Articles by M.T. Richards

IDK

IWASVERYBAD

PUBLISHED Oct 19, 2017

On 2015's SubTrap, Maryland rapper IDK conveyed a willingness to "dig deep" and ask himself hard questions. He's now three years into his c...

IDK Discusses Hip-Hop's Money Obsession and Making Trap with Substance on 'IWASVERYBAD'

PUBLISHED Oct 19, 2017

We have a premonition that bigger things lie ahead for Maryland rapper IDK (aka Jay IDK). The enterprising 25-year-old appears to be making...

A$AP Mob

Cozy Tapes Vol. 2: Too Cozy

PUBLISHED Aug 29, 2017

A$AP Rocky is a descendant of smooth-talking Harlem libertines like Spoonie Gee and Ma$e, but unlike those two, Rocky is no detail wonk. Fo...

Meek Mill

Wins & Losses

PUBLISHED Jul 21, 2017

Particularly coming from Meek Mill, Wins & Losses is a letdown. The Meek Mill of old would never have stooped to overt mimicry; he rapped w...

21 Savage

Issa

PUBLISHED Jul 14, 2017

Issa constitutes a breakthrough for 21 Savage. Slowly but surely, through tentative disavowals of past behaviour, the young Atlanta rapper...

Z-Ro

No Love Boulevard

PUBLISHED Jun 30, 2017

Rappers of Z-Ro's generation are no more lacking in self-knowledge than anyone else, but they're uniquely dead set against making that know...