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  • November 14, 2008
    Le Matin reports on the recent We B-girlz Tour featuring Invincible, Roxanne Shanté, Bahamadia and more

    French-literate people, click below!

  • November 4, 2008
    Seattle Weekly: "this woman's wordplay is unmatched by most all the jokers on the Top 40"


    Seattle Weekly reports on Invincible's recent performance at the "Ladies First" all-female hip hop and spoken word event. Click the screenshot to read the full review.

    "...Invincible is fierce. You have to be to call yourself Invincible and go out on the battle circuit. But for me, it's nice to finally see more and more female emcees getting the credit they deserve; from what we were told last night, she's had all kinds of offers from major labels and refused them all in order to do her own shit without any interference.

    "I could talk about the tight beats, about the insane freestyle she kicked as a grand finale, but you can hear her skills for yourself on Invincible's record, and all I have to say is that this woman's wordplay is unmatched by most all the jokers on the Top 40..."

  • September 18, 2008
    Vapors Magazine: "a revolutionary in both thought and action, Invincible continues to be a beacon of hope for hip-hop and her community"

    Click on the screenshot to read the full article.

  • September 15, 2008
    Motown's Future Finest

    AllHipHop.com shines the light on some of "Motown's Future Finest": Invincible, Finale, Waajeed, and others. Click the screenshot below for the full feature.

  • September 15, 2008
    Between the Lines: "Invincible is the real deal"

    "This is your city - Invincible will provide the soundtrack while you take it back." Read the full feature article from Between the Lines by clicking the screenshot below.

  • August 23, 2008
    Best of the Summer

    The Georgetown Voice names ShapeShifters best album of the Summer:

    Ilana Weaver, a.k.a. Invincible, is a genius anomaly of a rapper: where many mainstream female MCs play into the sexist stereotypes that dot the genre, Weaver confidently places herself on equal footing with her male counterparts—“I’m striving to be one of the best, period/ Not just one of the best with breasts and a period,” she spits. Where most rappers on the radio are preoccupied with rims and grills, she’s drawing parallels between civilian displacement in Israel and the plight of gentrification victims in Detroit; where average MCs content themselves with riding the same recycled beats to the same clichéd conclusions, she’s rounding up the finest beatmakers of Motor City to create a debut that is both sonically diverse and conceptually challenging. The end result, is nothing short of staggering, a sure-footed bid for best underground hip-hop record of 2008 and a big “fuck you” to corporate hip-hop’s bloated complacence.

  • August 23, 2008
    Left Turn

    Left Turn Magazine reviews ShapeShifters: "Invincible fills a vacuum in hip hop that few others are able to fill. An MC who is socially conscious but also knows how to entertain while writing with substance and talent, she adds her name to a list that includes the likes of modern day MCs Mos Def and Black Thought, among others."


  • August 17, 2008
    ThisIsRealMusic.com: ShapeShifters is "one of hip hop’s best this year"

    ThisIsRealMusic.com presents this audio interview with Invincible. The last section on songwriting is especially interesting.

    Then go read their review of ShapeShifters.

  • August 14, 2008
    SPIN Magazine review

    SPIN Magazine is running their review of ShapeShifters this month. Check it out on newstands or read it online here.

    "...Invincible has grown into a compelling and fiercely political artist. On her inspired debut, the now 27-year-old underground MC describes her native Detroit with skilled perception."

  • August 10, 2008
    METRO TIMES: "With dope flow, political awareness and a sightline of change that begins in Detroit, this female rapper leads the charge of a new motor city rap"

    Invincible takes the cover story in the lastest issue of Detroit's leading alternative weekly, Metro Times. "Invincible is one of the best emcees in the country, as many will tell you, gender notwithstanding, though the odds are stacked against her," pens MT features editor Brian Smith as he delves down deep into the biography and philosophy of "Detroit rap's fastest-rising star." You must read this one.