Articles by Ryan B. Patrick

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  Common / Shad K

  Kool Haus, Toronto ON - February 22, 2006

  PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2006

  As the self-proclaimed "Morpheus of the hip-hop Matrix" (exposing fake shit), Common rolled into Toronto still riding the newfound wave of...

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  Wade O. Brown

  All Night, All Love

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2006

  For all his talents, it’s entirely possible that Wade O. Brown will never be the Michael Jordan of the R&B/soul game. This isn’t a diss. A...

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  Bigg Snoop Dogg / Various

  Welcome To Tha Chuuch: Tha Album

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2006

  This so-so compilation by Bigg Snoop brings to mind the old ghetto adage "It ain’t fun if your homies can’t get none.” As "Executive Produc...

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  John Legend

  Live At The House of Blues

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2006

  Now that he's copped a Grammy, John Legend can do no wrong. The uber-talented neo-soul singer/songwriter burst on the scene with last year'...

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  Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley

  Welcome to Jamrock

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2005

  Damian "Jr. Gong” Marley builds off his Grammy win (for 2001’s Halfway Tree) with an even more solid album that leaves no doubt that he is...

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  Skillz

  Confessions of a Ghostwriter

  PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2005

  This homeboy used to go by Mad Skillz and while he apparently ain’t mad anymore, the Virginia native should be awfully frustrated. Forever...

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  Dwele

  Some Kinda

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2005

  When releasing a sophomore (major label) effort, there are two avenues to take. One is to deliver to the people more of the same and be acc...

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  Rihanna

  Music of the Sun

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2005

  Every summer seems to have that annoying song that gets played to death and I hereby nominate Rihanna’s "Pon De Replay” as this year’s cand...