Articles by Luke Fox

Schoolboy Q Discusses His Favourite 'Oxymoron' Collabs

PUBLISHED Mar 19, 2014

Although Los Angeles gangsta rapper Schoolboy Q maintains that Oxymoron, his third LP and first on a major label, must be listened to as a...

ScHoolboy Q

Kickin' Buckets

PUBLISHED Mar 13, 2014

"What's up, ScHoolboy Q, you fat bitch?" This is how a complete stranger approaches a 52 Hoover Crips gang member, a former drug dealer w...

Isaiah Rashad

Tattoo, Toronto ON, February 27

PUBLISHED Feb 28, 2014

It took a couple of false starts before Isaiah Rashad's first headlining show in Toronto was off and running, but that's one minor drawback...

Schoolboy Q

Oxymoron

PUBLISHED Feb 24, 2014

If Kendrick Lamar is this generation's Nas — introspective, conceptually brilliant, an ear for brilliant beats and a taste for dead-o...

Step Brothers' Alchemist and Evidence Pull Scott Caan for Guest Verse, Talk Future Plans

PUBLISHED Jan 31, 2014

Lord Steppington, the first album by Alchemist and Evidence's Step Brothers project, doesn't just signify the union of an underground hip-h...

Step Brothers

Brotherly Love

PUBLISHED Jan 21, 2014

Brothers from another mother, Evidence and Alchemist grew up in this rap thing together, trading rhymes, swapping beats, sharing laughs and...

Step Brothers

Lord Steppington

PUBLISHED Jan 17, 2014

Trumpet loops aren't the only thing hip-hop artists have borrowed from jazz musicians. While posse cuts and guest verses have long been rap...

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Kendrick Lamar's Top 5 Non-"Control" Guest Verses

PUBLISHED Dec 16, 2013

Last year, Kendrick Lamar restored our faith in the hip-hop long-player with instant classic good kid, m.A.A.d. city. He managed to make an...