21 Savage and Metro Boomin's 'Savage Mode II' Doesn't Live Up to the Original

Published Oct 05, 2020

Following over a year of teasing and four years of public demand for the follow-up to the rapper-producer duo's breakout album, Savage Mode,...

Black Atlass Dream Awake

Published Apr 06, 2020

Black Atlass has been patient. The Montreal-born crooner has watched as fellow XO labelmates have all dropped their projects in the last few...

The Weeknd After Hours

Published Mar 22, 2020

The Weeknd has remained Toronto's biggest musical enigma since stepping out onto the scene with his House of Balloons debut in 2011. Despite...

Lil Wayne Funeral

Published Feb 03, 2020

While Lil Wayne may have once been a top contender in the greatest rapper alive debate, Funeral proves that Wayne's quick-witted rapping mig...

Young Thug So Much Fun

Published Aug 19, 2019

Despite referring to So Much Fun as his debut studio album, Young Thug's contributions to the rap game have already established him as a pio...

YBN Cordae The Lost Boy

Published Jul 29, 2019

YBN Cordae had a lot of expectations to meet with the release of his debut, The Lost Boy — and above and beyond he went. The most lyrically...

Nick Murphy Montreal International Jazz Festival, Montreal QC, July 2

Published Jul 03, 2019

As the lights dim and a speaker from the Montreal International Jazz Festival announces the main act of the evening in a language he probabl...

Daniel Caesar CASE STUDY 01

Published Jun 29, 2019

Daniel Caesar became a familiar name in R&B two years ago with Freudian, his debut album that received various Grammy nominations and was me...

Lil Nas X 7

Published Jun 24, 2019

Lil Nas X has had a lot to live up to prior to the release of his first EP, 7. The Atlanta native turned into a viral sensation seemingly ov...