Articles by Ryan B. Patrick

Anonymous Twist Is the Dispenser

PUBLISHED Sep 17, 2007

Upon hearing that DJ/MC/producer Anonymous Twist is also a fully licensed pharmacist by trade, one is tempted to draw parallels and eye-rol...

Robin Thicke

The Evolution of Robin Thicke

PUBLISHED Mar 28, 2007

First off, I’m hatin’ on Robin Thicke. Despite the fact that Robing (son of TV’s Alan Thicke) is one cool cat no one should be entitled to...

X Clan

Return from Mecca

PUBLISHED Feb 26, 2007

In the mind of the today’s hip-hop fan, a seminal group such as X Clan barely registers as more than a passing footnote in hip-hop history....

Shinjuku Zulu

Various Chimeras

PUBLISHED Feb 20, 2007

Shinjuku Zulu is classic hipster material — whether that’s a good thing depends on your frame of mind. The brainchild of Toronto-based Kirb...

Brand New Heavies

Get Used To It

PUBLISHED Feb 20, 2007

From their groovy acid jazz debut in 1985 to their more familiar incarnation with American vocalist N’Dea Davenport, the Brand New Heavies...

Anthony David

The Red Clay Chronicles

PUBLISHED Feb 20, 2007

Soul ain’t dead — it just prefers to chillax and hold up the wall while the young’uns get their crunk on. Every once and a while, it tries...

God Made Me Funky

We Can All Be Free

PUBLISHED Feb 20, 2007

Toronto’s God Made Me Funky have a penchant for funking up a live show that is practically the stuff of urban legends. Mild hyperbole aside...

Governor

Son of Pain

PUBLISHED Feb 20, 2007

It’s no secret that R&B gets no love these days. Unless you’re known for singing hooks for the rapper-du-jour, are a hip-hopper masqueradin...