Articles by Vijai Kumar Singh

NAV's Blandness Is Unparalleled on 'Good Intentions'

PUBLISHED May 8, 2020

With every new NAV project, it seems as though his sound gets staler. His entry into the rap industry with songs like "Ten Toes Down (TTD),...

Jon McKiel Communes with Ghosts on Postmodern Masterpiece 'Bobby Joe Hope'

PUBLISHED Apr 28, 2020

In September 2015, Jon McKiel purchased a used TEAC A-2340 reel-to-reel tape recorder with a tape still in it. When he played it, he discov...

Toronto's Marker Starling Takes Confident Strides on 'High January' with Help from Stereolab

PUBLISHED Apr 28, 2020

Following up his 2018 release Trust an Amateur, Chris A. Cummings, also known as Marker Starling, updates his signature laid-back grooves (...

DJ Khaled

Grateful

PUBLISHED Jun 26, 2017

In an era when artists look to maximize on the way streaming affects the charts, lengthy albums seem to be the norm — and DJ Khaled deliver...

NAV

NAV

PUBLISHED Feb 27, 2017

Consistent with the popular XO motifs, NAV sing-raps mostly about drug use. While he's not shy to share his predilection for narcotic cough...

VNCHY

EMINENT: 002A_0316

PUBLISHED Jan 16, 2017

Congolese-born Mississauga rapper VNCHY sings a considerable amount on his new record, EMINENT: 002A_0316, but he doesn't compromise his ly...