Articles by Thomas Quinlan
King Dylan
Looking For The Sun
PUBLISHED Feb 17, 2013
It can be difficult to build a fanbase in Canada among the fickle hip-hop crowd that usually prefers their hip-hop vetted south of the bord...
Ain't No Love
Tears of Joy
PUBLISHED Feb 14, 2013
Toronto/Montreal quartet Ain't No Love return with another six-song EP that maintains the style they established on their 2011 self-titled...
Ill-Legitimate
The Album
PUBLISHED Feb 13, 2013
Ill-Legitimate are a ten-man crew with a long discography of solo and collaborative releases. But their debut full-length revolves around t...
Dragon Fli Empire & Def-Chap
DFE vs. DEF EP
PUBLISHED Feb 5, 2013
Veteran Calgary, AB duo Dragon Fli Empire and rookie Saskatoon, SK rapper/producer Def-Chap join forces over a gimmick as simple as similar...
Nursehella
Second Coming
PUBLISHED Dec 12, 2012
Canada's First Lady of nerdcore returns with her first full-length and follow-up to her 2006 debut release, Nursehellamentary EP, a delay c...
Substance Abuse
Background Music
PUBLISHED Dec 4, 2012
Most of what you need to know about the sophomore album from Los Angeles-based Substance Abuse is revealed on the intro, a compilation of h...
Myka 9 and Factor
Sovereign Soul
PUBLISHED Nov 13, 2012
A pioneering legend of the L.A. underground, Freestyle Fellowship's Myka 9 spends much of Sovereign Soul chopping, often at rapid speeds, b...
Ghettosocks
We're Gonna Drink A Lot of Wine This Year, Boys
PUBLISHED Nov 6, 2012
Ghettosocks celebrates the upcoming release of his new studio album, For You Pretty Things, over a bottle or two of wine, and he invites yo...