Articles by Thomas Quinlan
Adam WarRock & Mikal kHill
The Browncoats Mixtape
PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016
There was likely no great demand for a hip-hop album based upon the concept of Josh Whedon's short-lived sci-fi western series, Firefly, an...
Rock Most
Rise & Shine
PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016
"I'd like to present to you just a collection of my thoughts," says Ohio-born but Atlanta, GA-based MC Rock Most to open debut album Rise &...
Sole and the Skyrider Band
Hello Cruel World
PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016
The third album recorded with the Skyrider Band (and his first since his break with Anticon, the label he helped found), Hello Cruel World...
Dan the Automator
The Complete Package Concept
PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016
"I like to make records that you can put on and listen to from beginning to end," says Dan the Automator, the producer behind such full-fle...
Jurassic 5 Quality Is Job 5
PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016
"It's not about the art anymore," admits Jurassic 5's Marc 7 of the poor state of present day hip-hop. "It's so easy to make one good video...
Halifax Hip-hop
Anticipates the Big Bang
PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016
Toronto-based Exclaim! writer Thomas Quinlan stumbled upon the Halifax hip-hop scene in 1994, with Hip Club Groove's Trailer Park Hip Hop....
Len
Bumrush The Sound
PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016
"People can't palate this record very easily," according to Len's Marc Costanzo (aka Burger Pimp) of their latest,You Can't Stop The Bum Ru...
Insane Clown Posse
The Circus Is In Town
PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016
"All I can tell you, brother, is it was like catching the Holy Ghost," says Violent J of The Dark Carnival, the one thing that sets his gro...