hop albums, So It Goes, New York City trio Ratking have attracted critical praise from the m...