Articles by Thomas Quinlan

Face Candy

Waste Age Teen Land

PUBLISHED May 24, 2011

Before his passing on October 16, 2010, Michael Larsen (better known as Minnesota battle rap champion Eyedea, the rapping half of duo Eyede...

Jus Frais

Lullabies & Other Bedtime Stories

PUBLISHED May 24, 2011

Despite the title, these stories aren't lullabies to help one transition to sleep, but are instead dirty ditties designed to heat things up...

Beastie Boys

Hot Sauce Committee Part 2

PUBLISHED May 3, 2011

It's been four years since Beastie Boys released their last album, the instrumental The Mix-Up, and seven years since their last proper voc...

Pip Skid

Tens of Dollars

PUBLISHED May 1, 2011

The second single from Pip Skid's Skid Row, "Tens of Dollars" is a small-time pimpin' ode to poverty that gets the EP treatment with a vari...

Gescha

Crayon Politics

PUBLISHED Apr 26, 2011

Saskatoon, SK rapper Gescha has a lot to get off his chest on debut album Crayon Politics, drawing on his turbulent past and his present ro...

Classified Gets His Smoke On and Off

PUBLISHED Mar 27, 2011

Hip-hop obsessed East coast rapper/producer Classified has changed his tune. Not musically, necessarily, but regular life is increasingly e...

Classified Talks His Slow Road to Success

PUBLISHED Mar 24, 2011

Even a young child knows the story of The Tortoise and the Hare, a fable that teaches that slow and steady wins the race. But it's also a l...

A.M. Breakups

The Cant Resurrection

PUBLISHED Mar 22, 2011

The Cant Resurrection opens innocently enough with simple but catchy instrumental "Chapter 1," with the song then slowly incorporating glit...