Articles by Luke Fox

C.L. Smooth

PUBLISHED Sep 25, 2012

If you're going to interview C.L. Smooth, you might as well do it with Pete Rock DJing in the background. Fresh off stage in Toronto after...

Murs & Fashawn

This Generation

PUBLISHED Sep 24, 2012

Though hardly the introspective sequel to Fashawn's Boy Meets World fans of the Fresno phenom have been salivating for since 2009 (word is,...

Big K.R.I.T.

PUBLISHED May 31, 2012

The delayed major-label debut has spawned two schools of thought. One argues that the perfect marketing storm must be orchestrated for a ne...

Big K.R.I.T.

Live from the Underground

PUBLISHED May 28, 2012

Two years after the release of his breakthrough mixtape, K.R.I.T. Wuz Here, 18 months after being named a XXL freshman of the year, nine mo...

Young Jeezy

PUBLISHED Apr 12, 2012

In a nightclub, real gunshots sound distinctly different than the studio-concocted bass-heavy blasts sometimes used to gussy up rap records...

Planet Asia

Black Belt Theatre

PUBLISHED Feb 28, 2012

If there is still a space in your heart for late '90s-style, rhymes-past-the-margins cipher rap, then Planet Asia should be your go-to MC....

Hip-Hop 2011: How to Be a Hip-Hop Superstar in the Internet Age

PUBLISHED Nov 28, 2011

Find something fun to shout Ever found yourself wanting to shout "Wolf Gang!" (or its even more irreverent bizarro cousin "Golf Wang!") in...

RJD2

PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2011

Hip-hop nerds know him best from his origins in Ohio's MegaHertz crew or his boom-bap slaps with MC Blueprint as Soul Position. Sample junk...