Articles by Luke Fox

Royce Da 5'9"

Street Hop

PUBLISHED Nov 23, 2009

Ryan Montgomery (aka Royce da 5'9") was born for rap. The punch lines, the liquid flow, the ability to write pensively, aggressively or con...

Wale's Freshman Party

PUBLISHED Nov 21, 2009

Washington, DC's Wale (né Olubowale Folarin) had cultivated a diehard fan base and critical hoopla through a handful of whip-smart d...

Fashawn

Boy Meets World

PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2009

Like a desk globe, rap rookie Fashawn uses the small and precise to convey the colossal. On the marvel that is Boy Meets World, the author'...

KRS-One & Buckshot

Survival Skills

PUBLISHED Sep 14, 2009

It's not enough to have Brooklyn's Buckshot and the Bronx's KRS-One swap verses for an entire 14-track set. No, the leaders of two of the g...

Exclusive: Workaholic Toronto Hip-Hop Artist Promise Signs to Duck Down Records

PUBLISHED Sep 10, 2009

First it was producer Marco Polo, now it's MC Promise. New York-based Duck Down Records - the thriving independent hip-hop label that has r...

Exclusive: Black Moon Prep First Proper Full-Length Since 2003, Branch Off with Side-Projects

PUBLISHED Aug 28, 2009

While Black Moon  - the Brooklyn trio of MCs Buckshot and 5ft and DJ/producer Evil Dee - have been performing shows this year in celebratio...

Royce Da 5'9"

PUBLISHED Jul 26, 2009

It's surprising Royce Da 5'9" has time to take phone calls - and it's not just because you can hear his nine-month-old crying in the backgr...

DJ Quik & Kurupt

BlaQKout

PUBLISHED Jul 17, 2009

As a fiery MC bred in Philadelphia ciphers before being sun-drenched in California bravado, Kurupt has always attacked hard gangster tracks...