Articles by Riley Wallace

Jazz Cartier

Fleurever

PUBLISHED Jul 26, 2018

Jazz Cartier is a name that has been ringing bells since 2015's Marauding in Paradise. Poised for success like a lot of other homegrown act...

Classified

Tomorrow Could Be...

PUBLISHED Jul 5, 2018

Nova Scotian multi-platinum rapper Classified — now pushing 40 — is back at it with a new EP. His eighth official release, Tomorrow Could B...

Westside Gunn Takes One Last Independent Swing on 'Supreme Blientele' Before Heading to the Big Leagues

PUBLISHED Jun 26, 2018

When it comes to independent success in contemporary hip-hop, not many teams have been able to win without pandering to mainstream pressure...

Westside Gunn

Supreme Blientele

PUBLISHED Jun 22, 2018

How do you break down an album when almost every line is quotable? In many ways, rapper Westside Gunn and his Griselda roster are the most...

The Carters

Everything Is Love

PUBLISHED Jun 19, 2018

Giving Nas less than 24 hours to bask in the glory of his Kanye West-produced Nasir release, JAY-Z and wife Beyoncé — collectively known as...

Kids See Ghosts

Kids See Ghosts

PUBLISHED Jun 12, 2018

One week removed from the release of ye, the eighth solo studio album by Kanye West, the (sometimes) misunderstood genius made good on rele...

Royce 5'9"

Book of Ryan

PUBLISHED May 8, 2018

After numerous delays and much anticipation, rapper Royce 5'9" finally dropped his long-prophesied Book of Ryan, packed with big features a...

Conway the Machine

Blakk Tape

PUBLISHED Mar 29, 2018

For those who have been following the epic rise of Buffalo's Griselda Records — who signed a deal with Eminem's Shady Records imprint just...