| Soundcheck: Isaiah Rashad’s “Cilvia Demo” Turns 10 | January 31, 2024 |
In the latest edition of Soundcheck, Donna-Claire reflects on Isaiah Rashad's debut album Cilvia Demo turning 10 years old – highlighted by angst and narrative tension, it transported listeners to the Southern influences of Rashad.
| Isaiah Rashad Returns With “Why Worry” | April 30, 2020 |
Will Schube offers a few words on the Chattanooga MC's first new music in three years.
| Too Old to Die Young: On Isaiah Rashad’s The Sun’s Tirade | September 26, 2016 |
Will Hagle takes a look at Isaiah Rashad's excellent new album, The Sun's Tirade.
| 25 Like Isaiah: Isaiah Rashad Returns with “Free Lunch” | August 10, 2016 |
Dan From the Internet breaks down the new Isaiah Rashad single.
| Not No Number One: Isaiah Rashad’s “Nelly” | September 24, 2015 |
Isaiah Rashad returns to pay tribute to the greatest of all St. Lunatics.
Blessed with gratuitous shout outs from Mr. Thanksgiving, XXL drops its Freshman Mixtape, which might be the best freshman mixtape yet — partially due to new two new tracks apiece from Isaiah Rashad and Kevin Gates. Lil Bibby has a pair on here too. Basically, everyone but Chance who was told by James Blake that […]
| Nardwuar Vs. Isaiah Rashad, Gunplay, Schoolboy Q & E-40 | March 20, 2014 |
“To Nardwuar” has become a verb meaning to ambush an interviewee with the most random facts that you can cull from their past. But like the essay getting bastardized into the thinkpiece, this was once just called good journalism. It’s strange how the Internet has empowered us to be able to dig up the most […]
| Isaiah Rashad – “Heavenly Father” | March 14, 2014 |
Max Bell went to Catholic school. Cilvia Demo is the best TDE release of 2014 thus far (review here). Oxymoron has its merits, but Rashad deals in introspection more poignantly. His wit and wordplay are sharper. His precocious wisdom is tempered by bursts of willful waywardness. In other words, he loves smoking trees and hates advice. So […]
| The Rise of Isaiah Rashad & TDE | February 4, 2014 |
Doc Zeus is from parts unknown. For an independent rap label approaching total rap game domination, you might not have noticed that Top Dawg Entertainment spent the majority of 2013 scarcely releasing music. After a run of multiple great releases in the two years leading up to Kendrick Lamar’s platinum-selling, Grammy-snubbed masterpiece, good kid, m.A.A.d […]
| Shots Fired, Episode 60: TDE from Tennessee — Isaiah Rashad | January 24, 2014 |
The latest episode of Shots Fired features the honorable Isaiah Rashad, whose young career has already found him eclipsing Isaiah Thomas of the Sacramento Kings and Isaiah Thomas, the Detroit PG-turned-Executive Fiasco. That’s not a bad track record. As you probably know, he is the newest member of Top Dawg Entertainment and has gone four […]
