Articles by Ryan B. Patrick

Michael Rapaport

Director of <i>Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels Of A Tribe Called Quest</i>

PUBLISHED Jul 25, 2011

Making his directorial debut with Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest, film actor and self-professed hip-hop junkie M...

The Cool Kids

When Fish Ride Bicycles

PUBLISHED Jul 23, 2011

After a peculiar wait, the Cool Kids finally grace us with a "debut" LP. The "indie rap" duo (oh how we hate that term) have been threateni...

The Cool Kids

When Fish Ride Bicycles

PUBLISHED Jul 12, 2011

After a peculiar wait, the Cool Kids finally grace us with a "debut" LP. The "indie rap" duo (oh how we hate that term) have been threateni...

Candy Coated Killahz Gear Up for Debut Album, Canadian Tour Dates

PUBLISHED Jun 30, 2011

Toronto-based electro-pop duo Candy Coated Killahz (aka Tasha Schumann and Icon the Anomali) have been catching a lot of buzz lately -- and...

Tinie Tempah

PUBLISHED Jun 15, 2011

It's always interesting to catch a much buzzed about artist in ascent. Without the luxury of hindsight bias to fall back on, there's no way...

Tinie Tempah

Disc-Overy

PUBLISHED May 18, 2011

Part-charisma, part-talent and all hustle, UK rapper Tinie Tempah has managed to transmute his take on hip-hop into early worldwide buzz. R...

Elzhi

ELmatic

PUBLISHED May 18, 2011

Tributes to Nas &#8213; arguably one of the best rappers in hip-hop history &#8213; have been done before, but former Slum Village member E...

Raphael Saadiq is Stone Rollin'

PUBLISHED Apr 24, 2011

You can't talk to Raphael Saadiq. What do you say? The Bay Area-born renaissance soul man has only been making music for decades, reinventi...