Articles by Kyle Mullin

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  No Tourists Set Themselves Apart from Other Toronto Rappers on 'Guerilla'

  PUBLISHED Aug 13, 2020

  Chiming percussion, somehow reminiscent of both island steel drums and chirping synth keys, is one of the standout elements of "Safe Bet,"...

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  DijahSB's Relatable Rhymes Make '2020 the Album' as Timely as It Gets

  PUBLISHED Jul 29, 2020

  Overhauling vile old rap tropes can be surprisingly fun and fulfilling. With 2020 the Album, DijahSB makes that modernization sound like th...

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  Oddisee's 'ODD CURE' Is Hip-Hop's First Pandemic Masterpiece

  PUBLISHED Jul 23, 2020

  Call it hip-hop's first pandemic masterpiece. New York-based, D.C.-born producer and MC Oddisee deftly captures the helplessness and hope o...

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  Margo Price Keeps Things Simple, Raw and Heartfelt on 'That's How Rumors Get Started'

  PUBLISHED Jul 9, 2020

  "I don't have a sigh to take," sings Margo Price, exhaling raw anguish while stretching those already poignant lyrics out for added effect,...

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  David Strickland's 'Spirit of Hip Hop' Celebrates the Genre's Indigenous Connections

  PUBLISHED Jun 29, 2020

  After the high-profile police killings of Rodney Levi, Chantel Moore and other Indigenous people in Canada in recent weeks, David Stricklan...

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  Real-Life Rancher Corb Lund Reflects on the "Ridiculous" Country Craze

  PUBLISHED Jun 25, 2020

  He comes from a long line of cattle wranglers, rodeo riders, outlaws and bootleggers. So what's a born and bred high plains drifter like Co...

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  Corb Lund's 'Agricultural Tragic' Is Joyfully Comedic Despite Its Title

  PUBLISHED Jun 23, 2020

  Fans of Corb Lund's 2005 breakthrough hit "Truck Got Stuck" had better buckle up. Better yet, slip on your best pair of cowboy boots for th...

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  Run the Jewels Capture Our Troubled Times Brilliantly with 'RTJ4' — but Police Brutality Is Sadly Always Relevant

  PUBLISHED Jun 5, 2020

  Before the gruesome murder of George Floyd at the hands of the Minneapolis police, before civil unrest boiled over in America, and before K...