Patrick Taylor

7.5

Flying Lotus :: You’re Dead

Patrick TaylorOctober 14, 2014

Stephen Ellison has been pushing musical boundaries since his first record as Flying Lotus, 2006's "1982." He came up in the underground L.A. beat scene alongs... Read More...

LPReview

8.5

Wara from the NBHD :: Kidnapped

Patrick TaylorSeptember 30, 2014

Though Wara from the NBHD lives in Atlanta, the 24-year-old was raised in Brooklyn. That borough is all over "Kidnapped." For starters, Wara sounds like "Reas... Read More...

LPReview

6.5

Ariana Grande :: My Everything

Patrick TaylorSeptember 23, 2014

At 21, Grande is already eight years deep into a career that has spanned singing on cruise ships to singing in a Broadway musical to starring in a Nickelodeon s... Read More...

LPReview

8

Has-Lo & Castle :: Live Like You’re Dead

Patrick TaylorSeptember 16, 2014

"Live Like You're Dead" is a collaboration between South Carolina MC/producer Castle and Philly MC/producer Has-Lo. Their previous collaboration, "Return of th... Read More...

LPReview

8.5

Vince Staples :: Shyne Coldchain Vol. 2

Patrick TaylorAugust 27, 2014

Public Enemy's Chuck D. once said that hip-hop was Black America's CNN. That may have been true 20 years ago, but it doesn't hold up as well today. For one thi... Read More...

MixtapeReview

5.5

Le1f :: Hey

Patrick TaylorAugust 19, 2014

Of all the people throwing shade and firing shots at Macklemore, New York rapper Le1f had perhaps the most legitimate beef. As he put it in a tweet that has s... Read More...

EPReview