Articles by Ryan B. Patrick

Donald Glover aka Childish Gambino

The Exclaim! Questionnaire

PUBLISHED Jan 30, 2012

When in his rap alter-ego Childish Gambino, actor-writer-comedian-musician Donald Glover dismisses the thought of being perceived as an act...

Burd & Keyz

Keyz of Life

PUBLISHED Jan 29, 2012

"The response has been crazy," says one Andrew "Burd" Liburd on the community reaction to, and support of, Keyz of Life, a tribute to the l...

Anthony Hamilton

Back To Love

PUBLISHED Jan 29, 2012

There are scarcely any surprises with each new Anthony Hamilton album. But that's never a bad thing. The Charlotte, NC crooner can always b...

The Weeknd

Echoes of Silence

PUBLISHED Dec 23, 2011

As promised, R&B revolutionary Abel Tesfaye, aka the Weeknd, and his OVO XO team drop Echoes of Silence in autumn 2011, the last day of the...

Waiting on the Weeknd

PUBLISHED Nov 28, 2011

"Can't believe I made it, but I made it that's for sure." ("The Party & the After Party," House of Balloons) On an unseasonably warm Sunda...

9th Wonder

The Wonder Years

PUBLISHED Oct 25, 2011

For a project that was first announced what seems like decades ago ― four years, to be exact ― the latest from hip-hop producer...

Goapele

Break of Dawn

PUBLISHED Oct 25, 2011

Thoughts of Oakland-based singer-songwriter Goapele are inextricably linked to the early 2000 neo-soul movement, with 2001's hit favourite...

Phonte

PUBLISHED Oct 4, 2011

Phonte is where he wants to be. The Greensboro, North Carolina rapper of underground hip-hop group Little Brother fame (comprised of Phonte...