Articles by Luke Fox
Brother Ali / Bambu / MaLLy
Tattoo, Toronto ON, November 5
PUBLISHED Nov 6, 2014
"It's not like you gotta work in the morning," charismatic emcee Bambu asks the throng between songs as he warms up Tattoo for the evening'...
Killer Mike Reveals Plans to Expand Barbershop Business
PUBLISHED Oct 31, 2014
Killer Mike has turned not one but two of his passions into profit, and both are ready to spread their reach. As the Atlanta MC currently t...
Run the Jewels
All Due Respect
PUBLISHED Oct 29, 2014
El-P is onstage at a Minneapolis nightclub when the confetti falls. A blizzard of white paper he had no idea was coming flutters from the c...
Run the Jewels
Run the Jewels 2
PUBLISHED Oct 28, 2014
Until tracked down and handcuffed by something better to listen to, Run the Jewels have seized the crown of Best Rap Album of 2014 and sped...
DJ Quik
The Midnight Life
PUBLISHED Oct 14, 2014
David Blake is how you age gracefully in rap. The 44-year-old DJ Quik — a producer first and emcee second — doesn't flood the I...
Nas
Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Toronto ON, October 8
PUBLISHED Oct 9, 2014
We've seen more incarnations of Nasir Jones over the course of the last two decades than we can count, but this is the one we want to hang...
Joey Bada$$ Hates Your Expectations for His Debut
PUBLISHED Oct 2, 2014
It doesn't matter how many units Joey Bada$$'s debut album sells or how many awards B4.Da.$$ gets nominated for. The 19-year-old wonder's d...
Jeezy
Seen It All: The Autobiography
PUBLISHED Aug 29, 2014
When you're 36 years old and dropping your fifth major rap album, it's time to drop the "young" prefix. By now, Atlanta trap star Jeezy ...
