Articles by Kyle Mullin

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  Kenn Starr

  Square One

  PUBLISHED Jan 23, 2015

  On his sophomore record, Square One, Kenn Starr's lyrics are like Chinese finger traps. At first they seem like child's play. Then suddenly...

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  Kay Berkel

  You Erased Me From Your World

  PUBLISHED Dec 19, 2014

  Kay Berkel's sepia-toned voice gives You Erased Me From Your World a forlorn, nostalgic hue — the title track of the fledging multi-i...

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  Silk Rhodes

  Silk Rhodes

  PUBLISHED Dec 8, 2014

  Silk Rhodes specialize in no frills grooves. The Baltimore-based duo's eponymous debut is pared down to the essentials: producer Michael Co...

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  Swamp Thing

  Outer Limits

  PUBLISHED Nov 14, 2014

  For Toronto rap crew Swamp Thing, staying fly means rhyming about the stratosphere and the solar system. This trio of geeky MCs — com...

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  Stalley

  Ohio

  PUBLISHED Oct 24, 2014

  Rick Ross and De La Soul don't seem to belong in the same sentence, much less on the same LP. Yet there they are, the gangsta and the backp...

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  Cam Smith

  Cannon

  PUBLISHED Sep 30, 2014

  Plenty of MCs are torn between dance floors and street corners, but Haligonian rapper Cam Smith is one of the few willing to ponder that di...